Can the nearly $1 trillion-a-year US military really be depleting key weapons in Iran?
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Syria says Australia won't repatriate families from camp for those with alleged ties to IS militants
Nasdaq said on Thursday it will roll out a suite of products to support its planned extension of U.S. equities trading to 23 hours a day, five days a week, as a push to expand
April 23, 2026
The European Union formally approved on Thursday a 90-billion-euro ($105-billion) loan to Ukraine and new sanctions against
April 23, 2026
Shares in Mexican bottler Arca Continental jumped over 4% in early trading on Thursday after its volumes surpassed
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo on Thursday decried the world's treatment of immigrants, saying that often migrants and refugees seeking to escape violence or
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo signaled on Thursday that he does not plan to go beyond efforts made by his predecessor Francis to offer Church blessings for
April 23, 2026
Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada’s requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is urging the United States and Iran to return to talks to end the war
April 23, 2026
France investigates suspected tampering with weather sensors after Polymarket bets
April 24, 2026
A cannabis industry group calls President Donald Trump’s reclassification of state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug “the most significant federal advancement in cannabis policy" in decades
April 23, 2026
The European Union has approved a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for the next two years
April 23, 2026
Britain's Prince Harry made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Thursday and called on Russia's President Vladimir Putin to end the war - a week after a massive
April 23, 2026
Big smiles and bigger hearts: These are the 8 children killed in the Shreveport mass shooting
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By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, April 23 - The International Monetary Fund will send a team to Mozambique in June to advance talks on a new loan programme, a spokesperson said, as the country struggles
April 23, 2026
The Iran war is having a devastating humanitarian impact globally with higher energy prices making everything from filling the tank of an aid lorry to
April 23, 2026
At least 518 people were killed in violence that broke out during Tanzania's elections last October, a government-appointed commission of inquiry said on
April 23, 2026
Wall Street stocks dipped on Thursday and crude prices rose as Iran flaunted its control over the Strait of Hormuz and on signs of escalation in the
April 23, 2026
Two Russian LGBT organisations said on Thursday they had been designated by separate courts as "extremist", part of a widening crackdown on the gay and transgender community.
April 23, 2026
Russia's economic contraction in the first two months of the year may prompt the central bank to cut its key rate faster than expected, some analysts
April 23, 2026
The average rate on the popular U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell this week, though further declines are likely to be limited by uncertainty surrounding a fragile
April 23, 2026
European Union leaders will discuss the bloc's mutual assistance clause at a summit in Cyprus on Thursday, as U.S.
April 23, 2026
Russia warned on Thursday that any European countries that accepted deployments of French nuclear-capable strategic bombers would make themselves targets for
April 23, 2026
The U.S.
April 23, 2026
U.S. oil executives expect domestic production to rise as the ongoing war in Iran upends global supplies and pushes crude and fuel prices higher,
April 23, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday she will propose economist Roberto Lazzeri as the country's next ambassador to the United States, opting to
April 23, 2026
Freeport-McMoRan, the world's largest publicly traded copper producer, said on Thursday it expects a slower-than-anticipated recovery at its flagship Grasberg mine in Indonesia
April 23, 2026
The government of Argentina's President Javier Milei blocked the entry of accredited journalists to government house Casa Rosada
April 23, 2026
The Venice Biennale has lost 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in funding due to its decision to allow Russia to participate in the 61st contemporary art show
April 23, 2026
Police perform Heimlich maneuver to save elderly woman choking at Metro Detroit restaurant
April 23, 2026
The U.K. and French governments have signed a new multimillion-euro deal to reduce migrant crossings in the English Channel
April 23, 2026
The Olympic Games could return to Paris as soon as 2030
April 23, 2026
Worst spring drought on record grips US, fueling wildfires and water worries
April 23, 2026
An AP-NORC poll finds many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance
April 23, 2026
Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there
April 23, 2026
A new international group representing soccer players has launched as a rival to long established global union FIFPRO
April 23, 2026
Barcelona says forward Lamine Yamal will miss the rest of the club season but should be healed from a leg injury in time to play for Spain at the World Cup
April 23, 2026
Mexico's 12-month inflation stood at 4.53% in the first half of April, data from statistics agency INEGI showed on Thursday, above
April 23, 2026
India and the U.S. are engaged in constructive talks aimed at reaching a balanced and mutually beneficial trade agreement, a spokesperson from India's
April 23, 2026
Shares of cannabis firms reversed early gains on Thursday as investors took a closer look at the limited scope of the U.S. government's move
April 23, 2026
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits edged up last week, pointing to continued labor market stability in April, though
April 23, 2026
Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, and Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old
April 23, 2026
At the ‘art world Olympics,’ Team USA is chaotic
April 23, 2026
The dollar edged higher and was on track for a weekly gain on Thursday, as a standoff between Iran and the United States
April 23, 2026
Mauritius said it would wait up to the end of July for Britain to finalise a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands after London put the agreement on hold following
April 23, 2026
British consumer morale slid this month to its lowest since October 2023 as households ramped up their expectations for price rises, according to a survey on Thursday that added
April 23, 2026
The son of the former Shah appealed to Western countries to join the war against Iran and criticised the decision of the German government not to meet him during his visit
April 23, 2026
The global economy is facing ever more tangible strains from the energy shock triggered by the Iran war
April 23, 2026
A South Jersey sports museum owner brought Pope Leo XIV gifts during a trip to Rome
April 23, 2026
India's inflation risks have increased, driven by supply-side disruptions including the Iran war and weather-related uncertainties, the central bank
April 23, 2026
Slovakia and Hungary said they began receiving crude oil through the Druzhba pipeline on Thursday after a months-long outage that had blocked European Union aid to
April 23, 2026
The European Central Bank will hold its deposit rate on April 30 but hike it in June, according to just over
April 23, 2026
Britain's FTSE 100 closed a little lower on Thursday, with declines in heavyweight financials offset by some stocks after their corporate updates, while markets assessed fading
April 23, 2026
Seven ministers from Romania's largest party, the Social Democrats, resigned from the pro-European coalition government of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Thursday,
April 23, 2026
Some form of ongoing U.N. presence might continue after a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon ends later this year, U.N. peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix
April 23, 2026
Tourist’s ‘pre-wedding challenge’ damages historic Florence statue
April 23, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday, with investors hesitant to extend the recent equities rally in the absence of clear signals on the U.S.-Iran war, while a
April 23, 2026
Italy's deal to send migrants to Albania while their asylum claims are processed is compatible in principle with EU rules, an adviser to the bloc’s top court said on
April 23, 2026
The suggestion by an envoy of Donald Trump that Italy should replace Iran at this year's World Cup provoked embarrassment from Azzurri fans on
April 23, 2026
The risk of Germany slipping into recession has risen sharply due to the Iran war, a study by the IMK institute seen by Reuters on Thursday showed, as higher energy prices
April 23, 2026
Italy is ready to deploy up to four vessels, including two minesweepers, as part of an international mission to clear the Strait of Hormuz, the navy's chief of staff said.
April 23, 2026
The approval of a 90-billion-euro European Union loan throws Ukraine a lifeline, averting deep cuts to public services, but Kyiv may need more money to meet
April 23, 2026
Defense contractor Leidos said on Thursday it won a $617 million contract from the U.S.
