Japan and the United States convened their second high-level consultation committee meeting on Tuesday, signaling renewed momentum in deploying a landmark $550 billion Japanese investment pledge that anchors the allies’ hard-won trade agreement. The two-hour virtual session, co-chaired by Japanese…
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In the shadow of Mount Fuji, where ancient traditions meet cutting-edge innovation, a quiet revolution is underway in Japan’s corporate landscape. Private equity heavyweights from Wall Street to Singapore are descending on the world’s fourth-largest economy, drawn by a potent…
What should have been a peaceful drive down a scenic California mountain road turned into a harrowing life-or-death struggle for 69-year-old retired radiologist Dr. Peter Rothschild, whose Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid suddenly lost its ability to brake. With dashcam footage capturing every moment of the escalating crisis, the terrifying incident is now at the center of a nationwide recall affecting nearly 12,000 Volvo vehicles — and raising serious questions about the automaker’s safety practices and software deployment.
President Donald Trump’s aggressive new trade policies—designed to bolster domestic manufacturing—are hitting Ford Motor Company harder than many anticipated. Despite building roughly 80% of the vehicles it sells in the U.S. domestically, Ford is projecting a net $2 billion tariff-related…
“A majority of consumers, Americans and people around the world are chronically dehydrated,” he told CNN News. “They just don’t know it.” Even if consumers don’t know if they’re actually suffering from a lack of fluids, they’re still buying electrolyte-filled products like they…
McDonald’s is pulling the plug on its CosMc’s spinoff just two years after the alien-themed spinoff took off. The chain announced Friday that it’s closing all five locations next month. CosMc’s, named after a little-known alien McDonald’s character, opened in 2023 in…
Russia launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital of the three-year war, damaging several apartment buildings and injuring 15 people. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a…
Social media’s harmful impact on the mental health of children and teenagers is well documented. Now, new research suggests that the widespread marketing of unhealthy food and drinks on social media is influencing the food choices of young people and potentially impacting…
Starbucks workers staged walkouts at dozens of coffee shops in the United States this week to protest a policy change in their dress code that their union says should have been made through collective bargaining. Since May 11, more than…
Bayer AG is pursuing a new multibillion-dollar settlement over claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer—and is preparing to place its U.S. subsidiary Monsanto into bankruptcy if talks with tort plaintiffs collapse, according to people familiar with the matter. The…
