Gold, cocoa and oil are goods that are sought-after globally. And they can all be found in abundance in Ghana. This explains why the West African country earns more from exports than it has to pay for imports.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 250 political prisoners on Thursday in exchange for easing sanctions from Washington, according to the US embassy in nearby Lithuania. It is reportedly the largest one-time release of its kind so far, as Belarus is ramping up efforts to normalize ties with the United States.
Cargo containers are staged near cranes at the Port of Tacoma in Washington. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption toggle caption Ted S. Warren/AP U.S. customs officials say they're working on a system to deliver tariff refunds, and they hope it'll be up and running within 45 days.
Razed forests, collapsing fisheries and vanishing pollinators rarely register as national security threats. Yet recognition is growing that nature loss poses serious risks to political stability.
Germany's customs agency on Tuesday revealed that a sizable seizure of the drug ketamine was made at Cologne/Bonn Airport when an otherwise innocent-looking decoy object drew suspicion. Some 25 kilograms (about 55 pounds) of the widely misused anesthetic was found squirreled away inside five bushy-bearded garden gnomes that had been painted gold. How was the ketamine shipment found?
The US on Monday announced sanctions on Rwanda's military and senior military officials for supporting the rebel March 23 Movement in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC government expressed its "deep appreciation" of the US, calling the sanctions "a clear signal of support" for the respect of its "sovereignty and territorial integrity."
Farm workers left sick or sterilized after working with a toxic pesticide on Nicaraguan banana plantations saw their case rejected by a Paris court on Tuesday.
The European Commission will "proceed with [the] provisional application" of the Mercosur trade deal with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Friday. Von der Leyen's announcement came after Uruguay and Argentina ratified the agreement on Thursday, paving the way for its provisional application.
Even by Donald Trump's standards, 2026 has been unusually frenetic. From the ousting of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, to his threats to annex Greenland, to his repeated vows to use military action against Iran, a lot has been happening. Yet amid all these geopolitical upheavals, one key tool has pretty much defined both of Trump's presidencies: tariffs.
The European Commission on Sunday demanded that the United States respect the terms of a trade deal reached last July. The call from Brussels comes after US President Donald Trump said he was raising a global 10% tariff to 15% in response to the US Supreme Court blocking many of his emergency tariffs.
In a political setback for President Donald Trump, the US Supreme Court has struck down most of his tariffs put in place over the last 13 months, ruling that they are unconstitutional.
EU lawmakers decided Monday to delay the approval of the bloc's trade deal with the US due to uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariff policy.