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Secondary sanctions are spooking global banks, as some of them turn away from doing business with Russia.

Tim Cook is also in town to rub shoulders with Beijing's top policymakers after iPhone sales in China dropped 24% in the first six weeks of the year.

"I told him respectfully that he couldn't be there, and I honestly was hoping to have a conversation with him about his cool boat," Joseph Holt told CBS8.

In the wake of sweeping sanctions, Russia's Vladimir Putin is leaning on China for economic and political support.

Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Elena Kagan spoke about their experiences dealing with the press during Murthy v. Missouri oral arguments on Monday.

Russia is expanding its economic and trade ties with Cuba as more than 100 companies start operations in sectors such as heavy industry, energy, and agriculture.

The South Dakota governor, a possible Trump running mate, posted an odd video on X that has the political world chattering.

Container shipping demand from China to Mexico surged nearly 60% in January from a year ago despite a general slowdown in global trade.

Russians are voting in the country's presidential election from March 15 to 17, and 71-year-old Vladimir Putin is expected to win a fifth term.

The Richmond Wildlife Center said their staff had to don a fox mask so that the orphaned kit doesn't "become imprinted upon or habituated to humans."

China's yearslong real-estate debt crisis has already taken down the property giant Evergrande, which is undergoing liquidation.

Boebert indicated that she wants the local party to nominate someone who's not running in the GOP primary for the district she recently moved to.

Proposed legislation to ban TikTok was put up for a vote and unanimously approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday.

Cardi B tried Balut eggs for the first time on TikTok, and her reaction is being compared to other food reviewers.

Biden's third State of the Union will come at the most critical moment yet. It may also be his largest audience before the election.

Author JK Rowling posted about a lurid UK murder, reopening a fierce debate about how society should talk about transgender convicts.

The cancellation of the annual Chinese premier press conference signals increased opacity and control from Xi Jinping's regime.

Russia — an energy giant — has managed to circumvent Western sanctions, most recently by activating a price-floor mechanism.

China, the world's second-largest economy, is targeting GDP growth of about 5% in 2024. The country's GDP grew 5.2% in 2023.