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McDonald’s has suffered its biggest drop in US sales since the height of Covid, a fall that it said was driven by wider concerns about the US economy. The world’s largest burger chain’s revenue at US stores open at least a year sank 3.6% in the first three months of 2025 compared with the same […]

Australians are increasingly avoiding travel to the United States under Donald Trump’s second presidency, fresh data shows, with forecasters expecting tourist numbers to plummet further throughout the year. Official statistics from the US International Trade Administration reveal the number of visitors from Australia in March 2025 was down by 7% compared with March 2024 – […]
The bond market sell-off escalated Friday to cap off one of the most volatile and unusual trading weeks in recent memory as President Trump’s tariff whipsaw sent yields surging as investors fled safe haven assets.

‘Black Monday’ again? US analyst predicts BIGGEST market crash since 1987, warns Trump tariffs may cause ‘bloodbath’ Wion Source link
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine, and Kyiv signaled that it was open to a 30-day ceasefire in the war with Russia, pending Moscow . . .

US economy live: S&P 500 notches biggest weekly drop in 6 months despite post-jobs rally Financial Times Source link
Zelenskyy says he is still ready to sign a minerals deal with the United States after Friday’s tense meeting with Trump. “Anora” is the real star of the 97th Academy Awards. And a look at the measles crisis decades in the making. Here’s what to know today. U.S.-Ukraine relationship can be salvaged, Zelenskyy says Ukrainian […]

China has not acknowledged it is developing a new supercarrier, and Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the embassy in Washington, had no comment when asked about the new design. He said that the country’s national defense policy is “purely defensive in nature.” The U.S. has nonetheless made no secret that it sees China as a […]
US consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said on Tuesday, with inflation seemingly stuck and a trade war under Donald Trump seen by a growing number of Americans as inevitable. The Conference Board reported that its consumer confidence index sank this month to […]
(Bloomberg) — Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks global trade. Sign up here. Most Read from Bloomberg The Trump administration took aim at China with a series of moves involving investment, trade and other issues that raises the risk ties may soon worsen between the US and its top economic rival. In recent […]