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Taskin Erduan thought he'd got a bargain: three litres of vodka for around $15.

The World Trade Organization's entire mission is overseeing global trade, but US President Donald Trump's tariff offensive has left it adrift.

Japanese inflation accelerated in January, further pressuring households as prices excluding fresh food rose 3.2 percent on-year, government data showed Friday.

Elon Musk publicly criticized X's Community Notes system for contradicting claims that the Ukrainian President is widely unpopular and afraid to hold elections.

Gold soared toward the $3,000 mark on Thursday, reaching an intraday high of $2,973 and briefly surpassing $2,954 in the cash market.

The international cruise industry took a hit Thursday after new Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that cruise lines should start paying U.S. taxes.

Apple's new low-end iPhone 16e starts at $599 while the older model started at $430.

A 30-year-old Hong Kong political party that used to lead the city's pro-democracy camp before Beijing cracked down on dissent will start preparations to shut down, its leader said Thursday.

Mexico's president warned the United States Thursday her country would never tolerate an "invasion" of its national sovereignty and vowed fresh legal action against its gunmakers after Washington designated cartels as terrorist organizations.

The watchdog report warns users could be harmed unless backups like physical cards or cash are used with digital wallet transactions.

Netflix said Thursday that it would spend $1 billion over four years producing films and series in Mexico, in a boost to the government's efforts to attract investment in the face of US tariff threats.

Guerrilla fighters carried out four bomb attacks that wounded six people in northeast Colombia overnight, officials said Thursday, stoking concerns for a fragile peace process.

A 16-year-old boy killed two women in a knife attack at a discount shop in the Czech Republic on Thursday, police said, adding the motive remained unclear.

EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic said Thursday that reciprocity in tariffs should apply to both the bloc and Washington, after talks with his counterparts in US President Donald Trump's administration.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has told AFP that Europe must massively rearm in the face of "mixed signals" from the United States under Donald Trump.

A Spanish court on Thursday convicted and fined former football chief Luis Rubiales of sexual assault over the forced kiss he gave star forward Jenni Hermoso but acquitted him of the charge of coercion Prosecutors had sought a prison term of two-and-a-half years for Rubiales -- one year for sexual assault and 18 months for coercion -- for having allegedly pressured the player to downplay the incident afterwards.

The company sought copyright protection as art to stop competitors from selling similar looking sandals