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Tokyo — Mitsubishi Corporation has agreed to purchase shale gas and related pipeline assets in the United States for a total consideration of $7.53 billion, including assumed debt, the company said on Friday. The transaction marks the trading house’s largest single investment in the American energy sector and deepens its exposure to the world’s most […]
Washington — President Donald Trump said on Jan. 15, 2026, that he is prepared to use the Insurrection Act to send federal troops to Minnesota if state and local officials cannot quell expanding street protests. The statement, delivered at the White House, follows days of unrest that administration aides have attributed to what they call […]
Asian equity markets focused on semiconductor manufacturers moved higher on Friday after the United States and Taiwan reached a trade agreement that pairs lower reciprocal tariffs with large-scale investment pledges. The arrangement spurred buying across the sector and lifted benchmark indexes in Taipei and Seoul to fresh all-time highs. Under the deal announced late Thursday, […]
President Donald Trump accepted Venezuelan opposition figure Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize medal during a closed-door meeting at the White House on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. The encounter placed the U.S. leader at the center of a symbolic gesture that Machado described as a tribute to Washington’s role in Venezuela’s recent political upheaval. According […]
Oil prices retreated sharply on Thursday as comments from U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Washington might postpone any military action against Iran. Traders interpreted the remarks as reducing the probability of an imminent strike, reversing the previous two days of gains driven by escalating tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, […]
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Coast Guard tactical team boarded and seized the motor tanker Veronica in the Caribbean at dawn on Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said, marking the sixth interception of a Venezuela-linked vessel in recent weeks. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced the action on the social platform X, stating that the […]
The United States and Taiwan have finalized a trade agreement that commits Taiwanese semiconductor and technology companies to invest at least $250 billion in manufacturing capacity on U.S. soil, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The pact, announced Thursday, also includes a matching $250 billion credit guarantee from Taiwan’s government to support the planned expansion. Under […]
An indictment unsealed in a Philadelphia federal court on Thursday accuses 17 current and former college basketball players of conspiring with three alleged fixers to manipulate the outcomes of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) contests and Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) games. Prosecutors contend the arrangement, active from September 2022 through February 2025, generated illicit gambling profits by […]
AI coding platform Replit has released a new capability designed to let anyone build, test and publish mobile applications for Apple devices using plain-language instructions, expanding the reach of so-called “vibe-coding” beyond desktop software projects. The feature, called Mobile Apps on Replit, was announced on Thursday and is available immediately to the company’s user base […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, threatened to employ the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy U.S. military forces to Minneapolis, citing escalating confrontations between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and local residents. The warning follows two shootings involving federal agents in the city within a week, including one fatal incident. Trump […]
Taipei — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) posted its highest quarterly profit to date, closing the October–December period with earnings that outpaced market expectations and underscored the continued strength of artificial-intelligence chip demand. The contract chipmaker reported net income of NT$505.74 billion (US$16.3 billion), a 35 percent increase from the same period a year earlier […]
The Trump administration’s recent decision to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and its public signals about potential military or strategic measures in Iran and Greenland have prompted a wide range of responses from voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024. Interviews with several supporters illustrate both firm backing for the president’s foreign-policy posture and considerable […]