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Asian shares slide as market selloff deepens on US economic growth worries

In Asia, it was a sea of red with Japan's Nikkei and Taiwan stocks sliding about 3 per cent, hitting their lowest level since September

New York State fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return after strike

Guards upset over working conditions began illegally walking off the job Feb. 17 at many state prisons, forcing Gov. Kathy Hochul to send National Guard troops in to maintain operations

Trump revokes security clearances of Blinken, Sullivan, other Biden aides

US Director Of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard stated that the action has been taken on the directive given by US President Donald Trump

Purge of USAID programmes complete with 83% cut, says Marco Rubio

Rubio in the post thanked DOGE and the hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform in foreign aid

All 3 onboard killed as medical helicopter crashes in US' Mississippi

The AirCare copter was not carrying any patients when it crashed in Madison County, north of the capital of Jackson

US Senate confirms Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Trump's labour secretary

Chavez-DeRemer will oversee the Department of Labour, one of several executive departments named in lawsuits challenging the authority of billionaire Elon Musk

Elon Musk eyes Social Security and Medicare as key targets for cuts

During the 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly promised that he would not cut Social Security payments or health coverage from Medicare

Ontario raises 25% tax on electricity exports to US over Trump trade war

Trump later said he has postponed 25 per cent tariffs on many goods from Canada and Mexico for a month, amid widespread fears of a broader trade war

Trump admin halts funding for 2 cybersecurity projects, including elections

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, has ended about $10 million in annual funding to the nonprofit Center for Internet Security

Pope Francis no longer in danger due to pneumonia, remains hospitalised

In a late update, the doctors said the 88-year-old pope remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent days

China hits back at Trump tariffs with 15% levies on key US farm goods

On Wednesday, Trump is set to remove exceptions on 25% steel tariffs he imposed in 2018 - effectively raising the taxes - and raise his levy on aluminum from 10% to 25%

Climate change to worsen space junk problem, reducing Earth's orbit drag

There used to be this this mantra that space is big. And so we can we can sort of not necessarily be good stewards of the environment because the environment is basically unlimited, Parker said

Elon Musk's Tesla is flailing in China and BYD's rapid rise is to blame

Elon Musk's automaker has been backsliding in China for the past five consecutive months on a year-on-year basis, according to data from the country's Passenger Car Association

Foxconn unveils first large language model 'FoxBrain,' trained by Nvidia

Foxconn, which assembles iPhones for Apple and also produces Nvidia's artificial intelligence servers, said the model is based on Meta's Llama 3.1 architecture

US to assess Ukraine's peace stance and Trump ties in Saudi Arabia meeting

The US delegation will also be watching for signs that the Ukrainians are serious about improving ties with the Trump administration after the White House clash

Ex-banker Carney wins Canada's liberal contest, to succeed Trudeau in days

Carney, 59, takes the reins at a time when the White House is creating upheaval in the global economy - and with US trading partners - with increasingly chaotic tariff announcements

X crashes multiple times on Monday, Elon Musk claims 'massive cyberattack'

Elon Musk, who acquired X (formerly Twitter) in 2022 for $44 billion, has yet to comment on the multiple X outages

US treasury yields drop as Trump raises concerns over impending recession

Trump declined to predict whether the US could face a recession amid stock market concerns about his tariff actions on Mexico, Canada and China, saying that "there is a period of transition"

Mark Carney warns US, says Canada will win trade war like in hockey

In his speech, the former head of Canada's central bank attacked Trump, saying there's someone who's trying to weaken our economy

Saudi Arabia emerges as mediator for US-Ukraine talks: What to expect

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the US delegation, while President Zelenskyy will be joined by Ukrainian defence and foreign ministers