April 23, 2026
The world's largest alternative asset manager Blackstone designed its funds with changes in credit markets in mind, its chairman and CEO said on Thursday, as the company
April 23, 2026
U.S. business activity picked up in April after nearly stalling in the prior month, but supplier delivery times at factories worsened as the war with
April 23, 2026
The Panama Canal Authority said on Thursday that some ships had recently paid more than $1 million for crossing slots at auction, but said the unusually high prices
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump has turned to naval blockades to pressure the governments of Venezuela, Cuba and now Iran to meet his demands
April 23, 2026
Slovenia’s national broadcaster RTV Slovenia won’t air the Eurovision Song Contest this year after the small European country previously pulled out of the event over Israel’s participation
April 23, 2026
A commission in Tanzania formed to investigate postelection violence says that at least 518 people died after the October vote
April 23, 2026
The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions
April 23, 2026
Prince Louis birthday photo released to mark the young royal turning 8
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump loves to keep people guessing about his next policy moves, a reality TV, cliffhanger governing style that is helping “events” wagering companies, including some backed by one of his sons
April 23, 2026
More than 30 million people will be pushed back into poverty by the impacts of the Iran war including disruptions to fuel and fertiliser supplies just
April 23, 2026
Italy may not be able to raise defence spending as planned due to growing economic and public finance difficulties plus the need to counter surging energy
April 23, 2026
U.S. airlines are seeing their best passenger numbers ever, cramming more people onto their planes and boosting revenues, yet in a cruel paradox, a
April 23, 2026
Teck Resources on Thursday beat analysts' estimates for first-quarter profit, aided by an increase in copper prices and record sales, while the company's proposed merger with
April 23, 2026
A warning of higher condom prices by the world's top maker has gone viral
April 23, 2026
Organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics said on Thursday they had sold more than 4 million tickets in the first release this month, an early sign
April 23, 2026
The partner of Princess Diana's brother has settled her lawsuit against his ex-wife for alleged misuse of private information after she disclosed her diagnosis of multiple
April 23, 2026
Procter & Gamble is set to report a sixth straight quarter of gross margin declines as the consumer goods bellwether battles choppy demand and fresh cost pressures from the war in
April 23, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large for Finance and Markets While stock markets have impressively filtered out much of the
April 23, 2026
From robotaxis to flying cars, China is working to export more of its cutting-edge vehicle technology - a strategy that
April 23, 2026
When the European Union outlines looser state aid rules next week to help governments cushion the blow from energy prices driven
April 23, 2026
Lebanese PM accuses Israel of war crimes after strike kills journalist
April 23, 2026
Homebuilder Pultegroup on Thursday posted a drop in profit and revenue for the first quarter, as rising inflation keeps homebuyers on the sidelines.
April 23, 2026
Britain said on Wednesday it would pay France up to 660 million pounds ($892 million) under a three-year border security deal to curb illegal migrant crossings of the
April 23, 2026
The Netherlands is facing the greatest threat to its national security since the end of World War Two, chiefly from Russia and China, against the
April 23, 2026
U.S. director, actor, screenwriter and producer Maggie Gyllenhaal will head the main competition jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said on Thursday.
April 23, 2026
American Airlines cut its 2026 profit forecast on Thursday, pushing the lower-end of the range to a loss, as sky-high jet fuel costs driven by the Iran war hurt
April 23, 2026
Two container ships seized by Iran near the Strait of Hormuz with about 40 crew aboard have been taken toward
April 23, 2026
Lockheed Martin reported a lower first-quarter profit on Thursday, as high costs on fixed-price contracts and production slowdowns on some
April 23, 2026
International cyber agencies on Thursday urged organisations to better defend against covert networks used by China-linked hackers to conceal malicious cyber activity,
April 23, 2026
A dispute over the remains of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu continues as a court orders his body returned to his family
April 23, 2026
The U.S. military hsa seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil
April 22, 2026
Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says the trade deal between South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union offers some solace at a time when unilateral moves have dominated the geopolitical landscape
April 23, 2026
Deported from the only home she knew, a DACA recipient fights her way back to the US
April 23, 2026
Nearly five months after a devastating blaze tore through Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court residential complex, Jason Kong took a small
April 23, 2026
Judges at the International Criminal Court confirmed murder charges against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte as crimes against
April 23, 2026
Inflation indicators from British companies flashed red in two long-running business surveys published on Thursday, which showed record
April 23, 2026
European shares were little changed on Thursday as investor worries over collapsed U.S.-Iran peace talks and weak economic data
April 23, 2026
British manufacturers have turned their most pessimistic since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic due to the Iran war and a measure of the expectations for inflation has
April 23, 2026
Recovery hopes for the French luxury giant LVMH LVMH.PA hinge on the outcome of the crisis in the Middle East, CEO and controlling shareholder Bernard Arnault said on
April 23, 2026
U.S. stocks are rebounding and investors, reassured by diplomacy around the Iran war, are coming off the sidelines as AI-related
April 23, 2026
Two local trains collided head-on north of the Danish capital Copenhagen on Thursday, injuring 18 people, five of them critically,
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump's years-long campaign to undermine faith in U.S. elections has gained broad traction with the American public, a
April 23, 2026
Brazil's government expects the country's exports to increase 13% by 2038 through the full enforcement of the free trade deal between the South
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration has cut more than 4,000 employees from some of the nation’s top law-enforcement agencies, even as it vowed
April 23, 2026
Caldic, a global chemicals distributor majority-owned by U.S. private equity firm Advent International, is under
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration is considering more than doubling an annual refugee limit to bring more white South Africans into the U.S.,
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo returns to Rome on Thursday after wrapping up an ambitious four-nation Africa tour in which he forcefully decried the
April 23, 2026
Hailed as a ‘football goddess’ by many, yet sexism, hate and misogyny remain for this soccer trailblazer
April 23, 2026
Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers rally at its chip complex in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, demanding higher bonuses and threatening to strike
April 23, 2026
Senate takes key step toward funding ICE and border patrol with only GOP votes
April 23, 2026
US Navy Secretary Phelan fired as naval blockade of Iran continues
April 23, 2026
Stocks are at record highs and shrugging off the war with Iran
April 23, 2026
A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system
April 23, 2026
The Israeli army has been destroying homes in areas of southern Lebanon it has occupied since agreeing last week to a ceasefire with Hezbollah
April 23, 2026
Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics workers rallied at a sprawling factory complex south of Seoul on Thursday,
April 23, 2026
Britain's budget deficit for the last financial year narrowed to a six-year low but official data published on Thursday also showed an early
April 23, 2026
Finland will increase defence spending to 3.2% of gross domestic product by 2030, the government said, as it decided to cut other expenditure and drafted its budget for
April 23, 2026
Business activity in the euro zone suffered a surprise contraction in April with the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sapping demand as prices soared, a closely watched survey
April 23, 2026
Swiss drugmaker Roche's first-quarter sales dropped by 5%, it said on Thursday, citing unfavourable foreign exchange effects that
April 23, 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has forced policymakers in Asia to face questions over the security of other maritime chokepoints, including the Strait of Malacca,
April 23, 2026
What to know about the Trump Justice Department’s case against the Southern Poverty Law Center
April 23, 2026
State-run media says Turkish lawmakers have passed a bill that includes restricting access to social media platforms for children under 15
April 23, 2026
The world's No. 2 brewer Heineken said on Thursday energy costs and inflation - driven up by the war in Iran - could hit demand for its beers, though its
April 23, 2026
A surge in jet fuel prices driven by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has upended the global aviation industry, forcing airlines to raise fares and revise their financial outlooks.
March 10, 2026
Nestle beat first-quarter sales forecasts and stuck to its annual outlook on Thursday, riding out the impact of the Iran war though it warned about the risk
April 23, 2026
China's foreign ministry on Thursday said it firmly opposes Washington's criticism of Chinese pressure on some African countries to revoke overflight clearances for
April 23, 2026
Business activity in France's private sector contracted at its fastest pace in 14 months as a downturn in the services sector amid the Iran war outweighed stronger factory
April 23, 2026
Germany's private sector contracted for the first time in almost a year in April as the Iran war put the brakes on the country's economic recovery, hitting demand and
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 23, 2026
The Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections
April 23, 2026
The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job
April 23, 2026
China's behind-the-scenes role in efforts to de-escalate the Iran conflict has been gaining attention
April 23, 2026
Some people in Sudan say they have struggled to obtain medicines, and the war in Iran has made that worse
April 23, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Venezuela for key talks on border security and trade with the country's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez
April 23, 2026
China teased in a video an aircraft carrier that could be its fourth, and the first
April 23, 2026
South Korea's Hyundai Motor on Thursday warned of growing business uncertainty due to the Middle East conflict after reporting a 31% drop in
April 23, 2026
Rescue workers say a Lebanese journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon
April 23, 2026
European logistics companies are expected to report higher first-quarter profits, benefiting from the turmoil created by the U.S.-Israeli war
April 23, 2026
John Distilleries is open to selling more, and potentially all, of its founder's remaining stake to U.S. spirits group Sazerac, following an
April 23, 2026
Malaysia's King Sultan Ibrahim said on Thursday that he will select the next head of the country's anti-graft body, with the agency's current chief under growing
April 23, 2026
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April 23, 2026
South Korea's data protection agency said on Thursday it has fined a matchmaking service over the leak of its members' sensitive personal
April 23, 2026
Australia is working with software providers including Anthropic over potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities, a spokesperson for Home
April 23, 2026
Growth in India's private sector accelerated in April as manufacturing and services activity rebounded after cooling last month despite elevated price pressures, a
April 23, 2026
Houston city officials amended on Wednesday an ordinance that halted cooperation with federal immigration authorities after the Texas governor
April 23, 2026
Voting in one of India’s most closely watched state elections has begun after a national voter roll revision removed millions of names and raised concerns over disenfranchisement
April 23, 2026
Two people died following a chemical leak at a silver catalyst plant in Kanawha County, West Virginia, on Wednesday, officials said.
