United States

A Silicon Valley enclave topples Miami island as the most expensive US ZIP code

2026-07-31T06:43:52.000Z
America’s economic divide is increasingly evident in the housing market, according to a report from Zillow. 

Mortgage rates in US rise to 6.66%, highest level in a year

2026-07-31T06:04:53.000Z
Smoke rises following an explosion at an unknown location, during what US Centcom says are strikes on Iran on Jul 29.

US says it struck dozens of IRGC targets in retaliation for attacks on US forces

2026-07-30T08:08:27.000Z
A Reuters survey of economists forecast US GDP likely increased at a 2.1 per cent annualised rate last quarter.

Consumers, AI spending likely supported US economic growth in the second quarter

2026-07-30T05:07:13.000Z
Bill Howard, the chief executive of Snap Creative, the maker of two of this summer’s hottest popcorn buckets, at the company’s offices in Camarillo, California.

Salty, buttery, astonishingly lucrative: The US$100 million market of popcorn buckets

2026-07-30T01:24:09.000Z
A Lockheed Martin Patriot missile model at a military fair in Poland on Sep 7, 2017. The firm secured a major long-term missile production deal with the Pentagon on Jul 29.

US Pentagon awards mega contracts to defence firms as Iran war strains US weapons stockpiles

2026-07-30T01:05:17.000Z
Iran needs to rearm after months of fighting in which the US and Israel have struck facilities linked to its missile, drone and air-defence programmes.

Iran to get Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems in weeks amid war with US: sources

2026-07-30T00:40:03.000Z
Much of the AI race has been framed as a contest over who can build the smartest model, but that may no longer be the right question to ask.
THINKING ALOUD

China doesn’t need to build better AI than the US to win the tech race

2026-07-29T23:00:00.000Z
US Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaking during a press conference in Washington, DC, July 29, 2026.

Divided US Fed leaves rates unchanged as Warsh vows not to ‘waver’ on inflation

2026-07-29T21:39:32.000Z
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (second from right) witnessed a key vote in the US Senate on a bipartisan package of new sanctions on Russia.

Trump, Zelensky discuss US-Ukraine Patriot missile deal and reviving talks with Russia

2026-07-29T03:17:31.000Z