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D onald Trump has not been shy: he wants interest rates down, fast. For months, the president has berated the Federal Reserve ...

President Donald Trump has for months sought interest-rate cuts in spite of tariff-driven inflation, only to be met with ...

Many countries use exit bans to prevent people accused of crimes from escaping justice, but the bar is usually high. In China ...

This month’s summits between America, Russia and Europe have produced no concrete agreements on ending Ukraine’s war. On land ...

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