On paper, Trump has no reason to worry. Recent data from the IMF shows that the dollar accounts for about 58 per cent of central bank reserves. This is slightly lower than at the start of the century, but recent diversification has mostly involved smaller currencies — not rivals such as the euro or renminbi.

Ukraine has reached an agreement with the U.S. on a minerals deal, Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice minister, told the Financial Times on Feb. 25. President Volodymyr Zelensky's office confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that an agreement has been reached.

Grocery shoppers are stressed about prices in the present and increases in the future, according to a new survey measuring food insecurity in Washington state.

France’s President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint press conference with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.