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Japanese Trade Minister Ryosei Akazawa and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao spoke briefly Friday at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation dinner in Suzhou, China. The encounter marks the first face-to-face ministerial interaction between the nations since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments

Consumer sentiment has tumbled to a fresh record low in May as fears of higher prices grow due to the U.S.-Iran war and elevated oil prices.

Sony’s 3000 Pictures has acquired the rights to Katy Hays’ forthcoming novel Home Economics with Academy Award-winner Julia Roberts attached to star

Parts of the Puebla stadium for high-profile warm-up for 2026 edition were closed to spectators due to FIFA sanctions.

Anahita Motazed Rad, Associate Fellow at the London School of Economics, is our guest.

Mexico and the European Union signed a long-stalled free trade agreement on Friday as they seek to decrease dependence on the U.S. and partially insulate themselves from ​U.S. President Donald ‌Trump's tariffs.

His comments come as both Kyiv and Moscow try to advance their interests on the battlefield.

Russian forces are increasingly repairing and reusing captured Ukrainian Baba Yaga drones to support combat operations and fill a major battlefield need.

Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers said on Friday, with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assaults, including rape.

China is turning coal waste into a source of critical metals including lithium, gallium and germanium, leveraging its advantages in extraction technology and industrial infrastructure. Coal mining and burning produce large amounts of waste, including coal gangue, the rock embedded in coal seams, and