Andrew Mountbatten Windsor leaves Aylsham Police Station, Britain, February 19, 2026. REUTERS/Phil Noble |
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- The US trade deficit widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite Trump's tariffs on foreign manufactured merchandise.
- More than $175 billion in US tariff collections are at risk of having to be refunded if the US Supreme Court rules against the president's broad emergency tariffs, Penn-Wharton Budget Model economists said. Read our exclusive.
- New US cybersecurity rules for the defense sector are leading some small suppliers to rethink military work due to high compliance costs, raising production risks at a time when the Trump administration is pressuring contractors to boost output and diversify the supply base.
- When Koji Sato was named Toyota CEO in 2023, he appeared to be the man for the moment: a veteran engineer who could give the world's best-selling automaker a badly needed boost in electric vehicles. But the moment changed.
- Mexican authorities raided a tunnel used to steal fuel from a state-owned pipeline this week, offering a rare glimpse into a long-running battle against a black-market trade often dominated by organized crime.
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- Next week marks the four-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- President Donald Trump will deliver a State of the Union address Tuesday. Some Democrats will boycott the speech for a rally.
- Artificial intelligence bellwether Nvidia is set to post quarterly results on Wednesday, as investors worry about returns on AI spending and industry disruptions caused by the emerging technology.
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a reckoning on Thursday, when a Manchester special election could deliver a fatal blow to his faltering leadership.
- Here's all you need to know about the week ahead in financial markets.
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Iranian supreme leader Khamenei, implacable foe of the United States |
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Tehran, Iran. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo |
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has crushed unrest and survived foreign pressure before but, with his envoys racing to avert threatened American airstrikes through ongoing talks, Iran's Supreme Leader faces the gravest crisis of his 36-year rule. An embittered population toils under a sanctions-hit economy. Huge protests in January were crushed at a cost of thousands of lives. Israeli and US strikes last year smashed prized nuclear and missile facilities. Iran's regional policy lies in tatters, with old allies and proxies weakened or gone. |
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A parking sign at the Little A'Le'Inn near Area 51, in Rachel, Nevada, U.S. September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart |
Donald Trump said he would direct federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to aliens and unidentified flying objects, pointing to what he described as strong public interest in the issue. In a social media post, Trump said he would order Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and other agencies to release the information, calling the matter "extremely interesting and important." |
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