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15+ min ago   (594+ words) MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.3% | Image: Bloomberg Share markets edged higher in Asia on Monday as AI's insatiable demand for data buoyed chipmakers, and oil eased as hopes Saudi Arabia could boost supplies offset news of…...

13+ hour, 41+ min ago   (328+ words) SCHWERIN, Germany — German voters went to the polls on Sunday in two state elections that look likely to heap more pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz, whose future has been in the balance since the far right's triumph in another regional…...

16+ min ago   (424+ words) The European Council president said the EU and Canada can work together on defense, AI and strengthening democracy. DUBLIN ― European Council President António Costa said in an interview with POLITICO that the EU wants to “do more” and “act as…...

15+ min ago   (726+ words) Former Trump staffer Michael Caputo endured a decade of lawfare that he says forced him out of his home and gave him cancer from all the stress. But just when he thought the Russiagate nightmare was over, he was slapped…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1644+ words) POLITICO spoke to party leaders Magdalena Andersson and Ulf Kristersson — and leading analysts — to understand the far-right Sweden Democrats’ fall in support, and what it means. STOCKHOLM — As far-right leader Jimmie Åkesson danced beside the pink balaclava-wearing singer Miss Smut…...

12+ hour, 7+ min ago   (244+ words) Juanita’s Foods, maker of the No. 1 brand of Mexican-style menudo and pozole in the U.S., has acquired a 120,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Santa Fe Springs, California, securing a long-term Southern California production home as demand for authentic Mexican foods grows…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (865+ words) That tough talk helped Trump get to the White House a decade ago, but since then, he increasingly speaks in glowing terms about Chinese President Xi Jinping, the geopolitical rival Trump will fete on Thursday with a state dinner. “He’s…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (158+ words) We hear from small businesses affected by Trump’s latest trade war target. Plus: Treasury yields, a Fed rate hike, and “LinkedIn lunatics.” The Fed raised interest rates, bond yields broke 5%, and a barrel of crude oil … well, it’s just getting…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (204+ words) The Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum in Little Falls is hosting Civil War Saturday on September 26th, bringing the 1860s to life with artillery demonstrations, period clothing, and a chance to meet President Lincoln himself. Little Falls Museum Brings Civil War Era…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (282+ words) “China’s exports of rare-earth magnets to the U.S. fell last month, ahead of a meeting between the leaders of the countries that will probably involve discussions on flows of critical minerals,” Bloomberg reports. Think You Know Politics? A new…...