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E.U. and South America to Form Free-Trade Zone With 700 Million People

The agreement represents a push for deeper global cooperation, in contrast to the United States’ turning to coercion in its dealings with other countries.

How Small Restaurants Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices

Mom-and-pop businesses are trying to adapt to the soaring cost of eggs. The owners of four egg-centric restaurants across the country show how they are...

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The Sudanese army says it has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after almost two years...

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Flights start landing at Heathrow Airport after shutdown leads to travel chaos

What we're covering• Flights trickle into Heathrow: London’s Heathrow Airport is receiving some flights after it was completely shut down following a power outage due...

Business

Wall St. and Washington Brace for a Big Jobs Report

A hiring slowdown and fears about artificial intelligence have investors on edge, and some in the Trump administration on the defensive.

What Executives Are Saying About the ‘K-Shaped’ Economy

Leaders across industries from airlines to packaged foods have said a growing divide between lower-income and wealthy consumers is changing their businesses.

Trump Decries a ‘Nation of Renters’ but His New Policy Promotes One

President Trump’s recently announced executive order that would bar big investors from acquiring single-family homes includes an exemption that allows them to build homes for...

World

Proposed amnesty law offers political prisoners in Venezuela an ‘opportunity’

A draft amnesty law in Venezuela aimed at granting immediate clemency to people jailed for participating in political protests or criticizing public figures, has been...

Keeping ‘hope alive for younger generations’ in Haiti as funding falters

Haiti is facing one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises, driven by escalating gang violence, political paralysis, and deep economic distress.

Cuba: UN warns of possible humanitarian ‘collapse’, as oil supplies dwindle

The UN on Wednesday warned of potential humanitarian “collapse” in Cuba, following Washington’s attempt to block oil supplies from reaching the island.

Welcome to the ‘agrihood’ – the neighbourhood of the future?

Towns and cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and responsible for around 70 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions...

Independent experts alarmed by child rights violations in US immigration procedures

UN-appointed independent human rights experts have raised alarm over violations of children’s rights during US immigration procedures, nearly a year after federal funding for legal...