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Taiwan officials visit US for talks with President-elect Trump's aides

The visit by Lin and Hsu comes as China's military has stepped up activity near the Taiwan Strait

Israel, Palestine explore Gaza truce with US envoy on Mideast mission

Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz told his US counterpart Lloyd Austin in a phone call on Wednesday there was now a chance for a new deal

Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users, Downdetector shows

WhatsApp, Meta's messaging application, was also down for more than 12,000 users, according to Downdetector.com

Meta's Instagram says services back up after hours of technical outage

The platforms faced another outage in October, when services were largely restored within an hour

Asian stocks rise on Fed cut hopes, Aussie soars on strong jobs data

The Australian dollar surged after employment data topped estimates by a wide margin

Luigi Mangione charged with UnitedHealthcare CEO murder; donations pour in

Most of the messages on the crowd-sourced fundraising site GiveSendGo reflect a deep frustration shared by many Americans over the US healthcare system

Adobe forecasts below-estimate FY25 revenue on slower subscription spending

Adobe is making significant investments in AI-driven image and video generation technologies in response to the growing competition

Battle for Seven & i shows Japan Inc's resilience amid management buyout

Seven & i Holdings Vice President Junro Ito swooped in last month with an offer to take private the company founded by his late father

US House passes massive defense policy bill, despite transgender provision

The tally was 281-140 in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, sending it for consideration by the Democratic-led US Senate

Canadian premiers urge strong response to Trump tariff threat: Minister

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other government ministers met with provincial premiers to discuss Trump's pledge to impose steep tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports

Donald Trump invites China's Prez Xi Jinping to attend inauguration: Report

The invitation to the Jan. 20 inauguration in Washington occurred in early November, shortly after the Nov. 5 presidential election

Chinese Salt Typhoon telecom hacking: Senators say US must boost security

US agencies held classified briefings for the Senate and the House of Representatives over the last week about the hacking incident

UK housing market gathers pace despite cloudy outlook, shows survey

RICS' monthly house price gauge jumped to +25 in November from +16 in October, its highest level since September 2022. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a reading of +19

Oil little changed as demand weakness offsets sanctions-driven supply risks

Weak demand, particularly in top importer China, and non-Opec+ supply growth were two factors behind the move

Brazil's Lula to undergo new surgery to minimise further brain bleeding

The follow-up procedure had been discussed by doctors since Tuesday's surgery, and does not represent a worsening of Lula's health situation, according to Kalil

HSBC, WB's IFC launch $1 bn trade finance programme for emerging markets

The deal aims to support cross-border trade and bolster exports in critical industries

'Chai and samosas': US hotels welcome Indian tourist boom to revive revenue

Nearly 1.9 million Indian tourists visited the U.S. in the first ten months of 2024, a nearly 48% rise from 2019, according to data from the U.S. National Trade and Tourism Office (NTTO)

Yellen says US will 'react strongly' to any currency manipulation

Asked about the potential for the Trump administration to try to weaken the dollar's value through a new version of the 1985 Plaza Accord, Yellen said that the Biden administration believes it's best

Syria's interim PM Bashir vows to rebuild country amid financial crisis

Two senior U.S. congressmen, a Republican and a Democrat, wrote a letter calling for Washington to suspend some sanctions on Syria. The most punishing war-time U.S. sanctions are up for renewal this

Wells Fargo CEO expresses increased confidence in regulatory fixes

The bank is in the last stages of a process to pass regulatory tests to lift a $1.95 trillion asset cap next year after fixing problems from its fake-accounts scandal, Reuters reported exclusively