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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk backed Trump and other Republican campaigns with hundreds of millions of dollars, a small fraction of his world-leading wealth

Musk Takes Control Of US Treasury Payments Systems

Elon Musk's aides have taken control of the US Treasury Department's payments system -- which manages trillions of dollars of transactions each year -- sparking alarm among critics.

Trump Pauses Mexico Tariffs As Last-ditch Canada Talks Continue

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to Trump on Monday

US President Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico for one month after last-minute talks Monday -- but there was no breakthrough yet in negotiations with Canada on an issue that has sparked fears of a global trade war.

Musk Says Trump 'Shutting Down' US Aid Agency

USAID has a budget of around $40 billion, a minor part of the approximate $7 trillion in annual US government spending

Elon Musk, the world's richest person and President Donald Trump's controversial close advisor, said Monday the giant USAID humanitarian agency will be "shutting down" as part of his radical -- and critics say unconstitutional -- drive to shrink the US government.

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Consumer prices were up from 2.4 percent in December 2024, slightly disappointing analysts' expectations

Eurozone Inflation Edges Up In January To 2.5%

Eurozone inflation ticked up slightly in January to 2.5 percent, edging higher for a fourth consecutive month driven by energy price increases, official data showed on Monday.

The situation could put Macron under intense pressure

French PM Set To Force Budget Through Parliament

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou will Monday force through France's budget without a vote, a move set to prompt a no-confidence motion from the left that could topple his government after less than two months in office.

Anna Adamova says that a social worker threatened to take away her fourth child if she declined sterilisation

'Ruined My Life': Sterilised Czech Roma Await Compensation

Czech Anna Adamova is still haunted more than three decades after she was forced into a sterilisation that she says irreparably damaged her life.

Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong arriving at a Seoul court to hear his appeal verdict

South Korea Appeals Court Upholds Samsung Chief's Fraud Acquittal

Samsung Electronics chief Lee Jae-yong was cleared again Monday of a raft of charges linked to a controversial 2015 merger which prosecutors claimed was designed to seal his control of the South Korean tech giant.

US singer-songwriter Chappell Roan brought high fashion to the Grammys

Grammys Red Carpet: All The Drama, All The Hotness

Music's brightest stars on Sunday rocked the red carpet at the Grammys, music's biggest night in their sexiest, skin-baring ensembles.

Korbous, a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula, has historically been one of Tunisia's hot spots for thalassotherapy

Tunisia Sets Sights On Becoming World's Top Seawater Therapy Spot

With a Mediterranean coastline, natural thermal springs, clement weather and affordability, Tunisia has become the world's second-largest destination for seawater-based treatments known as thalassotherapy.

OpenAI's ChatGPT fronted generative AI's emergence into public consciousness

OpenAI Announces New 'Deep Research' Tool For ChatGPT

US tech giant OpenAI on Monday unveiled a ChatGPT tool called "deep research" ahead of high-level meetings in Tokyo, as China's DeepSeek chatbot heats up competition in the AI field.

The dollar has surged against its peers after Donald Trump signed off on the hefty tariffs

Asian Stocks Dive, Dollar Rallies As Year Of The Snake Starts With Bite

Asian stocks tanked and the dollar surged Monday after Donald Trump signed off huge tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, and warned the European Union would be hit "pretty soon".

Georgian police have been accused of torturing those arrested

Georgia Police Arrest Two Opposition Leaders At Protest

Georgian police arrested two opposition leaders during a street protest against the ruling party Sunday, a moved quickly denounced by the European Union, which denounced Tbilisi's "brutal crackdown".

Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino (L) greets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on arrival at the presidential palace in Panama City on February 2, 2025

Rubio Warns Panama Of Consequences Over Canal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday threatened action against Panama without immediate changes to reduce Chinese influence on the canal, but the country's leader insisted he was not afraid of a US invasion and offered talks.

The protesters accused Germany's conservatives of having made a 'pact with the devil' by seeking far-right backing

At Least 160,000 Rally In Berlin Against Far Right

At least 160,000 thousand demonstrators converged on Berlin Sunday, said police, to protest the norm-shattering overtures by Germany's conservatives' toward the far right.

Netanyahu has called it "telling" that he will be the first foreign leader to meet Trump since his inauguration

Netanyahu Heads To US For Pivotal Trump Talks

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Sunday for the United States where he will become the first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump since the US president returned to office.

A worker examines semiconductor chips for export at a factory in Binzhou, Shandong province

China Shrugs Off New Trump Tariffs But Bruising Trade War Looms

Donald Trump's new tariffs will probably not have a major impact on China's economy but may herald the opening salvo of another bruising trade war with Beijing, analysts said Sunday.

US singer Chappell Roan is one of the frontrunners for Best New Artist honors

Is It Beyonce's Time? Music's A-listers Ready For The Grammys

Music's elite are congregating in Los Angeles for Sunday's Grammy awards, and Beyonce's name is on the tip of everyone's tongue: will Recording Academy voters finally give the megastar her due?

Despite improved stability in Afghanistan, there have been sporadic attacks on foreigners claimed by the Islamic State group

Cash-keen Taliban Betting On Afghanistan's Mines

A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the Taliban authorities' push to capitalise on the country's rich mineral resources.

The uncertain outlook in Myanmar has seen a surge in the use of alternative energy sources, particularly solar

Seeking Light In Dark Times Four Years After Myanmar Coup

Yangon resident Aung Ko Gyi browses stalls for a solar power kit he can use to weather the blackouts that have become a constant feature of life in Myanmar four years on from a military coup.

US tariffs on Mexico and Canada would likely hit the energy, automobile and electronics sectors hard

Autos, Electronics: What Will Trump's Tariffs Impact?

US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on Canada and Mexico are set to roil supply chains for products ranging from automobiles to avocados -- with industries girding for cost increases.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) has said talks with US envoy Richard Grenell were held in 'mutual respect'

Has Trump Changed Tack On Venezuela?

Within his first two weeks in office, US President Donald Trump sent an emissary to arch-rival Venezuela, an apparent about-turn from the hard-line approach he adopted toward Caracas during his first term.