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The News FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is handing a political gift to Democrats in this pivotal battleground state. Democratic candidates across Michigan are unifying against Trump’s 50% tariffs on an array of Canadian goods, hitching Re

(Bloomberg) -- About one month after Japan and the US joined forces to prop up the yen, strategists say the intervention succeeded in slowing the currency’s short-term slide but did little to alter the forces driving its longer-term decline. After the coordinated intervention, th

Taiwan’s legislature approved a plan to spend more than $7 billion on drones over the next six years, part of the island’s push to deter a potential attack from China. President Lai Ching-te’s administration views drones as critical to Taiwan’s “porcupine strategy” — asymmetric w

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said strong earnings results from Nvidia and Salesforce shattered two of Wall Street's biggest tech bear narratives, sending both stocks soaring. "We were in the grip of some lies and damn lies, backed by chimerical statistics, and now both bear stor

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday said strong earnings results from Nvidia and Salesforce shattered two of Wall Street's biggest tech bear narratives, sending both stocks soaring. "We were in the grip of some lies and damn lies, backed by chimerical statistics, and now both bear stor

The Russia-Ukraine war has entered a more dangerous and deadly phase, analysts said, as the countries’ degraded aerial defenses contend with intensifying missile and drone barrages. Deaths have mounted in recent weeks as Ukraine runs dry of Patriot interceptors and Russia increas

For all the interest in and uptake of agentic AI systems over the past year or so, the world of automated AI has thus far been primarily limited to text, images, code, and other data and actions that take place inside a computer. Anthropic is now aiming to change that somewhat wi

The US campaign to inflict economic pain on Iran is squeezing the Iranian people, but is unlikely to move their leaders to end the war, analysts argued. The threat of sanctions triggered panic buying for food and fuel this week, The Wall Street Journal reported, sparking small la

What we know after the big Grand Theft Auto 6 preview - Published After more than 18 months since the last official glimpse of Grand Theft Auto 6, developer Rockstar has shown fans a 26-minute preview of the upcoming blockbuster video game. Its "extended look" debuted on Netflix,

Dive Brief: - Following a series of quarterly sales misses, Old Navy is getting a new CEO. On Nov. 2 Haio Barbeito will move into an advisory role after four years at the helm. - Replacing him is Michael Francis, who took dual roles at Gap Inc. when he arrived in March, includi

Gap on Thursday announced a new CEO for its Old Navy banner, effective Nov. 2, as the retailer tries to reinvigorate sluggish sales performance at the brand. Michael Francis, who was appointed the chief customer officer at Old Navy in May, will take over the reins from current CE

The Food and Drug Administration approved a once-daily HIV pill from Gilead that could help simplify care for some patients, the company announced Thursday. The drug, marketed as Bixlenvo, is aimed at patients whose virus is already under control but who remain on complicated tre

'Cowboy builders' targeted in new government clampdown - Published People carrying out home renovations will gain greater protections against "cowboy builders" through a new database of trusted traders and a payment system offering more safeguards, the government has said. Trader

Rape and sex offence specialists on all police forces by 2027, PM says - Published Investigators specialising in rape and sex offences will be introduced to every police force in England and Wales by the end of 2027, the government has said. Ministers are speeding up the rollout

The powerful United Arab Emirates official known as the "spy sheikh" is behind the largest stake in the holding company for the Trump family's planned crypto bank, further deepening his financial ties to President Donald Trump's business empire, The Wall Street Journal reported T

The powerful United Arab Emirates official known as the "spy sheikh" is behind the largest stake in the holding company for the Trump family's planned crypto bank, further deepening his financial ties to President Donald Trump's business empire, The Wall Street Journal reported T

Market watchers are closely listening to how elaborate Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will be about the central bank's next decision in September and whether he'd acknowledge the U.S. Treasury's intervention in bond markets last week. Kalshi traders, though, see low odds th

(Bloomberg) -- Gold traded above $4,600 an ounce as investors turned their focus to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path ahead of the annual Jackson Hole gathering.Bullion swung between gains and losses on Thursday after snapping a five-day winning streak the prior day. US ec

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that he said will "immediately" change the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America." Trump's attempt to rename the Great Lake, which straddles the U.S. northern border with Canada, came as a recent breakdown in trade talk

Clean-up of illegal waste supersite costs taxpayers £6m - Published The clear-up of one of England's largest illegal waste tips has been completed - landing taxpayers with a £6m bill. The government has vowed to recoup the clearance costs for the Kidlington dump in Oxfordshire -

xAI has now been accused of training Grok on child sex abuse materials (CSAM), as regulators and courts continue to probe how far the problem goes, and some Grok users have been arrested. In a complaint filed on Wednesday, a plaintiff known as Jane Doe explained that she was pres

'Mortified' McInnes takes responsibility for Rangers' European exit - Published Manager Derek McInnes says he takes "full responsibility" for Rangers' "embarrassing" Conference League exit at the hands of Jablonec. Rangers, who held a 1-0 lead going into the second leg of the pla

Rivian’s chief financial officer Claire McDonough is resigning her position at the end of October, the company announced in a regulatory filing Thursday. The company said McDonough is stepping down to “pursue a new opportunity and relocate to the East Coast to be closer to her fa

After adding support for longer videos just yesterday, open social network Bluesky on Thursday introduced a new algorithmic opt-out feature that allows users to stop their posts from appearing in the app’s main Discover feed. That algorithmic feed can currently surface any post o

Artificial intelligence has rocketed to the front of next Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary, as Rep. Seth Moulton tries to unseat Bay State political titan Sen. Ed Markey. Moulton, a six-term House member, has capitalized on a fumbling answer from Markey during a

Artificial intelligence has rocketed to the front of next Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary, as Rep. Seth Moulton tries to unseat Bay State political titan Sen. Ed Markey. Moulton, a six-term House member, has capitalized on a fumbling answer from Markey during a

CrowdStrike and Okta shares surged on Thursday after earnings showed that artificial intelligence adoption is pushing customers to spend more on cybersecurity tools. Both companies beat Wall Street's estimates for the fiscal second quarter and raised their forecasts, citing the A

CrowdStrike and Okta shares surged on Thursday after earnings showed that artificial intelligence adoption is pushing customers to spend more on cybersecurity tools. Both companies beat Wall Street's estimates for the fiscal second quarter and raised their forecasts, citing the A

Republican campaign committees want the Supreme Court to mandate lower prices for election commercials on broadcast TV stations. If the court agrees, broadcasters would be forced to offer their lowest ad prices to political parties and joint fundraising committees. For a more tho

Off the Wire Press Releases Aug. 27, 2026 — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Kathryn Mohror has been selected as general chair of the 2027 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, more commonly known as SC27. Mohro