In a ruling laced with derision, a federal judge has rejected President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, finding that the rambling 85-page complaint failed to follow federal rules for filing civil cases.

China’s defense minister renewed threats that his country would take over self-ruled Taiwan as he opened a security forum in Beijing.

Tom Homan, later named President Trump’s border czar, was recorded in September 2024 accepting a bag containing $50,000 in cash in an undercover FBI sting, people familiar with the case confirmed.

President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his claim that critical TV coverage of him is “illegal,” rejecting criticisms that his administration is undermining the First Amendment and chilling free expression.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless President Trump intervenes to cut a deal with Democrats.

The two-week deadline President Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine expired, with Russia showing no signs of stopping the violence as Western leaders pressed for additional security guarantees for Ukraine.

President Donald Trump said that he would nominate senior White House aide Lindsey Halligan to serve as the top federal prosecutor for the Virginia office thrown into turmoil after its U.S. attorney was pushed out.

India’s rice stocks in government warehouses climbed over 14% from a year earlier to a record high for early September, while wheat inventories reached a four-year peak on stronger buying from farmers.

The Bank of Japan’s policy board voted unanimously Friday to begin unloading about ¥335 billion ($2.4 billion) a year of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Japan real estate investment trusts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the conflict with Ukraine would continue unless an agreement is reached with Kyiv.

President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to weaken China’s global port network and bring more strategic terminals under Western control, according to three sources familiar with the plan.

Tesla’s stock rose last week after Elon Musk bought more than 2.5 million shares, worth about $1 billion (€850 million), in his own company.

President Donald Trump called on European leaders to stop “funding” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and accused them of failing to pressure China.

Disney is facing mounting boycott threats after its ABC network decided to indefinitely suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! over comments made by host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s recent assassination.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index extended its upward momentum on Friday, closing at 6,264.49 points, up by 30.87 points or 0.50 percent, as sub-indices turned in another mixed performance.

The Trump administration has added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Alphabet’s shares continued to climb this week, pushing the Google parent company’s valuation past $3 trillion (€2.55 trillion).

Moody’s economist Mark Zandi still sees a high chance that the US is headed for a recession, describing the odds of a downturn in the next 12 months as “uncomfortably high."

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai drew a record 218,130 visitors on September 13.

Donald Trump has thrown down his gauntlet: He wants European nations to impose 50% to 100% tariffs on China as part of a joint strategy to counter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Trump administration said earlier this week it was ordering Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico to unwind a joint venture by January 1 that allowed the carriers to coordinate scheduling, pricing, and capacity decisions for US–Mexico flights.

US President Donald Trump said recently that he plans to hold talks about the war in Ukraine in the coming days after his Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in August failed to achieve a breakthrough.

New York’s attorney general has asked the state’s highest court to reinstate President Donald Trump’s massive civil fraud penalty, appealing a lower court ruling that reduced the potential half-billion-dollar fine to zero.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not release a comprehensive study that linked high alcohol intake to seven types of cancer beyond liver and kidney disease.