You could be forgiven for thinking electric cars are finally gaining momentum in the United States.

A coalition of business groups has warned President Donald Trump that a newly announced $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications risks harming the U.S. economy and urged the administration to avoid changes to the skilled worker program that would impose additional burdens on companies.

In a country that ranks poorly internationally for gender equality, the new president of Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) — and likely next prime minister — is an ultra-conservative rising star in a male-dominated organization that critics call an obstacle to women’s advancement.

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have confirmed that the Red Sea once completely dried up around 6.2 million years ago, only to be suddenly refilled by a catastrophic influx of water from the Indian Ocean.

The Trump administration has approved a new generic version of the mifepristone abortion pill — a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week that has sparked uproar among anti-abortion leaders.

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that while he has “no qualms” about President Donald Trump pardoning nonviolent Jan. 6 protesters, his former boss “absolutely got it wrong” by pardoning those who assaulted police officers.

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in advanced talks to acquire Macquarie-backed Aligned Data Centers, targeting a major beneficiary of the AI spending boom in what would be one of the year’s biggest deals.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a top National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientist.

France’s new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government — and after less than a month in office.

Donald Trump’s administration is facing another round of calls to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office following his remarks to an unprecedented assembly of the nation’s military leaders.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index recovered Tuesday, with all counters in the green, but pessimism persists even as it closed above its support level at 6,083.83 points — up by 83.51 points, or 1.39 percent.

Verizon said that former PayPal chief executive Dan Schulman will replace Hans Vestberg as CEO, effective immediately.

Algen Biotechnologies said Monday it has agreed to grant AstraZeneca a license to develop gene therapies discovered through Algen’s artificial intelligence-driven platform.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to post a lengthy diatribe about one of his biggest political enemies, New York Attorney General Letitia James, calling her “scum” and demanding her removal from office.

Huawei Technologies Co. used advanced components from Asia’s largest technology firms in at least some of its leading Ascend AI processors.

Federal immigration agents have been accused of using militarized tactics in Chicago, including helicopter raids, chemical agents, and mass detentions, sparking outrage among city leaders and residents.

A major Japanese beverage producer says it has been hit by a cyberattack that has disrupted its operations for the fifth consecutive day.

This weekend’s box office belonged to two undeniable draws: Taylor Swift and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

The 190th Oktoberfest came to a close Sunday, wrapping up the world’s largest folk festival with the traditional Bavarian marksmen’s gun salute in Munich.

The Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) achieved ₱154.70 billion worth of total approved investments from January to September 2025.

The Trump administration said it will open 13 million acres of federal land for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants.

Asia excluding China has attracted roughly $100 billion in capital inflows over the past nine months as global investors diversify beyond U.S. assets.

President Donald Trump has amplified a years-old conspiracy theory, claiming that newly released FBI documents prove that 274 agents at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, were there to incite the attack.

California and other Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration, accusing it of stripping hundreds of millions of dollars in federal security and disaster relief funding because of their refusal to aid federal immigration enforcement.