April 23, 2026
Chicago White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami tied a Major League Baseball rookie record by homering in his fifth straight game, crushing a 451-foot shot to right-center field against the Arizona Diamondbacks for his 10th homer of the season
April 23, 2026
North Korea and Russia aim to open a road bridge connecting the
April 23, 2026
Supply chain and fuel disruptions triggered by the war in the Middle East have dealt a heavy blow to many Indian
April 23, 2026
The Bank of Japan is expected to keep interest rates steady next week but signal its readiness to hike them as soon as June, as a war-driven energy shock
April 23, 2026
Japan's Nikkei share average reversed course on Thursday after briefly topping the 60,000 level, as investors locked in profits from an early rally as the
April 23, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that Washington cannot dictate the terms of the continental trade deal known as USMCA
April 23, 2026
Peru's defense and foreign ministers have resigned after the country's president stalled a $3.5 billion deal for U.S. F-16 fighter jets
April 23, 2026
Microsoft said on Thursday that it will invest A$25 billion ($17.9 billion) in Australia by the end of 2029 to boost computing and artificial intelligence
April 23, 2026
Taiwan's minister in charge of the coast guard has made a rare visit to a Taiwan-controlled island in the South China Sea for exercises, including practising the armed
April 23, 2026
Ukraine could face increased risks in securing U.S. anti-missile defences if the war in Iran goes on for an extended period of time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said
April 23, 2026
South Korea's economy delivered its fastest growth in nearly six years last quarter, smashing forecasts as booming chip exports rode a global surge in AI
April 23, 2026
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Wednesday that prohibits local governments in his state from promoting or funding diversity
April 23, 2026
The Trump administration has taken the unusual step of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 23, 2026
Navy Secretary John Phelan has been fired, a U.S. official and a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in another wartime shakeup at the
April 23, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday criticised the former leadership of the International Olympic Committee as "shameful" and "cowardly" and said he hoped for a new
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 23, 2026
A large contingent of Russian firefighters was battling a blaze for the third day on Wednesday at the Tuapse oil refinery on the Black Sea after a Ukrainian drone attack, and
April 23, 2026
American Airlines is in preliminary discussions with Alaska Air Group to broaden their existing partnership, potentially by bringing Alaska into
April 23, 2026
South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday set a record for quarterly profit with a five-fold jump in earnings and forecast AI chip demand would
April 23, 2026
Japan's manufacturing activity expanded at its strongest pace in four years in April as firms boosted production over concerns about potential supply shortages due to
April 23, 2026
Some members of the U.S.
April 23, 2026
New Zealand's economic recovery has been delayed but not derailed, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said on Thursday after the Iran
April 23, 2026
Ajay Haridasse was close to finishing the Boston Marathon when his legs gave out
April 23, 2026
Wildfires have intensified intensifying across the U.S. Southeast
April 22, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran as a new round of peace talks was on hold
April 22, 2026
ServiceNow reported on Wednesday that delays in closing several large government deals in the Middle East hurt first-quarter subscription revenue growth, sending
April 23, 2026
New Zealand's opposition Labour Party said on Thursday it would support a free trade deal with India, paving the way for the agreement to clear parliament after one of
April 23, 2026
Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan archaeological site reopened on Wednesday under heavy security and with fewer tourists than usual, two days
April 23, 2026
A Virginia court on Wednesday halted a new Democratic-drawn congressional map approved by voters that could flip four Republican seats in the U.S.
April 23, 2026
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a Louisiana man with illegally possessing a firearm and lying to federal agents after the weapon was used in Sunday's
April 23, 2026
New money flows into a popular category of private credit funds for wealthy investors dropped by 45% in the first three months of this year from the same
April 23, 2026
Mexico's Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard acknowledged on Wednesday that tariffs on the country's automotive, steel and aluminum
April 23, 2026
Thousands fewer young Americans than expected took their own lives during the first two-
April 23, 2026
A Colorado district attorney has charged an immigration agent after a protester said she was held in a chokehold during demonstrations against the detention of an immigrant father and two children
April 23, 2026
Mexico's government is boosting security at tourist sites in preparation for the World Cup after a man opened fire at the Teotihuacan pyramids
April 22, 2026
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and wounded a photographer accompanying her, according to a senior
April 23, 2026
Mexican authorities continued to contradict themselves over the role of two CIA agents in a counternarcotics operation in northern Mexico and the extent to which Mexico’s federal government was aware of the U.S. involvement in the incident, which has started to ignite tensions with the White House
April 22, 2026
An aide to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign who was the target of secret surveillance during the FBI’s Russia investigation has reached a settlement for $1.25 million with the federal government
April 23, 2026
Argentina’s government on Wednesday said it sent Congress an electoral reform bill it said would cut costs, boost
April 23, 2026
The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia
April 23, 2026
Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic
April 22, 2026
U.S. stocks surged on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq setting a new high and the S&P 500 a new closing high, as tech and earnings optimism
April 23, 2026
Tesla sharply raised its spending plan to more than $25 billion for the year as CEO Elon Musk pours money into artificial intelligence, robotics
April 23, 2026
An appeals court has blocked a California law passed in 2025 requiring federal immigration agents to wear a badge or some form of identification
April 22, 2026
The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members stuck in Qatar to a third country
April 23, 2026
Manchester City has completed its ominous, late-season rise to the top of the Premier League
April 23, 2026
Spirit Airlines close to a $500 million bailout from Trump administration
April 23, 2026
The Kennedy Center is poised to undergo major renovations, with President Donald Trump calling it “tired, broken, and dilapidated.”
April 23, 2026
U.S. health officials have stopped the publication of a study on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness in preventing hospitalizations
April 23, 2026
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by a massive immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis-St. Paul earlier this year and the local pushback
April 23, 2026
Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger app, said on Wednesday he had received a summons in Russia at an old address naming him as a "suspect" in a criminal
April 23, 2026
A Colorado district attorney on Wednesday charged a U.S.
April 23, 2026
U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday to send the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to closing records, after U.S.
April 23, 2026
U.S.
April 23, 2026
Prediction markets platform Kalshi said on Wednesday it has suspended three U.S. congressional candidates for "political insider trading," building on
April 23, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Iran had agreed not to execute eight women protesters in a sign of respect for him, while officials in Tehran denied the
April 23, 2026
Trump claims Iran’s regime is fractured. The reality is more complicated.
April 23, 2026
The German company that owns Lufthansa Airlines and other European carriers says it plans to cut 20,000 short-haul flights through October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on jet fuel
April 23, 2026
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April 23, 2026
The Sabres haven’t been able to push the Bruins around on the ice
April 23, 2026
The U.S. stock market set more records after GE Vernova and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected
April 22, 2026
Soccer fans in Argentina's capital city Buenos Aires can no longer throw confetti from the stands
April 23, 2026
HHS rejects publication of study showing Covid-19 vaccines prevent hospitalizations, ER visits
April 23, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer came to power on a promise to govern Britain efficiently after years of political
April 22, 2026
Candidates to become the next head of the United Nations vowed on Wednesday to revitalize the troubled organization by pursuing reforms,
April 22, 2026
The United States is concerned that several African countries revoked overflight clearances for Taiwan's president at China's behest, the State
April 22, 2026
Several coffee companies and coffee traders are launching a new system to track deforestation related to coffee cultivation around the world, JDE Peet's, one of the
April 23, 2026
A Colombian man, who is linked to a woman convicted for the murder of Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe, was arrested in Argentina, Argentine
April 23, 2026
By Stephen Nellis and Max A.
April 23, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin can only meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the purpose of finalising agreements on the conflict, Russian news agencies quoted
April 23, 2026
Turkey is making efforts to revive negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and bring together the leaders of the warring sides, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told NATO
April 23, 2026
Wall Street stocks gained ground on Wednesday following U.S.
