Beijing’s retaliation came after the White House raised its tariff on Chinese goods to 125 percent, on top of an existing 20 percent tax.

Xi Jinping has refused to back down in China’s tariff confrontation with President Trump. But he’ll have to persuade his people that the pain is worth it.

The Kremlin spokesman would not say whether the Trump aide, Steve Witkoff, would meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

After years trying to moderate her party’s image, the far-right leader, convicted of embezzlement, now voices Trump-like outrage, at some risk.

Top Iranian officials pressed the country’s leader to reverse his position, arguing that the risk of war with the United States and the worsening economic crisis could topple the regime.

The number of dead in a roof collapse in Santo Domingo keeps rising. Officials have not said how many people were in the club at the time of the disaster.

Stocks in Asia and Europe rallied after President Trump paused punishing global levies. But U.S.-China trade tensions accelerated, and analysts cautioned that their full effects wouldn’t be felt for weeks.

The bloc was about to enact retaliatory tariffs when President Trump made his last-minute U-turn. What comes next is unclear.

Jaguar Land Rover employs 9,000 people in Solihull, where residents are anxious and baffled by the 25% tariff on vehicles imported to the United States.

President Trump’s trade war is lowering oil prices, which could prove more damaging to the Russian economy than the penalties the United States and its allies have already imposed.