WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit in July widened to its largest since March 2025, government data showed yesterday, as imports climbed on the back of the booming AI tech build-out. US trade has seen wide fluctuations since President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year and rolled […]
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MONZA: Max Verstappen expects no miracles at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix where, he said yesterday, he believes his Red Bull car could be exposed to a painful weekend on the Monza track. The four-time world champion said the new hybrid era cars are “inefficient for Monza” where long straights […]
Three experts said the munition that hit a wedding celebration on Tuesday (Sep 1) was likely a US weapon, rather than an errant Iranian air defence missile. US Vice President JD Vance said that the United States was investigating a deadly strike on an Iranian wedding earlier this week that […]
NEW YORK: World number two Elena Rybakina put on a dominant performance to beat Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-2 6-4 and reach the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday. The Kazakh, who is looking to climb to the top of the WTA rankings with a title in New […]
NEW YORK: Fifa has accused Uefa of a “smear campaign” and a “fishing expedition” after European football’s governing body asked US judges to force it to hand over documents related to its failed World Cup investor plan. Global soccer body Fifa’s divisive plan to sell stakes in the World Cup […]
“It was decided to release five Lebanese civilians,” the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says after interrogations find no terror links. BEIRUT: Lebanon said it received a man on Thursday (Sep 3), freed as Israel announced it would release five people seized from the country’s south, where it […]
WASHINGTON: The crew of a military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump that came too close to a passenger jet on Aug 4 failed to contact air traffic controllers before departing, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday (Aug 27). The incident involving a plane departing Reagan Washington National […]
GENEVA: Switzerland on Thursday announced its intention to build a military drone battalion, amid a rearmament trend across Europe. “From 2028, the army will deploy its own drone battalion for reconnaissance, operations and defence,” the defence ministry said in a statement. The battalion will be backed up by a specialised […]
HONG KONG: The U.S. dollar held flat near a one-week high against major peers on Friday, as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium for clues on his policy outlook. The euro and sterling were subdued near one-week lows […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed “Lake America” as he escalated his trade war with Canada, sparking immediate pushback from Ottawa. Trump stepped up his trolling of Canada by signing an executive order changing the name of the body of water on the […]