April 22, 2026
The National Football League on Wednesday defended its TV broadcast strategy as the Federal Communications Commission has been reviewing the
April 23, 2026
Goldman Sachs has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing the Wall Street bank of defrauding shareholders about its work for 1MDB, a
April 23, 2026
Iran said it had captured two container ships seeking to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump wants to see a "unified" response from Iran's leadership to U.S. proposals to end hostilities, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on
April 23, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is urging Equatorial Guineans to work for freedom, justice and to close the gap “between the privileged and the disadvantaged.”
April 22, 2026
Congress wants answers about 10 missing scientists, 4 are from New Mexico
April 23, 2026
Confusion is deepening in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway that has plunged the world into an energy crisis
April 23, 2026
Real estate investment trust National Healthcare Properties' shares fell 3.7% in its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, as investor appetite for new listings remains uneven amid
April 22, 2026
Six former security officials accused of plotting the violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu's government last year pleaded not guilty on Wednesday as
April 22, 2026
Oil prices settled up by more than $3 on Wednesday after a surprise gasoline and distillate stock draw in the U.S., and on reports of gunfire
April 22, 2026
Goldman Sachs has appointed insider Akila Raman as the global head of its private and alternatives capital markets business, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate hearing on Wednesday that he had nothing to do with the U.S.
April 22, 2026
Deutsche Telekom is exploring a possible tie-up with T-Mobile US to create a $300 billion telecoms giant, sources said, in what would overtake Vodafone-Mannesmann's
April 22, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 22, 2026
Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya appeared before the U.S.
April 22, 2026
The U.S. breach of commitments and its blockade of Iranian ports and threats are the main obstacles to "genuine negotiations", Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on
April 23, 2026
U.S.-based Virtus Minerals and Indian partner Lloyds Metals & Energy plan to restart full production at Congolese copper and cobalt miner
April 22, 2026
Pope Leo's
April 22, 2026
Housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now accepting additional credit scores that take into account rent and
April 23, 2026
Peruvian interim President Jose Balcazar said on Wednesday that the payment for a purchase of F-16 aircraft has been postponed until the next government takes power in July.
April 23, 2026
Embattled Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from the US House of Representatives Tuesday, staving off a high-stakes vote on whether she should be forced out of Congress. CNN's Annie Grayer has the details.
April 22, 2026
Longtime Georgia Democrat US Rep. David Scott dies at 80
April 23, 2026
The Gates Foundation confirmed Wednesday that it is reviewing its ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
April 22, 2026
$28 billion and counting: Europe tallies the cost of another energy crisis
April 22, 2026
A man who stole a purse from then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem while she dined at a restaurant under the protection of Secret Service agents has been sentenced to three years in prison for a string of thefts in the nation’s capital
April 22, 2026
Trump advisers privately strategize around a new midterm push: Democrats would be worse
April 22, 2026
France's far-right National Rally would reintroduce border controls and seek to limit Europe’s free‑movement zone to EU
April 22, 2026
Russia will stop the supply of Kazakh crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline to Germany from May 1, Deputy Prime Minister
April 22, 2026
Shareholders of Brazilian state-run lender Banco de Brasilia (BRB) on Wednesday approved a capital increase of up to 8.8 billion reais ($1.77
April 22, 2026
Startups claiming innovation benefits for their deals will likely secure speedy EU antitrust approval, but not if Big Tech is involved, a draft revamp of
April 22, 2026
Supreme Court allows soldier injured in Bagram suicide bombing to sue contractor
April 22, 2026
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said on Wednesday ticket prices may need to rise by as much as 15% to 20% to offset a surge in jet fuel costs,
April 22, 2026
Boeing is counting on the Trump
April 22, 2026
A Colombian woman deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo under a new agreement with the Trump administration said she was
April 22, 2026
Companies from consumer goods to travel and mining warned on Wednesday that the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran is
April 22, 2026
U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday after U.S.
April 22, 2026
A Spanish prosecutor has asked a judge to close a corruption investigation into the business dealings of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife, in a case brought by far‑
April 22, 2026
U.S.
April 22, 2026
One of Russia's largest publishers said on Wednesday that some staff were being questioned by authorities over possible "LGBT propaganda" in its book
April 22, 2026
European Union countries decided to start work on drafting an accession treaty for Montenegro on Wednesday, marking a new phase in the country's path toward joining the
April 22, 2026
Canada is not a supplicant that will allow the U.S. to dictate the terms for a scheduled review of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade treaty, Prime
April 22, 2026
The United States administration is expected to move to reclassify marijuana as soon as Wednesday, Axios reported, citing an official familiar with the matter, sending
April 22, 2026
The U.S. is aiming to get agreement on a broader range of farm goods purchases by China beyond soybeans during President Donald Trump's planned visit there next month, U.S.
April 22, 2026
Liam Rosenior has been fired as Chelsea manager after less than four months in the job and just four days before it plays in an FA Cup semifinal at Wembley
April 22, 2026
Deutsche Telekom is exploring a deal to combine with T-Mobile US
Nvidia's powerful H200 AI chips have not yet been sold to Chinese companies, Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday, citing
April 22, 2026
F1’s governing body says a repeat of the high-speed crash which left Oliver Bearman limping and alarmed the Formula 1 paddock “should basically be avoided” with regulation changes from next week’s race in Miami
April 22, 2026
Large chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan's Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt have flooded homes and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems
April 22, 2026
Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon
April 22, 2026
The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive
April 22, 2026
Zelensky tells CNN talks on Ukraine cannot wait until after the war in Iran is over
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump has read a notable Bible passage in a livestreamed marathon
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday moved to make it more difficult to hold companies liable when their contractors or franchisees violate
April 22, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after U.S.
April 22, 2026
The Trump administration is in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo to resettle 1,100 Afghans who have been stranded in Qatar awaiting U.S. visas,
April 22, 2026
Germany's economy ministry cut its growth forecasts for 2026 and 2027 and raised its inflation projections on Wednesday, as the Iran war drives up oil
April 22, 2026
Philip Morris International cut its annual profit forecast on Wednesday amid regulatory uncertainty over its Zyn nicotine pouches and rising competition in
April 22, 2026
Safe and sustainable passage through the Strait of Hormuz is what top shipping companies require before the world's sees much oil or cargo
April 22, 2026
The dollar rose on Wednesday on lingering concerns about the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, after President Donald Trump
April 22, 2026
Shares of private credit funds are trading at their deepest discounts to net asset values in more than 5-1/2 years as investors grow more sceptical of
April 22, 2026
TMX Group on Wednesday agreed to buy Cboe Global Markets' Canadian and Australian businesses for $300 million, in a deal that
April 22, 2026
The number of women holding top jobs at leading financial institutions has edged up to a record high, a new report has shown, suggesting diversity is
April 22, 2026
Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday after a halt lasting months, officials
April 22, 2026
Hungary's new government will open up the historical archives of its communist-era secret police, according to the man who will run the office of Peter Magyar, winner of
April 22, 2026
At least four people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon's state news agency reported, and
April 22, 2026
Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after Dec. 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill
April 22, 2026
Embattled Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from the US House of Representatives Tuesday, staving off a high-stakes vote on whether she should be forced out of Congress. CNN's Annie Grayer has the details.
April 22, 2026
The president of Cyprus says fellow European Union leaders meeting on the island nation need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out the call to bloc partners for help
April 22, 2026
Frontrunners in the race for California governor came under fire from trailing candidates in a televised debate on Wednesday, as former Fox News host Steve Hilton
April 22, 2026
This small sea area between Europe and Africa is the site of 124 shipwrecks, archaeologists find
April 22, 2026
French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud says he has been sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria for his book “Houris.”
April 22, 2026
After securing a majority government in Canada last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney faces his biggest challenge: redefining trade with the U.S. under
April 22, 2026
Deep in Mexico's Maya jungle, brilliant white lights blaze improbably in the wilderness: a maintenance depot for a flagship multi-
April 22, 2026
A report showing the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has been blocked from being published in the U.S.
