A man pushes his shopping cart filled with food shopping and walks in front of an aisle of canned vegetables with “Down price” labels in an Auchan supermarket in Guilherand Granges, France, March 8, 2025.Nicolas Guyonnet | Afp | Getty ImagesAnnual Euro zone inflation dipped as expected to 2.2% in March, according to flash data from statistics agency Eurostat published Tuesday.The Tuesday print sits just below the 2.3% final reading of February. Recent preliminary data had showed that March inflation came in lower than forecast in several major euro zone economies. Last month’s inflation hit 2.3% in Germany and fell…
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The U.S. fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting six high-level Chinese and Hong Kong officials over what it described as acts of transnational repression for their crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and on U.S. soil.The move was the first significant step by the new Trump administration to pressure China over human rights in Hong Kong. The State Department said in a statement that the officials used the city’s national security laws “to intimidate, silence, and harass 19 pro-democracy activists who had been forced to flee overseas, including a U.S. citizen and four other…
Von Der Leyen: EU open to negotiate on tariffs but will take ‘firm counter-measures if necessary’European Council President Antonio Costa (left) speaking with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (right) and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola before a debate on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of March 20, 2025, as part of a plenary session at the European Parliament on April 1, 2025, in Strasbourg, eastern France.Frederick Florin | Afp | Getty ImagesThe European Union is open to negotiations with the U.S. on tariffs but will take retaliatory measures if necessary, European Commission President Ursula von der…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Monday was the last trading day of the quarter. U.S. stocks took a heavy beating during the period: Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite broke their five-quarter winning streaks and suffered their heaviest three-month losses since 2022. The Nasdaq remains in correction territory.But it won’t be the last tumult stocks will experience. Reciprocal tariffs on “all countries” will start Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday. While Trump has described the start of his tariffs as…
The Johnson & Johnson logo displayed on a monitor. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesA U.S. bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s $10 billion proposal to end tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging that its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, marking the third time the company’s bankruptcy strategy has failed in court.J&J has been attempting to resolve the lawsuits through a subsidiary company’s bankruptcy, after two previous bankruptcy attempts failed in other courts.But the judge overseeing its case, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston, said that the company did not belong in bankruptcy.”While the Court’s decision is not an easy one, it is the right one,” Lopez wrote.Lopez…
The extremists began by asserting control over women’s bodies.In the political vacuum that has emerged after the overthrow of Bangladesh’s authoritarian leader, religious fundamentalists in one town declared that young women could no longer play soccer. In another, they forced the police to free a man who had harassed a woman for not covering her hair in public, then draped him in garlands of flowers.More brazen calls followed. Demonstrators at a rally in Dhaka, the capital, warned that if the government did not give the death penalty to anyone who disrespected Islam, they would carry out executions with their own…
Brand new Toyota cars are displayed on the sales lot at Hanlees Hilltop Toyota on March 4, 2025 in Richmond, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesNewly announced U.S. tariffs on auto imports have rattled Asian automakers, pressuring companies ahead of the implementation of the duties later in the week.U.S. President Donald Trump last Wednesday announced sweeping 25% tariffs on cars “not made in the U.S.,” sending shockwaves through global automakers.Shares of Toyota fell 9.4% in the three sessions following the announcement, while Nissan dropped 9.3%. South Korea’s Hyundai lost 11.2%.Japanese carmakers are particularly in dire straits, with Toyota likely to be…
Workers seen unloading gas tanks from a lorry at Chow Kit market, Kuala Lumpur on November 5, 2024.Faris Hadziq | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesA fire at a gas pipeline operated by Malaysia state energy firm Petronas injured 33 people on Tuesday on the outskirts of the capital Kuala Lumpur, authorities said.Six of the injured were sent to hospital, Selangor fire department director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail told broadcaster Astro Awani.Operations to try to tackle the blaze are ongoing.There are people trapped in houses in Kampung Kuala Sungai Baru and rescue efforts are ongoing, Selangor Disaster Management Committee chairman Mohd Najwan Halimi told state news…
Taiwanese Coast Guard personnel work on a vessel off the coast of Nangan Township, in the Matsu Islands on Oct. 15, 2024, a day after China conducted the “Joint Sword-2024B” military drills around Taiwan.Daniel Ceng | AFP | Getty ImagesChina’s military said Tuesday its army, navy and rocket forces launched a joint exercise off the coast of Taiwan in what it described as a “stern warning” against forces looking to undermine peace in the Taiwan Strait.The military drills, designed to “close in on Taiwan from multiple directions,” are a “resolute punishment” for the island’s President Lai Ching-te’s administration’s “provocations for…
In spring, they come for the cherry blossoms. In fall, for the foliage tours.Now, more travelers are booking winter trips to Japan, as the country’s reputation as a world-class skiing destination continues to lure visitors from Asia-Pacific and beyond.Foreign visitors to Japan rose 33% this past winter from pre-pandemic levels. Some 10.5 million visitors arrived from December 2024 to February 2025, up from 7.9 million during the same period in 2018, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.Many are flocking to the powdery slopes of Niseko and Hakuba which, along with other skiing areas like Yamagata and Yuzawa, received a…
