US president-elect Donald Trump says "tariff" is the most beautiful word in the dictionary -- and the Republican's second ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Former president Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, noting the importance of a peaceful transfer of power.

BRASILIA, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Brazil's central bank on Wednesday hiked its key interest rate half a point to 11.25 percent amid pessimistic inflation forecasts in Latin America's biggest economy.

Democratic strategist James Carville famously explained Bill Clinton's win in 1992 with the phrase "The economy, stupid!" Thirty years later, the maxim has held, with Vice President Harris failing to ...

DUBAI, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Hernan Crespo has been sacked as coach of Al Ain, the club from the United Arab Emirates said, six months after he guided them to glory in the AFC Champions League.

TOKYO, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told reporters Thursday he had held a phone call with US president-elect Donald Trump and "in a nutshell, he was very friendly".

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - AFP footage showed strikes hitting south Beirut Thursday about an hour after the Israeli army called for residents of the Hezbollah bastion to leave, including ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter point Thursday, looking beyond the election results to continue easing borrowing costs ...

Brandon King and Keacy Carty blasted centuries as the West Indies scored a series-clinching eight-wicket victory over England in the third and final game of their One-Day International series at ...

She needed their support, but it wasn't enough: Kamala Harris failed to get as many women to back her as she had hoped, despite a presidential campaign heavily focused on abortion access, in the face ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Donald Trump's crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world Wednesday, as defeated Kamala Harris gave a ...

BERLIN, Nov 7, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Germany entered a major political crisis on Wednesday with the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition likely paving the way for early elections next year ...