April 22, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for expanding cooperation with Vietnam beyond trade and investment to areas including energy security and infrastructure during
April 22, 2026
Australia's internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox and Microsoft's Minecraft to spell out how they protect children
April 22, 2026
Ratings agency Moody's reported a rise in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by strong demand for its research and analytics products, and raised its 2026 earnings forecast
April 22, 2026
EU ambassadors approved on Wednesday the disbursement of a promised 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan to Ukraine as well as a new package of sanctions against Russia,
April 22, 2026
Vietnam and South Korea's leaders agreed to boost cooperation in nuclear energy and high-tech at a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday, as the
April 22, 2026
The U.S.
April 22, 2026
Governments worldwide are trying to shield consumers from soaring energy costs resulting from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
March 20, 2026
Traders placed a series of bets worth $430 million on a drop in crude prices just 15 minutes before U.S.
April 22, 2026
Unions at Czech Television and Czech Radio warned they were preparing to strike on Wednesday over what they see as a threat to their independence from planned government
April 22, 2026
CME Group reported a rise in first-quarter profit on Wednesday, as the derivatives exchange operator benefited from heightened market volatility encouraging more
April 22, 2026
Nepal's Minister of Home Affairs, Sudan Gurung, resigned on Wednesday saying there had been questions over his investments and other matters, the second
April 22, 2026
Palestinians in one of the only Gaza cities not overrun by Israeli ground forces during the war will vote this weekend
April 22, 2026
A Moldovan court sentenced business magnate and former political powerbroker Vladimir Plahotniuc to 19 years in prison on Wednesday in a fraud case
April 22, 2026
Italy on Wednesday cut its economic growth outlook and hiked forecasts for the budget deficit and public debt, reflecting surging energy
April 22, 2026
A delay in a Medicare pilot to cover obesity drugs due to health insurers' hesitation to participate in the program is unlikely to dent near-term demand for weight
April 22, 2026
The Gates Foundation is hiring an investigator to probe its Epstein connections
April 22, 2026
Shreveport Police Department timeline of mass shooting response
April 22, 2026
Four debut novelists are among the six finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, announced Wednesday
April 22, 2026
Michigan man brings cross to Shreveport in response to tragic killings
April 22, 2026
Cambodia and China have held their first meeting of what is called a “2+2” Strategic Dialogue Mechanism
April 22, 2026
Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous community, where men are largely barred from weaving
April 22, 2026
Ibogaine is drawing new interest from the Trump administration. Here’s what to know about the psychedelic
April 22, 2026
The fee you didn’t know you were paying to leave a country
April 22, 2026
FIFA is putting more World Cup tickets on sale after angering some fans by adding new, more expensive categories
April 21, 2026
The European Union is close to approving a 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan package to support Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years
April 22, 2026
Virginia voters approve a map giving Democrats a chance at four more House seats
April 22, 2026
Tom Barrett tapped into voter frustration over high gas prices as part of his successful 2024 run for Congress in Michigan.
April 22, 2026
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will make an official visit to London this week for talks on the wars in Iran and Ukraine, a Turkish diplomatic source said on
April 22, 2026
Britain should brace for a rise in cyberattacks linked to hostile states, the head of the country's cybersecurity agency said on Wednesday, as the
April 22, 2026
Wall Street has roared back to record highs even as uncertainty over the conflict in Iran lingers, a risk highlighted by a steady
April 22, 2026
European Union envoys are set to adopt a 20th package of sanctions against Russia, with Slovakia and Hungary expected to drop their opposition to the move
April 22, 2026
Europe is at a critical juncture for ensuring future access to new drugs as U.S. pricing policies shake the sector, the head of the European Medicines
April 22, 2026
The U.S. military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology in recent weeks at a key U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia, according to five people with
April 22, 2026
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April 22, 2026
Top computer chip equipment maker ASML will not be a bottleneck for the industry, as it was early in the decade, its CEO said on
April 22, 2026
A pipeline rupture that crippled Peru's energy grid in March followed years of documented warnings from regulators to pipeline operator TGP about
April 22, 2026
The German economy grew at a modest pace in the first quarter on healthy industrial and services output but higher energy prices and the uncertainty over the Iran war
April 22, 2026
Uncertain economic conditions and possible changes in interest rates could throw France's effort to trim its deficit to 3% of output by 2029 into doubt, France's fiscal
April 22, 2026
The natural gas demand destruction currently resulting from the Iran war as governments implement measures to mitigate the crisis risks becoming
April 22, 2026
Asian ship owners might begin to sail through the Strait of Hormuz soon amid a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire as they have a higher
April 22, 2026
Children in Britain who are 17 or younger, and anyone born in the future, will never be able to legally buy cigarettes after lawmakers approved new
April 22, 2026
British consumers are gloomier about the economy than at any time since records began in 1978, according to a survey published on Wednesday that showed the Iran war and soaring
April 22, 2026
Myanmar's new president is considering "good things" for detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand's foreign minister said on Wednesday, as the
April 22, 2026
Turkey's central bank held its key interest rate at 37% as expected on Wednesday, deciding not to hike but warning that fallout from the
April 22, 2026
Appeals judges ruled on Wednesday that the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, dismissing a bid to throw out
April 22, 2026
Across the world, groups of activists, teachers and psychologists are tackling one of the world’s most daunting problems — human-caused climate change — with laughter, dancing, hugs and most especially joy
April 22, 2026
The Iran war’s most tangible and immediate effect for many people outside the Middle East has been spiking gasoline prices
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump’s court fight over the $400 million White House East Wing ballroom casts some light on an underground bunker at the site
April 22, 2026
An intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea
April 22, 2026
When parents kill: Forensic psychiatrists examine the motives behind unthinkable murders
April 22, 2026
The ‘groundbreaking’ case of the cyber experts who allegedly broke bad and worked with criminals
April 22, 2026
Many African Catholics have greeted Leo’s first visit with joy. Others fear he’s lent legitimacy to strongman leaders
April 22, 2026
Palestinian schoolboy among two killed by Israeli settlers, amid spate of attacks on education in the West Bank
April 22, 2026
Italy posted a budget deficit of 3.1% of gross domestic product last year, statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Wednesday, confirming previous data and dashing Rome's hopes
April 22, 2026
British house prices rose by 1.2% in the year to February, after a 1.0% increase in the year to January, the Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
European shares dipped on Wednesday, extending losses for a third straight session, as a fragile U.S.-Iran truce weighed on sentiment, while
April 22, 2026
Japan Petroleum Exploration said on Wednesday it plans to quadruple its oil and gas output over the next decade, investing 1.16 trillion yen ($7.3 billion)
April 22, 2026
U.S. investors in Hungary are hoping for a return to predictable policymaking after years of abrupt law changes and ad hoc measures, following centre-
April 22, 2026
Kyiv’s top diplomat says Ukraine is pushing for direct talks between President Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin
April 22, 2026
The US-Iran war is spilling into the Indo-Pacific. That could make it harder to end
April 22, 2026
South Africa's headline consumer inflation edged up as expected last month, but analysts said the increase would be far larger in April when fuel
April 22, 2026
Germany set out a military strategy on Wednesday that sticks with a target of 260,000 active troops despite demands by senior military officials to raise total troop
April 22, 2026
An Iranian opposition leader criticised European countries on Wednesday for doing too little to halt executions in Iran, after Tehran carried out another execution in
April 22, 2026
China heaped praise on Wednesday on three African countries that refused to
April 22, 2026
China has issued a new proposal urging cities to integrate youth development into urban planning, housing, healthcare, education and public services, in a broader push
April 22, 2026
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have caused the biggest oil supply disruption on record by daily output lost, though
April 22, 2026
British inflation rose to 3.3% in March from 3.0% in February, according to data showing the first impact on prices from the Iran war
April 22, 2026
Top Mexican officials on Tuesday vowed to ensure safety ahead of the World Cup soccer matches following a shooting at the
April 22, 2026
Aerospace and defence supplier Senior Plc on Wednesday said it expects its 2026 performance to be "comfortably better" than prior expectations after strong demand in the first
April 22, 2026
An Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, bombings in Beirut, massive displacement and rising sectarian friction.
April 22, 2026
Ukraine has asked Turkey to host a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin, its top diplomat said, as Kyiv seeks to reinvigorate
April 22, 2026
China on Wednesday condemned the Japanese prime minister's offerings to the Yasukuni shrine and visits by other Japanese officials to the war shrine.
