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Honda Motor sets its sights on 50% share of world's motorcycle market

Honda's global motorcycle sales are forecast to reach 20.2 million for the fiscal year ending this March, the Japanese company said during a briefing Tuesday

Trump pushes for 50% US ownership in TikTok, Microsoft leads talk

As TikTok faces a potential sale, US President Trump pushes for the US to own 50% in a joint venture. With Microsoft leading talks, a bidding war heats up, and new contenders emerge

US has options to address Chinese influence in Panama, says official

President Donald Trump has vowed that the United States would take back the Panama Canal but has given no further details on when or how he intended to reclaim the canal

Here's why South Korea's growth is a casualty of its political impasse

Politics is getting in the way, a reminder that big economies don't just run themselves

56 US senior officials put on leave, citing resistance to Trump orders

Several hundred contractors based in Washington and elsewhere also were laid off

World's richest people lose $108 bn after tech startup DeepSeek selloff

Billionaires whose fortunes are linked to artificial intelligence were the biggest losers: Huang saw his fortune fall $20.1 billion, a 20 per cent drop

President Trump calls for 'Iron Dome' for US homeland missile defence

It says Trump will order the construction of an "Iron Dome" shield, comparing it to Israel's vaunted system, which was developed in coordination with the US

Trump tells House Republicans he wants border wall, immigration funds

Trump also indicated that he was pursuing the ability to deport undocumented migrants, even if they couldn't be returned to their home countries

Trump 2.0 has garnered strong Muslim support: Pakistani American bizman

The biggest difference between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 is that he got endorsements from the Muslims in cities like Detroit in Michigan

Trump vows tariffs on nations that 'harm' US; names India, China, Brazil

We're going to put tariffs on outside countries and outside people that really mean harm to us said Trump

Trump pledges tariffs 'much bigger' than 2.5% and on crucial sectors

Remember, again, the word 'tariff.' We're going to protect our people and our businesses, and we're going to protect our country, with tariffs, Trump added

India, Nepal review progress of post earthquake reconstruction projects

India and Nepal held the 5th meeting of the JPMC on post-earthquake reconstruction projects on 27th January, 2025 in Kathmandu

In early going, Trump 2.0 approach on foreign policy is to talk loudly

Through economic coercion and sharp rhetoric, Trump is signalling that he intends to be a bull in the China shop in hopes of extracting what he wants from allies and adversaries alike

Chinese tech startup DeepSeek says hit with 'large-scale malicious attacks'

The company, whose artificial intelligence chatbot has sent the tech world into a frenzy, said that it had suffered large-scale malicious attacks on its services

Canada's Freeland hopeful, lays out plan to fight Trump's tariff threats

A list of products worth 200 billion Canadian dollars ($139 billion) would send a message to US exporters about the harm tariffs would cause them, Freeland said in a statement

Trump Justice dept says it fired employees involved in prosecuting him

The abrupt action targeting career prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's team is the latest sign of upheaval inside the Justice Department

Netanyahu hopes to meet Trump in US as soon as next week, say officials

Should the trip come together in that timeframe, Netanyahu could be the first foreign leader to meet with Trump at the White House since his inauguration last week

US CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, to wait for orders

Experts said the sudden stoppage was a surprise and would set back work on investigating and trying to stop outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox in Africa

LinkedIn's founder optimistic about AI, hopes peers are right about Trump

Hoffman has been at the forefront of the artificial intelligence craze while investing in trailblazing startups such as ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Inflection

DeepSeek sparks AI stock selloff; Nvidia loses record $593 bn in mcap

Nvidia's market-cap loss on Monday was more than double the previous one-day record, set by Nvidia last September