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EU chief welcomes Trump’s tariff pause but is quiet about the bloc’s own retaliatory duty plan
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily halt ...
New Zealand lawmakers reject proposed law to redefine the country’s founding Treaty of Waitangi
New Zealand lawmakers dealt an overwhelming defeat Thursday to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s ...
Johnson vows to try again after GOP holdouts block action on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill
After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a Republican budget framework ...
Deer crashes The Gin Room in STL
ST. LOUIS – An unexpected visitor crashed through a window of The Gin Room in south St. Louis Thursday morning. The business ...
The week that Trump pushed the global economy to the brink with tariffs — and then pulled back
The stock market was soaring and the sun was shining when President Donald Trump stepped out of the Oval Office on Wednesday ...
Trump’s new energy order puts states’ climate laws in the crosshairs of the Department of Justice
A new executive order from President Donald Trump that’s part of his effort to invigorate energy production raises the ...
Locals react to Cara Spencer winning mayoral race
St. Louis voters have chosen a new direction, electing Cara Spencer as mayor in a decisive victory over incumbent Tishaura ...
50 years later, Vietnam’s battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists
Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and ...
Sam’s Club plans to open 15 new locations a year, CEO says
Sam’s Club CEO Chris Nicholas says the company plans to open 15 new locations a year “for the foreseeable future.” ...
Accused car thief facing 26 charges in two-month crime spree: Police
A St. Louis man is accused of breaking into multiple businesses over a two-month period and stealing several vehicles.
Asia shares jump after US stocks soared to historic gains when Trump paused most of his tariffs
World markets soared on Thursday, with Japan’s benchmark jumping more than 9%, as investors welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to put his sharp tariff hikes on hold for ...
2 leading Turkish journalists are detained on charges their newspapers say are based on their work
Two of Turkey’s leading journalists were detained Thursday on what their newspapers said were false charges stemming from their work. Writers Timur Soykan of BirGun and ...