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President Trump ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was in the middle of an interview, to the White House Situation Room as the administration deals with the financial fallout of the Iran war. Bessent, 63, was…

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsian financial markets were treading carefully on Tuesday in holiday-thinned…

Court-ordered settlement talks in Blake Lively‘s sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Justin Baldoni have floundered, and the It Ends With Us co-stars are almost certainly going to trial. Attempts to reach a deal have…

On 12 August 2022, as Salman Rushdie was about to launch into a lecture on the importance of protecting writers from harm at New York’s Chautauqua Institution, a man in a black mask rushed the stage with a knife. To the horror of the…

Iran’s foreign minister has communicated in recent days with Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy, as Trump weighs taking action in…

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File photo: Pool via Reuters Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday (December 23, 2025) offered talks to the opposition Pakistan…

Creatine pulls water into muscle cells, one reason muscles look fuller on it. The old myths say this automatically causes dehydration and cramping, but controlled studies in athletes training in heat show no extra dehydration and, in…

President Vladimir Putin has doubled down on his core demands for ending the war in Ukraine, saying Russia will lay down arms only if Kyiv's troops withdraw from territory claimed by Moscow.Putin has long pushed for legal recognition of…

Cowabaunga, dudes, it looks like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have a brand-new sensei. Neal H. Moritz, the veteran producer behind The Fast and the Furious franchise, is in negotiations to take on the job of re-starting TMNT…

With Congress now tied for its longest-ever shutdown, a small group of fed-up lawmakers in Washington are furiously trying to end the standoff as soon as this week. Those members…