By Alexandra Ulmer, Marisa Taylor, Jeffrey Dastin and Alexandra Alper (Reuters) -Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk’s DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of the matter. While much of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency remains shrouded in secrecy, the surveillance would mark an extraordinary use … Read more…

LONDON (Reuters) – Physically backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) registered the largest quarterly inflow in three years in January-March, 2025, data from the World Gold Council (WGC) showed on Tuesday. Investors seeking shelter from political and economic volatility were moving into gold ETFs, which store bullion for investors, in the first quarter. A global trade war, sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump, intensified earlier this month after he announced sweeping tariffs on most U.S. imports, … Read more…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will impose an additional 50% tariff on China if Beijing does not withdraw its retaliatory tariffs on the United States. “Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated! Negotiations with other countries, which have also requested meetings, will begin taking place immediately,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. (Reporting by Katharine Jackson and Doina Chiacu; Editing … Read more…

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Indigenous protests and poor roads have disrupted shipping of Brazil’s bumper soybean crop in recent days via the river port of Miritituba in the Amazon rainforest, worrying global companies including Cargill and Bunge which have important operations. Abiove, an association representing grain handlers, said on Friday road access to Miritituba has remained under partial or total blockade for two weeks, preventing the shipment of around 70,000 tons of … Read more…

By Antoni Slodkowski BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Saturday “the market has spoken” in rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and called on Washington for “equal-footed consultation” after global markets plunged in reaction to the trade levies that drew Chinese retaliation. State-run Xinhua news agency also published the Chinese government’s stance, saying the U.S. should “stop using tariffs as a weapon to suppress China’s economy and trade”. Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan told public … Read more…