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AFP/APP Seoul: Samsung Electronics on Tuesday posted its highest-ever figures for its first-quarter sales forecast and said it predicted a better-than-expected performance for profits, beating market expectations. The firm is the…

AFP/APP Beijing: China vowed on Tuesday to "fight to the end" against fresh tariffs of 50 percent threatened by US President Donald Trump, further aggravating a trade war that has already wiped trillions off global markets. Trump has…

AFP/APP New York: Stock markets and oil prices slumped further on a black Monday for markets as US President Donald Trump stood firm over his tariffs despite recession fears. Trading floors across the globe experienced waves of further…

AFP/APP Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday in a speech at the Department of Justice that US media outlets which cover him critically are "illegal" and "corrupt." Trump said CNN, MSNBC and unidentified newspapers "literally…

AFP/APP Washington: Automakers received a temporary reprieve Wednesday from US President Donald Trump's tariffs targeting Canada and Mexico, as concerns mounted over consumer impacts and talks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

AFP/APP Los Angeles: Hollywood’s most celebrated stars from film and television are set to dazzle at the Golden Globes this Sunday, as the year’s first major awards gala kicks off with Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Perez leading the pack with…

AFP/APP Washington:  Donald Trump has named Jamieson Greer as his trade envoy, a key role in advancing the president-elect's economic agenda, with a focus on tariffs as a central tool in trade policy. Trump praised Greer’s pivotal…

AFP/APP New York: Donald Trump will hold a headline-grabbing rally at New York's Madison Square Garden stadium Sunday, an iconic sports and music venue that has a history of hosting political conventions but was also tainted by an…

AFP/APP Houston: Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to return home with rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday. "NASA has decided that Butch and Suni will return with Crew-9…

AFP/APP Houston: Josh Vance stands in the air-conditioned entrance of Sunnyside Community Center in Houston, Texas, one of the designated "cooling centers" open to the public after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power during a potent heat…