Category Archives: World/National
Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump’s tariffs cause a COVID-like shock
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID's outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage&n...
Apr 03, 2025
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
By DAVID RISING Associated PressBANGKOK (AP) - The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies,...
Apr 03, 2025
Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump's tariffs cause a COVID-like shock
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street shuddered, and a level of shock unseen since COVID's outbreak tore through financial markets worldwide Thursday on worries about the damage ...
Apr 03, 2025
Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 3,145 as more bodies found
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) - The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar nearly a week ago rose Thursday to 3,145 as search and rescue teams found more bodies, the military-...
Apr 03, 2025
Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars
By JOSH BOAK Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trade...
Apr 02, 2025
Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run trad...
Apr 02, 2025
Stock market today: More swerves hit Wall Street as Trump’s “Liberation Day” nears
By STAN CHOE AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks swerved through another shaky day of trading Tuesday, with uncertainty still high about just what President Donald Trump will announce about ...
Apr 01, 2025
Myanmar’s earthquake death toll jumps to 1,644 as more bodies are recovered from the rubble
By DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated PressBANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude ...
Mar 29, 2025
Was classified information shared? Senators overseeing military request probe into Signal leak
By STEPHEN GROVES, AAMER MADHANI and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee requested an investigation Thursday into...
Mar 27, 2025
3D printed and factory-built homes could help tackle housing crisis
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for AmericaDENVER (AP) - As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D prin...
Mar 26, 2025