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US adds 139,000 jobs in May despite trade war, growing recession fear

Trump's aggressive and unpredictable policies - especially his sweeping taxes on imports - have muddied the outlook for the economy and the job market and raised fears

US job growth slows to 130,000 amid fears over Trump economic policy

His massive taxes on imports - tariffs - are expected to raise costs for US companies that buy raw materials, equipment and components from overseas

Xi's message to Trump: Rein in the hawks trying to derail the truce

A meeting with Xi Jinping, China's top leader, in Japan in 2019, during President Trump's first term. The leaders spoke by phone on Thursday after weeks of worsening tensions between two nations

Eight ways Trump and Musk could turn their feud into mutual political pain

Wield his billions against Mr. Trump, his allies and his agenda. After spending more than $250 million to help elect the president, Mr. Musk could just as easily fund campaigns against Republicans

Strike against Kyiv was a response to Ukrainian 'terrorist acts': Russia

Russia's military released the statement after Ukrainian officials said Russia had launched an intense missile and drone barrage at Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, in the early hours of Friday

How China gained control over the global rare earth minerals supply chain

China has intensified its dominance over the global supply of rare earth elements by adding critical minerals to its export control list, further straining already fragile global supply chains

US SC ruling opens door to reverse discrimination lawsuits over DEI

US Supreme Court sides with straight woman who claims she was passed over for promotions in favour of less-qualified gay peers

JPMorgan bars incoming analysts from job-hopping in first 18 months

The move comes as Wall Street banks push back against private equity firms poaching junior talent through accelerated hiring cycles

Musk's threat to pull Dragon capsule leaves Nasa reliant solely on Russia

Russia's Soyuz capsules are the only other means of getting crews to the space station right now

US hiring slowed to 130K new jobs amid uncertainty over Trump's policies

Mainstream economists expect Trump's policies to take a toll on America's economy, the world's largest

Musk vs Trump gets wild: Tax tantrums, Epstein shockers & meme wars erupt

Elon Musk and Donald Trump's public fallout over a controversial spending bill has triggered explosive claims, political threats, and a flood of viral memes online

Trump seeks Russia's helping hand in thawing frozen US-Iran nuclear talks

Putin and Trump's telephonic conversation was an extensive one and the corresponding memorandums will be analysed in Moscow and Kyiv

North Korea raises capsized destroyer upright as it continues repairs

Satellite images taken Thursday by Planet Labs PBC analysed by The Associated Press showed the stricken destroyer upright and floating, the damage was not immediatly clear in the images

US slams ICC judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel

The State Department said Thursday that it would freeze any assets that the ICC judges, who come from Benin, Peru, Slovenia and Uganda, have in US jurisdictions

US declines to label China a currency manipulator, but blasts its policies

A Treasury official told reporters previewing the report that the US could in the future find evidence that China is manipulating its currency

UNGA set to push for two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

France and Saudi Arabia are co-chairing the conference, which the U.N. General Assembly is holding from June 17 to June 20 in New York

Jabs fly as Musk and Trump step into the ring, here's how the feud unfolded

The feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump began with the former criticising 'Big Beautiful Bill' in a recent interview

NATO on cusp of accepting Trump's 5% defence investment demand, says Rutte

There's broad support, Rutte told reporters after chairing a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the alliance's Brussels headquarters

Musk threatens to decommission Dragon amid Trump feud, then backs down

Elon Musk briefly vowed to halt SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft in protest of Donald Trump's SpaceX contract threats before reversing course after public and investor pressure

Tesla loses $150 bn in market cap as Musk-Trump feud turns explosive

Tesla shares plunged over 14 per cent after Musk called for Trump's impeachment and linked him to the Epstein files, dragging Tesla below the $1 trillion valuation mark