April 22, 2026
Inflation in the U.K. climbed in March, driven by a sharp rise in fuel prices following the Iran war
April 22, 2026
The United States has halted a shipment of about $500 million in cash bound for Iraq and suspended parts of its
April 22, 2026
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has told American allies they must pay more for critical minerals sourced from outside China, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
The number of immigrants residing in the European Union climbed to a record high of 64.2 million in 2025, up about 2.1 million from a year earlier,
April 22, 2026
Armed men burst into the apartment where student Mohamad lived with his Alawite family in the Syrian city of Jableh on March 7 last
April 22, 2026
Russia has repeatedly launched drones and missiles on a flight path near the disused Chornobyl nuclear plant during attacks on Ukraine, elevating the risk
April 22, 2026
China said a group of its
April 22, 2026
The first six games in this season’s playoffs all had something in common
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Cuba is raising hopes of regime change among Cuban Americans
April 22, 2026
The head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that hostile nations like Russia, Iran and China are behind the most serious cyberattacks in the U.K. In a speech Wednesday, Richard Horne said British businesses need to prepare for large-scale cyberattacks, especially if the U.K. becomes involved in international conflicts
April 22, 2026
Shares are mixed in Asia and oil prices are little changed as markets watch for the latest developments in the war with Iran
April 22, 2026
How a crummy cake kicked off a food-delivery crisis in China
April 22, 2026
Museums and other cultural institutions across the globe have added barrier-free tours and guides to their repertoire
April 22, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee An indefinite ceasefire in the Middle East that may or may not be agreed by all parties but is mostly expected by markets is
April 22, 2026
Problems enforcing Australia's teen social media ban reflect social media platforms' weak deployment of tools available to run age checks rather than the limits of the
April 22, 2026
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April 22, 2026
Authorities say a man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead has died in jail
April 22, 2026
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has a concussion
April 22, 2026
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a new congressional map drawn by Democrats who hope to flip as many as four Republican seats in the U.S.
April 22, 2026
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it was investigating a close call at New York's John F.
April 22, 2026
Dorz Cheung was at work when one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires broke out in November.
April 22, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has paid tribute to Pope Francis on Tuesday on the first anniversary of his death
April 21, 2026
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April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump says he is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request while awaiting a “unified proposal” from Tehran, even as the U.S. military maintains its blockade of Iranian ports
April 21, 2026
Embattled Mets closer Devin Williams allowed a tiebreaking RBI single to Luke Keaschall in the ninth inning, and New York lost its 12th consecutive game, falling 5-3 to the Minnesota Twins
April 22, 2026
Tracking states’ unprecedented redistricting efforts
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Two friends have claimed a bizarre record by driving a decades-old British three-wheel car about 14,000 miles from the U.K. to the southern tip of Africa for the longest trip by a three-wheel vehicle
April 22, 2026
Japan's exports rose for a seventh straight month led by demand tied to artificial intelligence that has for now blunted the impact of trade disruptions
April 22, 2026
New Zealand's "golden visa" programme has drawn nearly NZ$4 billion ($2.4 billion) in committed and pipeline investment in its first year, the government said on
April 22, 2026
U.S.
April 22, 2026
Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections
April 21, 2026
Why President Trump extended his ceasefire with Iran
April 22, 2026
With acting AG at his side, FBI Director Patel publicly addresses allegations about his conduct
April 22, 2026
Taiwan’s president has postponed a planned visit to Africa after three countries withdrew permission for his flight over their territories
April 21, 2026
A public servant, a loving father and a preteen’s mother: These are the victims of the Atlanta-area shootings
April 18, 2026
The owner of the gun that was used by a gunman to kill eight children in Louisiana on Sunday says the firearm was stolen from his truck, according to court documents
April 22, 2026
Mexican telecoms giant America Movil on Tuesday posted a 25.1% rise in profit for the first quarter, driven by stronger operating earnings and lower financing costs.
April 22, 2026
Diversified miner South32 cut its full‑year forecast on Wednesday for its Australia Manganese unit after wet-season rainfall and Tropical Cyclone Narelle disrupted operations, and
April 22, 2026
European mobile and broadband operator Vodafone said it would offer its small business customers advanced cybersecurity and agentic AI through its $1 billion strategic tie
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has brought criminal charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks extremist groups,
April 22, 2026
Military planners from more than 30 countries will hold two-day talks in London from Wednesday to advance a mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and draw up detailed
April 22, 2026
The chief science officer for the U.S. flagship HIV/AIDS program left his role this week and criticized the Trump administration's cuts to foreign
April 22, 2026
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Tuesday the state was launching a criminal probe into OpenAI and its artificial intelligence app
April 22, 2026
Moderna said on Tuesday it had started a late-stage study of its experimental bird flu vaccine in the U.S. and the UK, marking the first time a pandemic bird flu vaccine made with
April 22, 2026
South Korean police are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investment fraud investigation
April 21, 2026
Far-flung Pacific nations are reeling from the impact of a global fuel crisis as authorities scramble to manage energy supplies while families must
April 22, 2026
British employers offered slightly higher pay deals in the first quarter of 2026 but early signs of softness emerged in April, a key month for wage settlements, a survey from
April 22, 2026
South Korea's producer prices rose in March at the sharpest pace in more than three years on a surge in oil prices sparked by the Middle East conflict, central bank data
April 22, 2026
The Trump administration obtained a criminal indictment on Tuesday charging the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a
April 22, 2026
Shooting of tourists at Mexican pyramids shakes country weeks ahead of World Cup
April 22, 2026
Child dies from injuries after Overland Park apartment fire
April 22, 2026
SPLC charged with defrauding donors over paid extremism informant program
April 21, 2026
A Salvadoran court on Tuesday began a collective trial of 486 alleged gang members, one of the biggest mass trials under President Nayib Bukele's
April 22, 2026
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked U.S.
April 22, 2026
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, April 21 - Attacks on human rights defenders, journalists and activists searching for disappeared persons in Mexico continued in 2025 as disappearances climbed to 133,500
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump says the United States is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic
April 21, 2026
One of Diego Maradona’s daughters lashed out at neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, who was considered her father’s primary physician at the time of his death, during a negligence trial Tuesday
April 22, 2026
A teenager has admitted arson after an attack on a synagogue in London
April 22, 2026
The Justice Department has withdrawn subpoenas issued in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan, with officials asking for voluntary interviews instead of testimony before a grand jury
April 22, 2026
The Navy is reviewing the design and costs of its Ford-class aircraft carrier, one of its most high-tech and expensive warships
April 22, 2026
Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras, a leading adversary of President Bernardo Arevalo who has faced international sanctions, is set to
April 22, 2026
The Japanese government is in talks to invite Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to Japan as a state guest as early as next month, Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday.
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will "remember" companies that do not seek refunds for payments they
April 21, 2026
The 22-year-old Spaniard was honored with the prestigious award in Madrid on Monday and caught up with World Sport's Amanda Davies at the Laureus World Sports Awards
April 21, 2026
Air New Zealand said on Wednesday that its finance chief Richard Thomson has resigned and will leave the airline on August 28.
April 22, 2026
Oil and the dollar rose on Tuesday and U.S. stocks fell, as investors baulked at signals from Washington and Tehran that peace talks have not
April 22, 2026
New York state lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would curb some investors' ability to buy distressed sovereign debt and sue for full
April 22, 2026
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Tuesday raised concerns about using government funds to rescue low-cost bankrupt airline Spirit Airlines.
April 22, 2026
The Gates Foundation opened an external review earlier this year into its engagement with the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the philanthropic group
April 22, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday delayed the planned criminal sentencing of Purdue Pharma by one week, saying she wanted to allow more public participation
April 22, 2026
Argentine President Javier Milei said on Tuesday he will send an electoral reform bill to Congress on Wednesday to eliminate mandatory primary elections.
April 22, 2026
The safety of Russian citizens in Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region is currently under threat and Moscow will take all steps to protect them, Sergei Shoigu, the
April 22, 2026
United Airlines on Tuesday forecast second-quarter and full-year profits below Wall Street estimates as higher jet fuel prices squeeze margins and
April 22, 2026
The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico’s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 shooting at Columbine High School
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event
April 21, 2026
Internal documents shed light on Trump’s crusade to vet state voter rolls
April 22, 2026
Small business owners skeptical about getting tariff refunds
April 22, 2026
U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia
April 21, 2026
U.S. stocks and oil prices flip-flopped as uncertainty rose about what will happen following a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran, which had been set to expire Wednesday
April 21, 2026
A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher
April 22, 2026
The Senate voted on Tuesday to launch a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security and end the longest partial government shutdown in history
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump is suggesting the federal government could help keep Spirit Airlines afloat while also calling for a buyer to step in
April 22, 2026
A group of 37 Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday urged the U.S.
