Syria Orders Kurdish SDF to Return to Civilian Life by End of February

A planned meeting between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be delayed by “five or six weeks,” the US leader said. His trip to China’s capital was set to occur later this month, but was called off amid ongoing hostilities with Iran. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Trump said the much-anticipated […]

Trump Threatens 100% Tariff On French Wines Over Digital Services Tax Update (0810ET): France's President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he wanted to have a "respectful but firm discussion" with Trump. "We will have a respectful but firm discussion," Macron told TF1 as he prepared to host Trump and other leaders at a G7 summit. "Tariffs don't do anyone any good, especially tariffs between G7 countries," Macron said. As Tom Ozimek reported earlier via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump on June 15 threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on French wines and champagne...

Existing US Home Sales Plunged In March, Despite Falling Mortgage Rates Affordability-aiding lower mortgage rates battled a sentiment-sapping surge in geopolitical panic in March, with analysts expecting the latter to outweigh the former with a modest 0.7% MoM decline (after January's plunged - weather? - and February's modest rebound). The analysts under-estimated the fear from war-mongering as existing home sales plunged 3.6% MoM (down bigly from an upwardly revised 2.7% MoM jump in Feb). That is the second biggest drop in existing home sales since Nov 2022... Source: Bloomberg That dragged Existing Home...