Japan’s parliament re-elected the prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade. Ishiba’s ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) and its junior partner, Komeito, together lost their majority in the 465-seat lower house, the more powerful of Japan’s two-house parliament, in the 27 October…
A trader wears a hat in support of Republican Donald Trump, after he won the U.S. presidential election, at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2024. Andrew Kelly | Reuters This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will join French President Emmanuel Macron for Armistice Day events in Paris on Monday morning, with the two men set to hold talks on European security and the likely impact of a second Trump presidency in the US. There is uncertainty about Donald Trump’s support for Ukraine after he said…
A woman is dead and a child remains in hospital with serious injuries after a truck crashed into a kindergarten in a regional Victoria town, police say. Victoria police said the truck was believed to have crashed into a kindergarten in Riddells Creek, about 45km north-west of Melbourne, at about 2.20pm on Monday. A 43-year-old…
Donald Trump’s victory in U.S. elections has raised the specter of higher tariffs on China — but it may not be the only Asian country that faces this predicament, according to Goldman Sachs. While the U.S. bilateral trade deficit with China has decreased somewhat since the Trump administration, deficits with other Asian exporters have risen…
US president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), will be in charge of the country’s borders in his new administration. Homan’s areas of control will include “the southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and aviation security”, Trump said in a post on…
Anthony Davis went to the Los Angeles Lakers’ locker room midway through the third quarter Sunday night after getting hit in the face while blocking a dunk attempt by Toronto’s Jakob Poeltl. Davis made a one-handed block of Poeltl’s dunk attempt in the lane, but Poeltl’s off hand hit Davis in the face and eyes….
A transitional council created to restore democratic order in Haiti has fired its interim prime minister Garry Conille and is set to replace him with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, in a further sign of escalating turmoil in the Caribbean nation. The decision, outlined in a decree by the council that was seen by the Associated…
The Dallas Cowboys did not score a touchdown in their 34-6 blowout loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. However, they had a chance to find the end zone — and take the lead — with two minutes remaining in the first half. Trailing 7-3, Dallas got the ball back at the Philadelphia 6-yard line when Micah…
A New South Wales police officer who allegedly tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother has formally pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter in a Sydney court. Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White, 34, spoke only to enter his plea in the NSW supreme court on Monday morning. White allegedly tasered Clare Nowland – who suffered…