April 22, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea at the end of his four-nation African trip
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 22, 2026
Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA
April 21, 2026
Wall Street stocks followed their global counterparts to a lower close on Tuesday and crude prices extended their gains amid concerns over the latest
April 21, 2026
The head of Peru's electoral authority, Piero Corvetto, resigned on Tuesday as pressure grows over the long-delayed results from the country's April 12 general election.
April 22, 2026
Ukraine will resume pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline on Wednesday afternoon, an industry source told Reuters, as Kyiv seeks to unlock a 90 billion euro EU loan it
April 22, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar energy
April 21, 2026
Baby Jaxon: San Jose teen charged with sexually assaulting, killing his 2-year-old cousin
April 22, 2026
Oil prices pared gains on Tuesday after briefly climbing above $100 a barrel following an announcement from U.S.
April 21, 2026
Iran could attend talks with the United States in Pakistan if Washington abandons its policy of pressure and threats, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Tuesday,
April 22, 2026
President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so
April 21, 2026
Apple has announced that John Ternus will become the next CEO, taking over from Tim Cook on September 1
April 21, 2026
Rachel Goldberg-Polin has written a book about her son, Hersh, who was kidnapped during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack and killed in a Gaza tunnel
April 21, 2026
Bureaucratic hurdles mean the US military typically has to wait a decade between the time it sees a new threat and the employment of a new system to defend against it.
April 21, 2026
Ukraine has completed repairs on a damaged oil pipeline and is preparing to resume flows
April 21, 2026
Microsoft must face a mass lawsuit alleging it overcharged thousands of British businesses to use Windows Server software on cloud computing services provided by Amazon,
April 21, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday France will help Lebanese authorities prepare negotiations with Israel even if Paris was not directly part of the
April 22, 2026
U.S. airports could face a new wave of long security lines as early as May after the nation's homeland security chief said on Tuesday that he will
April 21, 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell, a premier Wall Street law firm, apologized to a federal judge for submitting a court filing with inaccurate citations and
April 21, 2026
Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones into northern Israel on Tuesday, accusing the Israeli military of violating a ceasefire ahead of
April 21, 2026
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday his government was not seeking confrontation with Iran-backed Hezbollah, but it would not allow itself to be
April 21, 2026
Investors in Peru's copper and gold mines are worried about the country's presidential vote count that has been slowed by allegations of irregularities, yet
April 21, 2026
Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to integrate the Patriot missile, an Army missile interceptor, into the U.S.
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
The Pentagon will no longer require members of the U.S. military to get the flu vaccine, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.
April 22, 2026
Democratic U.S.
April 22, 2026
Oklahoma rugby community remembers Bjorn 'Bear' Miller after deadly fall from California cliff
April 22, 2026
Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to address multiple crises, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and economic instability due to the conflict in Iran
April 21, 2026
U.S. military officials are calling for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
The United States did not move a key missile defense system from South Korea to the Middle East for the Iran war, the commander of U.S. forces in Korea said on Tuesday
April 21, 2026
The former civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt pressure from the prime minister's office to rush through the appointment despite security concerns
April 21, 2026
Anthropic plans to provide access to its Mythos AI model to European banks soon, three people familiar with the
April 21, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 21, 2026
The U.S. women’s basketball team will face China, Italy and the Czech Republic in the women’s FIBA World Cup in September, looking to win its fifth consecutive title
April 21, 2026
The head of the U.S. command for the Indo-Pacific region on Tuesday stressed the importance of Taiwan passing its stalled
April 21, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition has been shaken by internal squabbling as it grapples with a long-promised package of reforms to the tax,
April 21, 2026
Oilfield service firm Halliburton on Tuesday said it has been discussing commercial terms with customers for operations in Venezuela after making
April 21, 2026
Israel’s military removed two soldiers from combat duty and placed them in military detention for 30 days after they destroyed a crucifix in southern Lebanon, it said
April 21, 2026
The U.S.
April 21, 2026
Federal Reserve chief nominee Kevin Warsh said on Tuesday he had made no promises to President Donald Trump about cutting interest rates, as he
April 21, 2026
Italy aims to bring its budget deficit below the European Union's 3% of GDP ceiling this year despite a weakening growth outlook due surging energy costs
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
Italy has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest against insults directed at Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by a pro-Kremlin Russian television host, Rome's foreign
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
Gunman shoots at Whitney Young HS principal, another driver in Washington Heights: VIDEO
April 22, 2026
A federal appeals court says a Bangladeshi immigrant is rightly serving a life prison sentence for a fizzled 2017 subway bombing attack beneath New York City's Times Square even though it tossed out the top charge against him
April 21, 2026
Senate GOP unveils $70B immigration plan to circumvent Democrats in bid to end DHS shutdown
April 21, 2026
US at risk of running out of missiles if another war breaks out after depleting stockpile in Iran operations
April 22, 2026
Pentagon makes flu shot optional for troops, rescinding requirement
April 21, 2026
Canadian killed, six Americans among injured as gunman shoots tourists at Mexico’s Teotihuacan pyramids
April 21, 2026
Iran’s new supreme leader is nowhere to be seen. That might be helping the regime to survive
April 21, 2026
Authorities say an Israeli army reservist has shot and killed two Palestinians near a school in a village east of Ramallah
April 21, 2026
US officials killed in Mexico car crash following drug raid worked for the CIA, sources say
April 21, 2026
Israel jails two soldiers who damaged and photographed a Jesus statue in Lebanon
April 21, 2026
Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Tuesday his government was not seeking confrontation with Iran-backed Hezbollah, but would
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump told CNBC in an interview on Tuesday that he did not want to extend a ceasefire with Iran, adding the U.S. was in a strong negotiating position
April 21, 2026
Asset and wealth manager Northern Trust beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, as strong markets boosted assets under custody and fee
April 21, 2026
U.S. business inventories increased slightly more than expected in February amid a sharp rebound in stocks at wholesalers, suggesting that inventory investment could
April 21, 2026
The U.S. federal consumer finance watchdog agency on Tuesday formally ended certain civil-rights-era antidiscrimination requirements for the
April 21, 2026
President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States was considering helping the United Arab Emirates financially and a currency swap with the Middle East nation was
April 21, 2026
U.S. retail sales increased more than expected in March as the war with Iran boosted gasoline prices and led to a record surge in receipts at service
April 21, 2026
Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes increased more than expected in March, but higher mortgage rates and tight inventory remained constraints for the
April 21, 2026
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday announced a new, expanded advisory committee on Canada-United States economic relations, retaining only four people from the
April 21, 2026
Jarred Shaw's globe-trotting basketball career has taken him to 20 different teams across the world but a stint in Indonesia has resulted in the American languishing
April 21, 2026
Mehmet Oz, who heads the agency that runs the U.S.
April 21, 2026
Banco de Brasilia (BRB) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Quadra Capital to create an investment fund aimed at transferring assets linked to transactions BRB received
April 21, 2026
The U.S. dollar reached a one-week high on Tuesday as concerns grew that a ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran will take longer to reach and
April 21, 2026
South Africa's central bank said on Tuesday that the Iran war presented material upside risks to the country's inflation trajectory, with markets pricing in two interest
April 21, 2026
Japan's largest lender, MUFG Bank, is seeking partners such as life and non-life insurers to share risk as it increases financing beyond
April 21, 2026
Tesla has registered its voice assistant feature, which is powered by a generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, with China's cyberspace administrator in Shanghai,
April 21, 2026
The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled more details of President Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal year 2027, by far the largest
April 21, 2026
Apple's appointment of longtime hardware chief John Ternus as CEO signals a renewed emphasis on its core strength in devices and focus
April 21, 2026
Goldman Sachs on Tuesday maintained its forecast for the copper price to average $12,650 per metric ton this year and its estimate of a 490,000-ton 2026 surplus for the metal.
