Russia has recently taken a page out of Trump's book and is proposing to rename the Gulf of Finland the Gulf of St. Petersburg.

In just a week, the president has floated financial reprisals for Mexico, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Colombia. The hostilities could backfire.

This was the first time in recent memory that military aircraft were used to fly migrants out of the country, one U.S. official said.

Trump still plans to make good on his promise to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico on Saturday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt says

President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talk in 2019. (Frank Augstein/AP, File)

Russia’s foreign ministry has called on Trump to reaffirm the current international agreement surrounding the Panama Canal and to leave it in control of the nation of Panama.

Thursday closed up +0.11 (+0.15%), and March RBOB gasoline (RBH25) closed up +0.0058 (+0.28%). Crude and gasoline prices recovered from early losses on Thursday and posted modest gains. Thursday's weaker dollar was supportive of energy prices.

Russia's defence ministry said late on Thursday that air defence units had downed 17 Ukrainian drones in four southern regions in a period of just over two hours.

Google has labeled the U.S. as a "sensitive country" on its maps, following Trump’s renaming of key locations.

Google says it will update its popular maps service to reflect any official name changes US President Donald Trump pushes through. It is part of an established policy but is not always popular.

ROGER W. FERGUSON, JR., is the Steven A. Tananbaum Distinguished Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations.