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EuroWire, LONDON: United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is in London this weekend to mark the 80th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly, an event that opened in the British capital in January 1946 as the

EuroWire, ASUNCION: The European Union and the Mercosur bloc are signing a long negotiated trade agreement in Paraguay on Saturday, concluding more than 25 years of talks aimed at lowering barriers between Europe and South America. Mercosur is made up

OSLO: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has drawn criticism in Norway and elsewhere after presenting her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump during a White House meeting, a gesture Nobel officials quickly said does not and

WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed a 25% tariff on a narrow range of advanced computing chips, including Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence processor, under a presidential proclamation that cites national security concerns tied to semiconductor supply chains. The measure, signed

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to the Federal Reserve in a criminal investigation involving Chair Jerome Powell, escalating a clash between the White House and the central bank that has drawn bipartisan concern and unsettled financial

EuroWire, WASHINGTON: The United States will suspend the processing of immigrant visa applications for nationals of 75 countries starting Jan. 21, the State Department said, citing public assistance concerns under longstanding “public charge” standards used in immigration adjudications. The pause

EuroWire, MOSCOW: Heavy snowfall disrupted daily life across Moscow on Monday, slowing traffic, affecting commutes and prompting an intensified response from municipal services working to clear streets, sidewalks and key transport routes across the Russian capital. City authorities said snow

EuroWire, WASHINGTON: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a norovirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship Rotterdam operated by Holland America Line, following a voyage that ran from December 28, 2025, to January 9, 2026. The outbreak was

EuroWire, WASHINGTON: U.S. regulators have approved SpaceX to deploy an additional 7,500 Starlink satellites, expanding the company’s low Earth orbit broadband network under conditions set by the Federal Communications Commission. The decision increases the number of second generation Starlink satellites

NEW YORK: U.S. consumers ended 2025 with higher expectations for inflation over the coming year and a more pessimistic assessment of job prospects, according to a monthly survey released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, highlighting persistent concerns