Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Thursday, tracking Wall Street’s declines on concerns about U.S.-China trade relations. Trade fears resurfaced after Reuters reported Wednesday stateside that the Trump administration is considering curbs on exports to China that are made with U.S. software, citing a U.S. official and three people briefed by U.S. authorities. The sources...

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The US has announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies – Rosneft and Lukoil – in an effort to pressure Moscow to negotiate a peace deal in Ukraine. “I just felt it was time. We waited a long time,” Trump said in the Oval Office, after a meeting with Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte...

One of the journalists, behind bars in Belarus for covering anti-government rallies, refused to seek a pardon despite his heart condition. Another, jailed in Georgia, defiantly stood up at her trial and urged the opposition to keep protesting “until victory.” On Wednesday, they were honored with the prize named for the late Andrei Sakharov, one...

Samsung Galaxy XR Headset Courtesy: Samsung It’s been more than 17 years since the modern smartphone era began with the launch of the iPhone, and tech companies have been obsessed with trying to disrupt it ever since. The most common approach is mixed reality XR headsets: computerized goggles that put all of your apps and...

Lawyers gave their opening statements to a jury at the Peoria County Courthouse on Wednesday morning, officially kicking off the trial of a former Illinois deputy accused of fatally shooting Sonya Massey. Sean Grayson, 31, shot Massey, a 36-year-old Black mother of two, in June 2024 after she called authorities to her Springfield home about...

Visitors have returned to the Louvre Museum in Paris, which reopened on Wednesday three days after millions of euros worth of jewellery stolen in broad daylight. The Louvre’s Apollo Gallery – where the heist took place – remained closed. The BBC spoke to tourists outside the Paris museum, who were eager to see where the...