For entrepreneur AJ Gunasena, building a business has never been about staying inside one industry. The Las Vegas-based founder of BETWITHAJ™ has spent years developing a portfolio that now reaches across venture capital, sports analytics, private real estate lending, media, and strategic brand development. His approach is built on the...
‘Imposing ignorance’: US climate science under siege
A benchmark US report on the fast-changing state of the Arctic has been canceled. The nation’s top research body has removed a chapter on global warming from a reference manual for judges. After the mass layoffs and budget cuts of the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, the...
US retail sales beat expectations in May as energy costs stay high
US retail sales surged past expectations in May, government data showed Wednesday, boosted by higher spending at gas stations as energy costs remained elevated amid fallout from the Middle East war. Sales were up 0.9 percent from April at $763.7 billion, the Department of Commerce said. This was a bigger...
US says trade deals in force despite court ruling on tariffs
US trade deals with the European Union, China and other partners remain in force despite the Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a top official said Sunday. “So we’re having active conversations with them. We want them to understand that these deals are going...
African manufacturers welcome US trade deal, call to finalise it
African manufacturers on Wednesday welcomed US lawmakers’ approval for renewing their duty-free access but called for urgency in finalising the deal. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been a cornerstone of trade relations for 25 years, allowing the United States to buy billions of dollars of duty-free cars,...
US car market expected to moderate in 2026
Auto industry experts expect US car sales to moderate in 2026 after last year’s churn of trade announcements and environmental policy changes spurred increased sales. Analysts attribute some of 2025’s sales gains to President Donald Trump’s announcements early in the year of huge tariff increases. Although the president ended up...
Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge
Hundreds of farmworkers and truck drivers blocked the Mexican side of a major border bridge with the United States on Monday as part of an ongoing national farmers’ strike. The protest blocked the Zaragoza-Ysleta International Bridge, which connects the US city of El Paso, Texas with Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez. An...
Lawmakers set to confirm Scott Bessent for US Treasury chief
The US Senate is widely expected to confirm billionaire hedge fund manager Scott Bessent for Treasury secretary Monday, putting him at the forefront of implementing Donald Trump’s economic agenda — which is already sparking global jitters. Bessent, a Wall Street veteran who was born and raised in South Carolina, has...
US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. In a major defeat for TikTok, the court ruled that the law does not violate free speech rights and that the...
US grounds SpaceX’s Starship after fiery mid-air explosion
The United States on Friday grounded SpaceX’s Starship and ordered Elon Musk’s company to investigate why the spaceship spectacularly disintegrated in a fiery cascade over the Caribbean during its latest test mission. Authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands confirmed they diverted all flights from their airspace during the incident...