Global central bankers threw their support behind Chairman Jerome Powell after the Trump administration ratcheted up its already unprecedented pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve.
A federal officer shot a man in the leg on Wednesday night in Minneapolis, a week after the fatal shooting of a local woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent touched off angry protests and an intensifying clash between state leaders and the Trump administration.
Ugandans are voting in an election that is almost certain to return the only president most of them have ever known to office and leave lingering doubts over the credibility of his victory.
Japan and the Philippines signed a military logistics support agreement on Thursday, deepening their defense ties as they face rising tensions with China.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s bid to widen her majority through a snap election faces greater risk as Japan’s largest opposition party and a former ruling coalition partner head toward a de-facto merger.
Mozambique will only start talks with creditors to renegotiate its debt after reaching an agreement on a new program with the International Monetary Fund, President Daniel Chapo said.
Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Beijing on Wednesday for the first state visit from a Canadian leader in eight years, as Chinese state media called on Ottawa to lift tariffs on the nation’s exports.
Federal immigration officers targeted a construction site in rural Louisiana where Meta Platforms Inc. is building its largest data center, leading to the arrest of two individuals, according to local law enforcement.
The US on Wednesday announced an indefinite suspension of processing immigrant visas for people from 75 countries, in an escalation of the Trump’s administration’s crackdown on immigration.
President Xi Jinping is set to meet Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, who joins a procession of world leaders visiting Beijing to mend fences with China. Bloomberg's Stephen Engle reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
