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U.S. President Donald Trump with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Washington on Nov. 18. Saudi Arabia has said it will not normalize ties until Israel accepts Palestinian statehood, something the Israeli government has ruled out.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 24, 2026
Trump says Saudi nuclear deal subject to forming Israel ties
U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s surprising demand, coming less than 24 hours after the deal was announced, throws a wrench into its implementation.
Shipping containers on a container ship at the Port of Long Beach, California.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 24, 2026
Trump rebuilds tariffs with forced-labor duties on 60 economies
Duties on items from the European Union and Taiwan will be at least 10% and products from Japan will be taxed at at least 12.5%.
The Knicks' Jalen Brunson celebrates with the Larry O'Brien Trophy during the team's championship parade in New York on June 18.
BASKETBALL
Jul 23, 2026
Jalen Brunson says Knicks players have not discussed White House visit
Knicks owner James Dolan, a friend of U.S. President ?Donald Trump, said ?last month that a visit to the White House was in the works, ?pending ¡°details.¡±
Washington and Riyadh have for years been discussing a nuclear cooperation deal that would give Saudi Arabia access to U.S. technology and American companies a chance to win big contracts for Saudi atomic energy facilities.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
Why is U.S.-Saudi nuclear pact causing alarm in Washington and Middle East?
Worries about security, weapons proliferation and political complications in a tinderbox region have been central concerns.
A man drinks from a water fountain amid a heat wave in New York City on July 4.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2026
Energy efficiency is no communist plot
Politics, not policy, drives the backlash against power conservation in the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that non-patented drugmakers would have two years to move production to the U.S. or face a 100% import tariff, which would double a year later.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 23, 2026
Indian drugmakers rattled by Trump¡¯s 100% levy on generics
The U.S. president says non-patented drugmakers would have two years to move production to the U.S. or face a 100% import tariff, which would double a year later.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Avila Beach, California, on Aug. 5, 2025. The Interior Department¡¯s Marine Minerals Administration and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are evaluating the possibility of deploying undersea nuclear power plants.
WORLD
Jul 23, 2026
U.S. weighs putting nuclear power plants in ocean waters
The Interior Department¡¯s Marine Minerals Administration and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are evaluating the possibility of deploying undersea nuclear power plants.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron address journalists before their meeting in Bruehl, Germany, on July 16.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 23, 2026
Can Germany become a reliable pillar of European security?
Germany¡¯s military buildup under Chancellor Merz reflects a broader European effort to reduce reliance on the U.S. while taking greater responsibility for the continent¡¯s security.
Iranian drones are displayed in an undisclosed location in Iran, in this handout image obtained on Jan. 13, 2025.U.S. officials have acknowledged that Russia has ?provided targeting ?and other support for Iran in its drone strikes on U.S. targets in the Persian Gulf region.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
Iran strikes on CIA facilities prompt questions about possible Russian role
While Russian assistance for Iran is longstanding, specific targeting of sensitive ?CIA sites would indicate Moscow is willing to go further in disrupting U.S. operations.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the White House in Washington on Nov. 18, 2025. An agreement with the Saudis could help American firms gain a foothold in the region.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 23, 2026
Trump signs nuclear sharing deal with Saudi Arabia in policy shift
The policy shift has alarmed nuclear nonproliferation experts and some members of Congress, who fear it could allow Saudi Arabia to turn uranium into weapons-grade material.
University students walk over depictions of the U.S., Israeli, and U.K. flags while marching in a demonstration to show their support for the Houthi movement amid escalating tensions with Saudi Arabia, at the Sanaa University campus in Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jul 23, 2026
Houthis say they attacked tankers in Red Sea, widening war
The Red Sea has emerged as a vital workaround for crude exports, particularly from Saudi Arabia, amid disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
A worker inspects a shoe on a production line at Brazilian footwear manufacturer Kissol, as new U.S. tariffs are set to hit a range of Brazilian goods, including the footwear industry, which counts the U.S. as its top foreign market, in Franca, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on July 17.
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2026
New U.S. 25% tariff hits billions of dollars in Brazilian exports
The new tariff ?threatens between $7 billion and $11 billion of Brazilian exports to the U.S.
Houthi security force members stand guard as supporters rally against the Saudi-led coalition's restrictions on Houthi-controlled areas, which the group describes as a blockade, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Friday.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 22, 2026
Houthi Red Sea threat would challenge a stretched U.S. military
The possible entry of the Houthis into ?the conflict is another example of how the war continues to evolve, worsening a political headache for the U.S. president.
Boeing has expressed surprise over a June 29 announcement from the European Investment Bank, the European Union's lending arm, committing to its largest-ever corporate loan for Airbus.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2026
Boeing asks U.S. to intervene over record EU loan to Airbus
In a June 29 announcement, the European Investment Bank committed to its largest-ever corporate loan ¡ª worth €3 billion ($3.43 billion) ¡ª for Airbus.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Gulf Cooperation Council, in front of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in May 2025.
WORLD
Jul 22, 2026
Trump to seek OK for Saudi nuclear pact that lacks safeguards, sources say
Saudi Arabia¡¯s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has long said if Iran developed a nuclear weapon, Saudi Arabia ?would ?too, fueling concern among arms control advocates.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a Cabinet meeting in Downing Street in London on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2026
Burnham approves use of U.K. bases for some U.S. strikes on Iran
Prime Minister Andy Burnham will continue the previous government¡¯s policy when it comes to approving U.K. bases for what are called defensive U.S. strikes, sources said.
A container ship bound for the Strait of Malacca enters the Singapore Strait, near Asia's southern most point in Johor, Malaysia.
WORLD
Jul 22, 2026
Hormuz, Malacca and other key straits spawn tensions throughout history
As Iran tightens its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, its Yemeni allies, the Houthi rebels, want to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea.
The Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California. Advancing his latest proposed levies would cement U.S. President Donald Trump's commitment to tariffs going into November's midterm elections.
BUSINESS / Markets
Jul 22, 2026
U.S. set to impose new tariffs by Friday with stopgap to expire
U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s administration last month proposed new tariffs of at least 10% on 60 trading partners, citing what it said were lax forced-labor standards.
Armed Yemeni supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi movement brandish their weapons during a protest against what the group says are restrictions imposed by the Saudi-led coalition on Houthi-controled areas of Yemen, in Sanaa on July 17.
WORLD
Jul 22, 2026
Tankers with Saudi crude turn back as Houthis open new front in U.S.-51³Ô¹ÏÍø
The Houthis, who control much of Yemen including the coast at the mouth of the Red ?Sea, announced ?a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia on Monday.
JPMorgan and other U.S. banks are likely to provide some financing for Japan's $550 billion investment pledge made to U.S. President Donald Trump.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 21, 2026
JPMorgan among banks to help finance Japan¡¯s $550 billion U.S. investment plan: sources
Japanese banks have been reluctant to participate, as their funding base is in yen,?and obtaining U.S. dollars for ?big long-term infrastructure projects can be costly for them.

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