Wall St rises in 'best Thanksgiving week for stocks'
US stocks ended the trading week higher in a truncated, post-holiday session that was complicated by an outage at an exchange operator as investors closed the book on a tumultuous month and kicked off the holiday shopping season.
Trump to suspend immigration from 'Third World'
Donald Trump said he would suspend migration from what the US leader called "third world countries", a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in Washington, killing one.
US stocks rise for third straight day
Wall Street equities gained on Wednesday on hopes of lower interest rates, as momentum builds following comments in recent days from Federal Reserve officials signalling another potential interest rate cut next month.
Trump says not inviting S Africa to next year's G20
US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that South Africa would not be invited to next year's G20 summit in Miami, taking his diplomatic offensive against the country to a new level.
Wall Street ends higher as investors bet on rate cut
Wall Street extended its rally on Tuesday as a spate of economic data appeared to support the case for the US Federal Reserve to implement its third and final rate cut of the year in December, while softness in the tech sector limited the Nasdaq's gains.
US retail sales growth cools, consumer sentiment sags
US retail sales increased less than expected in September, suggesting consumer fatigue amid higher prices because of tariffs, though the moderation did not dampen economists' expectations for solid economic growth in the third quarter.
X marks spot of extreme bother for political trolls
Elon Musk's X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account's location, exposing what users describe as global troll farms and influence operations on the platform – including in support of Donald Trump.
Filipino flood fraudsters left adrift in arrests' wave
Philippine authorities detained seven suspects and several more were being sought in a major corruption scandal involving flood-control projects, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday as he tried to quell public outrage over the brazen anomalies that have implicated powerful members of Congress.
Israel kills Hezbollah military chief in Beirut strike
The Israeli military on Sunday killed Hezbollah's top military official, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, in a strike on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital that came despite a year-long ceasefire.
LA port fights ship fire amid hazardous materials risk
All crew members have been evacuated from a burning ship at San Pedro port after a fire caused an explosion that disrupted power and crane operations, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.