Police officers gather during a reported active shooter situation in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 28, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon |
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Jerome Powell addresses reporters at the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo |
- A US senator's recent push to strip the Federal Reserve of a key aspect of how it controls interest rates and the battle over who will succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell point to a future where some of the tools policymakers use to influence the economy come under greater scrutiny.
- Top US and Chinese economic officials met in Stockholm for more than five hours of talks aimed at resolving longstanding economic disputes at the centre of a trade war between the world's top two economies, seeking to extend a truce by three months.
- Japanese firms, after decades of deflation, have found a rare moment that allows them to raise prices without triggering the intense public backlash that once made such moves taboo.
- Spain's black olive exporters, subject to harsh tariffs since Trump's first term, are warning it will be difficult to survive an extra 15% they now face under the European Union's latest trade deal with the US.
- The euro fell as politicians across Europe lined up to condemn the trade deal struck between the US and EU at the weekend. That is also likely to feed through into higher prices and lower profit margins in the US, Elena Casas explains on today's market rundown.
- Trump's tariff policy threatens to make Americans poorer while failing to bring back lost manufacturing jobs. In this episode of The Big View podcast, author Philip Coggan explores the parallels with Britain's foolish return to the gold standard a century ago.
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How Syrian attackers killed: One hand on the gun, another on the camera |
A Bedouin fighter passes a burnt building in the predominantly Druze region of Sweida. REUTERS/Stringer |
Reuters verified three videos in which gunmen wearing military fatigues carried out the execution-style killings of 12 unarmed Druze civilians in southern Syria earlier this month. The footage was filmed by the killers themselves or people accompanying them. |
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People sing and dance during the weekly gathering of Club Tobias at a shopping mall, in Caracas, Venezuela July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Gaby Oraa |
In a bustling Caracas shopping mall, the sound of music and laughter signals another meeting of Club Tobias. This is no ordinary social club; it's a lifeline for Venezuelans aged over 60, many of whom live alone after their children and grandchildren emigrated. |
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