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Japan and Britain have struck what they are calling a historic accord on cooperation in defense, clean energy and semiconductors

President Joe Biden has vetoed a congressional resolution that would have reinstated tariffs on solar panel imports from Southeast Asia

The Mexican government says renewed Texas truck inspections at the Brownsville-Matamoros crossings have caused delays as long as 27 hours for shipments crossing the border

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has given his full backing to Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s peace plan aimed at reaching a cease-fire with National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla organization

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has given his full backing to Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s peace plan aimed at reaching a cease-fire with National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla organization

Taiwan’s chief trade representative says his country’s semiconductor makers will expand production in the U.S. as much as they can afford to do so

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has started a state visit to Spain by urging Europe to do more to fight climate change

The House voted Friday to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries

Mondelez International follows consumer staples stocks higher after it proves its pricing power and raises guidance; analysts begin raising their targets.

The head of Finland’s conservative National Coalition Party, which came first in April 2 elections, says he will start talks to form a center-right coalition government that would see power-sharing with a far-right anti-immigration party

The Czech government has approved a defense military treaty with the United States

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have had a “long and meaningful” phone conversation in their first known contact since Russia invaded Ukraine

Armenia’s defense ministry says that one of its soldiers was killed by an Azerbaijani sniper near the border

The three Baltic states have strongly condemned comments by China’s envoy to France who appeared to say in a recent French television interview that the former Soviet republics aren't sovereign nations

Leaders of the U.K., the European Union and two U.S. presidents have urged Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to restore the mothballed Belfast government and reap the reward of more economic investment

The European Union is moving to contain an internal quarrel over some member nations temporarily banning imports of Ukrainian farm produce

Most of the nation’s major professional sports leagues, plus the media companies Fox and NBCUniversal are creating an alliance to ensure that sports betting advertising is done responsibly and does not target minors

The US ambassador to Russia says that she was able to visit the Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained more than two weeks ago on charges of espionage

An American architect of Northern Ireland’s historic peace accord has urged its feuding politicians to revive the mothballed Belfast government, as a current political crisis clouded celebration of the peacemaking milestone

Japan and the United States have agreed to cooperate on developing geothermal energy, one of the most plentiful resources on this volcanic island chain

Weight management meals and services provider WW International Inc. (NYSE: WW) spike over 25% as it closed its acquisition of telehealth weight loss platform

RPM International is returning to critical support levels after reporting a solid quarter but giving cautious guidance for FQ4.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants to “engage China toward a shared responsibility for peace” in Ukraine when he meets Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week

Standex International Corporation is showing bullish technical buying signals and may also be getting a catalyst from some short covering