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USA

Microsoft faces wide-ranging US antitrust probe

The probe was approved by FTC Chair Lina Khan ahead of her likely departure in January. The election of Donald Trump as US president, and the expectation he will appoint a fellow Republican with a...

ILO to launch new report highlighting wage trends, inequality today
World+Biz

ILO to launch new report highlighting wage trends, inequality today

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier leaves after his speech during the 106th session of the Congress of Mayors organised by the "France's Mayors' Association" (AMF), in Paris, France, November 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo
Europe

Over 50% of French people want government to fall, survey finds

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021. Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Palestinian leader Abbas lays ground for succession

The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers

Former US President Donald Trump talks with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Plenary Session at the NATO summit in Watford, near London, Britain, December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
USA

Canada is already examining tariffs on certain US items following Trump's tariff threat

Not too big to fail. Photo: Bloomberg/AFP/Getty Images
USA

Meta CEO Zuckerberg dines with Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Melquiades Flores, owner of M&M Tomato and Chile Company, speaks as he stands near boxes with produce, in Los Angeles, California, US, November 27, 2024, in this screengrab taken from a video. Photo: REUTERS TV/via REUTERS
USA

Under tariff threat, US wholesaler warns: ‘People will pay'

Signage is seen at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, DC, US, August 29, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
USA

Musk calls for abolishing consumer finance watchdog targeted by Republicans

FILE PHOTO: The US Department of Justice building is bathed in morning light at sunrise in Washington, U.S., February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F Calvert
USA

Trump's budget plans push US government lawyers to private sector

People ride a scooter past Central Reserve Police Force personnel standing guard before the funeral of Meiteis who were killed after ethnic violence broke out in Borobekra, Jiribam in the northeastern state of Manipur, India, November 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
South Asia

Ethnic strife frustrates peace efforts in India's Manipur

A man takes a photograph of a snow-covered neighbourhood as he cleans up the rooftop of a building after a heavy snowfall in Seoul, South Korea, November 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korea battles second day of heavy snow; four dead

Pakistani Rangers guard the area, after security forces launched a raid on supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 27, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

Nearly 1,000 held in Pakistan after pro-Khan protests