Talks between trade representatives and high-level officials from some 166 countries ended with no major deals signed early Monday. The World Trade Organization (WTO) had been meeting in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde for four tense days of negotiations, hoping to finalize an agreement on e-commerce that was blocked by Brazil at the last minute.
On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump shocked the world by announcing "economic independence" for the US, imposing sweeping tariffs on every country in the world. The US Supreme Court has since ruled against the unprecedented move, but the US president seems keen to double down.
The United States has allowed a Russian tanker loaded with crude oil to sail for Cuba despite a de facto American oil blockade on the energy-starved Caribbean island, the New York Times reported Sunday.
Arguably, no form of technology has sparked both fear and enthusiasm quite the way nuclear energy has. In the 1950s, the peaceful use of nuclear fission boomed, and it remains to this day the ultimate deterrent in military matters.
Swiss food giant Nestle said on Saturday a huge shipment of KitKat chocolate, weighing around 12 tons, had been stolen last week. The company said the truck carrying 413,793 bars of its new chocolate range set off from its production facility in central Italy and was on its way to Poland when it disappeared.
Brian Riley, the CEO of the Guardian Bike Company, showcases a rack of frames that were built in his factory in Seymour, Indiana. Scott Horsley/NPR hide caption toggle caption Scott Horsley/NPR Brian Riley got into the bike business by accident.
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The EU Parliament and the European Council on Thursday voted to introduce handling fees for small packages arriving from outside the bloc starting on November 1, at the latest.
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