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  • US Postal Service U-turn on China parcels sows confusion among retailers, shippers

    LOS ANGELES/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. Postal Service said on Wednesday it would again accept parcels from China and Hong Kong, reversing a 12-hour suspension after President Donald Trump scrapped an exemption used by retailers including Temu, Shein, and Amazon to ship low-value packages duty-free to the United States. The about-face added to the growing confusion among retailers and express shipping firms over how to deal with Trump's new 10% tariff on imports from China and his closure of the "de minimis" duty exemption for packages valued at under $800, with the stated aim of stopping the flow of fentanyl and precursor chemicals into the United States.

  • Bangladeshi protesters storm and destroy a house linked to exiled former prime minister Hasina

    Thousands of protesters in Bangladesh took out their anger at exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday by destroying a family home that came to symbolize the country's independence — and now, they say, the authoritarianism they believe she led. The attack was sparked by a speech Hasina planned to give to supporters from exile in neighboring India, where she fled last year during a deadly student-led uprising against her 15-year rule. The house in the capital, Dhaka, had been home to Hasina's late father and Bangladesh’s independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who declared the country's formal break from Pakistan there in 1971.

  • The Latest: Protesters across the US rally against Trump and Project 2025

    A movement to oppose President Donald Trump organized under the hashtags #buildtheresistance and #50501, which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, is looking to spark nationwide protests on Wednesday. Hundreds are also rallying in Washington, D.C., in support of USAID as the Trump administration seeks to dismantle the government agency aid, sending U.S. workers around the world scrambling to pack up households and shudder the institutions six-decade mission. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham called Trump’s proposal for a U.S. takeover of Gaza as “problematic.”

  • Peter Kuchar, father of PGA Tour's Matt Kuchar, dead at 74

    Peter Kuchar, the father of nine-time Tour winner Matt Kuchar, has died.

  • Anya Taylor-Joy Goes Goes from Pantless to Bundled Up as She Makes 5 Daring Outfit Changes in 24 Hours

    The actress is in New York City promoting 'The Gorge,' which also stars Miles Teller

  • Trump’s demand that US aid workers return home sparks outrage in Washington and anxiety overseas

    Frustration boiled over Wednesday among supporters of the United States' lead aid agency at a Washington rally, and anxious aid workers abroad scrambled to pack up households after the Trump administration abruptly pulled almost all agency staffers off the job and out of the field. The order issued Tuesday followed 2 1/2 weeks that have seen the Trump administration and teams led by billionaire ally Elon Musk dismantle much of the U.S. Agency for International Development, shutting down a six-decade mission intended to shore up U.S. security by educating children, fighting epidemics and advancing other development abroad.

  • Dollar slides as trade war risk recedes, yen rallies

    NEW YORK (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar fell to its lowest in more than a week on Wednesday as investor nerves about a global trade war abated, while the Japanese yen rallied on the back of strong wage data. As U.S. President Donald Trump looked poised to impose 25% import tariffs on Mexico and Canada, the dollar on Monday jumped as much as 1.3% to 109.88. It has since fallen around 2% after both Mexico and Canada won a one-month reprieve by beefing up border security, although the United States did increase levies on China.

  • Kanye West Boasts About Attention Wife Bianca Censori Received For Nude Grammys Look

    Censori’s controversial look has been the talk of social media — and the rapper seems to be loving the attention.

  • USAID is going away. Here's what it's been doing in South America

    The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in Brazil and coca eradication in Peru — South American countries that have been a priority for the support.

  • Storm threatens significant ice accumulations in several mid-Atlantic states, forecasters say

    A winter storm approaching several mid-Atlantic states is threatening significant ice accumulations that could cause widespread power outages and disrupt travel, forecasters warned Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued ice storm warnings from Wednesday afternoon through midday Thursday in portions of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. Forecasts of up to four-tenths of an inch of ice (1 centimeter) in some places could significantly damage trees and power lines, the weather service said.

  • DeepSeek code may send U.S. user data straight to the Chinese government: report

    Chinese-developed AI model shook tech world after its debut last month

  • NVIDIA stock soars as capex budgets swell and Blackwell ramps

    NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock gained Wednesday, bolstered by continued Capex spending boosts by hyperscalers and the ramping of its new Blackwell chip.

  • Heather Rae El Moussa prefers 'The Flip Off' over 'Selling Sunset': 'It brought a lot of drama and stress into my life'

    "I'm so much happier where I'm at right now," Heather Rae El Moussa says of filming "The Flip Off" with Tarek El Moussa and his ex, Christina Haack.

  • Jim Cramer Says Buy Nucor (NUE) as Tariffs Could Boost U.S. Steel

    We recently published a list of Jim Cramer Discusses These 10 Stocks & President Trump’s Tariffs. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) stands against other stocks that Jim Cramer discusses with insights on President Trump’s tariffs. In a fresh appearance on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, […]

  • Flight attendant killed in midair collision near D.C. honored with service

    A flight attendant who was killed in the midair collision last week near the nation’s capital was remembered Wednesday for his devotion to family and passion for travel, as Ian Epstein's family and others start to hold memorials for loved ones who were among the 67 victims in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001. Debra Epstein called her husband her fifth child on trips to Disney World. Debra Epstein said her husband’s schedule changed, moving him to the flight that crashed.

  • Palestinians in Gaza reject Trump's 'clear out' proposal

    Residents in the Gaza Strip rejected Wednesday US President Donald Trump’s proposal to permanently resettle the enclave's population and have the US take “ownership” in redeveloping the territory.

  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy says any peacekeeping force for Ukraine without US troops would be 'major mistake'

    It would be a "major mistake" to deploy British, French and other allied troops to guarantee Ukraine's security without involving the US, the Ukrainian president has told Sky News.

  • Boy who protected sister from plane crash debris is making 'miraculous' recovery

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old boy has been making a “miraculous” recovery after protecting his younger sister from the flying debris of a medical transport plane that crashed in Philadelphia last week, his family said.

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda says he was refused a role in the Wicked film

    ‘I really wanted to do that line,’ musical theatre star said

  • Rahim Al-Hussaini is named the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims

    Rahim Al-Hussaini was named Wednesday as the new Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims, following the death of his father. The 53-year-old was designated as the Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary imam of the Ismaili Muslims, in his father’s will. The Aga Khan is considered by his followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad and is treated as a head of state.