April 21, 2026
Fact check: Trump makes false claims about inflation and birthright citizenship
April 21, 2026
Seven arrested in London over foiled arson attack on Jewish community
April 21, 2026
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke by phone on Tuesday and agreed to enhance their cooperation on energy, Japan's foreign
April 21, 2026
Shoppers accelerated their spending in March from February, but they spent a good chunk of their money at the gas pump
April 21, 2026
The rights of Slovakia's ethnic Hungarian minority have resurfaced as a thorn in bilateral issues after Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar protested Slovak legislation
April 21, 2026
U.S. funding cuts to South Africa have dismantled HIV prevention programmes just as they are needed to support the roll-out of the new prevention drug
April 21, 2026
China's Chery Automobile is working to expand beyond its SUV-focused range to smaller cars to support its growth in Europe, but platform development has just started and
April 21, 2026
Nigeria’s Dangote oil refinery has reached a deal with Honeywell to use the U.S. industrial group's technology to build up production of petrochemicals for
April 21, 2026
Defense supplier Northrop Grumman posted higher first-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by strong demand for its aeronautics systems, including
April 21, 2026
Defense contractor RTX on Tuesday lifted its 2026 profit and revenue forecasts, betting on sustained aftermarket sales and growing demand for its
April 21, 2026
AstraZeneca's CEO told daily Handelsblatt on Tuesday that Germany risks missing out on new drugs that the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker plans to launch if the nation sticks
April 21, 2026
Brazil’s government could reciprocate after the expulsion of a Brazilian federal police attache from the United States, the South American country’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da
April 21, 2026
Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday after Israeli settlers
April 21, 2026
Growth in Ireland's domestic economy may slow to between 1.5% and 2.1% this year from an earlier forecast of 2.3% due to the inflationary impact of the
April 21, 2026
The European Council has imposed sanctions on two Russian entities that it said on Tuesday were linked to propaganda and disinformation from Moscow.
April 21, 2026
The European Union will provide guidance to airlines on how to handle issues such as airport slots, passenger rights and public service obligations in the
April 21, 2026
A former top foreign ministry official said on Tuesday he had faced "constant pressure" from Prime Minister Keir
April 21, 2026
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a new Democratic-drawn congressional map that could flip four Republican U.S.
April 21, 2026
Voting rights activists accused the Trump administration in a lawsuit on Tuesday of laying the groundwork for voter purges that could illegally remove eligible voters
April 21, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday her government was prepared to make changes to a contested plan offering financial rewards to
April 21, 2026
European countries including Spain and Ireland pushed on Tuesday to suspend a pact governing the EU's ties with Israel but
April 21, 2026
The foreign ministers of Niger and Mali have accused neighbouring countries of sponsoring terrorism, but said they were willing to cooperate
April 21, 2026
U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton warned disruptions caused by the Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could cut current-quarter
April 21, 2026
Pope Leo warned on Tuesday that humanity's future is at risk of being "tragically compromised" because of
April 21, 2026
The conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel is creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA)
April 21, 2026
Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said on Tuesday he will lead a minority government to ensure that reforms needed to tap European Union funds are met, in comments a
April 21, 2026
Inside Todd Blanche’s audition for attorney general
April 21, 2026
An unintended consequence of US immigration policy: Some fans are skipping the World Cup in the US
April 21, 2026
Community mourns as First Lady foundation offers aid for funeral costs
April 21, 2026
Man acquitted of Phylicia Barnes' murder set for trial again for attempted killing in Baltimore County
April 21, 2026
Tennis dominates as Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka win at Laureus World Sports Awards
April 21, 2026
French utility Engie is in talks with the Trump administration about a possible refund for its U.S. offshore wind project leases amid the president's
April 21, 2026
Russia was forced to reduce oil output in April due to Ukrainian drone attacks on ports and refineries, as well as a halt to crude supplies via the only remaining Russian oil
April 21, 2026
A gunman who killed seven people in a mass shooting in Kyiv on Saturday had quarrelled with his neighbour before he opened fire on passersby, public broadcaster Suspilne cited
April 21, 2026
Pope Leo paid respects on Tuesday to his predecessor Francis on the anniversary of his death last year, remembering the first pontiff from the Americas as
April 21, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Tech stocks are refusing to go to ground this week, despite ongoing
April 21, 2026
China's formal reply to an Italian request for mutual legal assistance never made it past a Rome mailroom.
April 21, 2026
Ukraine's funding needs for 2026 are covered, a senior EU official said, with the EU likely to make the first disbursement from its 90 billion euro loan at the end of
April 21, 2026
Russia is set to stop oil exports from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline starting from May 1, three industry sources said on Tuesday.
April 21, 2026
A prolonged disruption in energy supply can widen India's trade deficit and strain the fiscal account of the world's fastest-growing major economy, according to rating agency
April 21, 2026
Credit bureau Equifax reported a jump in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, as higher loan demand lifted its U.S. mortgage business, and maintained its full-year revenue outlook,
April 21, 2026
China has unveiled plans to expand its services sector to 100 trillion yuan ($14.67 trillion) by 2030 and upgrade service quality, as it seeks to boost the sector’s role
April 21, 2026
China is willing to work with African countries to address the spillover effects of the Middle East conflict, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday while meeting with
April 21, 2026
MSCI reported a rise in its first-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by a strong performance in its index products and analytics services.
April 21, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday he had cancelled his trip to Eswatini this week, after his government accused China of
April 21, 2026
NATO criticised Russian and Chinese nuclear arms policies on Tuesday and urged both countries to work with the United States to establish greater
April 21, 2026
An investigation by Indonesian state-run rights bodies found widespread violations by security forces including sexual abuse of some minors during last
April 21, 2026
The Bank of England will hold interest rates steady next week and likely through the rest of the year, according to a Reuters poll of economists, who broadly
April 21, 2026
GE Aerospace said on Tuesday it was on track to hit the high end of its 2026 profit outlook, but is bracing for a tougher
April 21, 2026
Japan is scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation with defense partners
April 21, 2026
Britain's employers showed signs of caution in March after the start of the Iran war with a measure of hiring falling during the month and the
April 21, 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa was so dizzying in its complexity that it recalls some of the early globe-trotting odysseys of St. John Paul II
April 10, 2026
Oil spills from the Iran war are visible from space
April 21, 2026
Nigerian authorities say they have charged six people with terrorism and treason over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, according to charge sheet seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday
April 21, 2026
Trump’s Bible reading streams tonight at a complicated moment for his relationship with American Christians
April 21, 2026
A portal to an ancient, invisible realm reopens in Uganda
April 21, 2026
Spain's trade deficit narrowed 24% in the first two months of 2026 from the same period a year earlier, to 7.31 billion euros ($8.60 billion), the Economy ministry said on Tuesday
April 21, 2026
A U.S. firm central to the Trump administration's push to secure critical minerals from Congo overstated its mining experience, Reuters has found.
April 21, 2026
European equities fell on Tuesday as uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace talks kept investors cautious, hours before a ceasefire is
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
The European Central Bank must be cautious when setting interest rates, given the great uncertainty associated with the war in Iran, ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos
April 21, 2026
Hungary's outgoing government violated European law with rules prohibiting or restricting access to LGBTQ content, which stigmatise and marginalise gay and trans people,
April 21, 2026
Over the past three months, Canadian soldiers conducted a more than 5,000-kilometer snowmobile patrol in extreme Arctic conditions traveling
April 21, 2026
A deadly shooting in Ukraine's capital at the weekend has fuelled calls for the loosening of restrictions on the right to own and carry handguns for self-
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump's approval rating held at the lowest of his term in recent days as many Americans questioned his temperament amid the Iran war
April 21, 2026
The Hong Kong government is attempting to seize more than HK$127 million ($16.22 million) from jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai after the
April 21, 2026
As Shin Hyun Song takes the helm of the Bank of Korea this week, the seasoned economist faces an ambitious task: making the won a global currency without
April 21, 2026
Malaysia's Karex Bhd, the world's top condom producer, plans to raise prices by 20% to 30% and possibly further if supply chain disruptions drag on
April 21, 2026
China on Tuesday implied energy assistance for the Philippines could be tied to Manila holding military drills with the U.S. and other allies, as its top
April 21, 2026
By Michael S.
April 21, 2026
Americans may face the next respiratory disease season without clear guidance for COVID shots and updated flu vaccines after a federal court ruling
April 21, 2026
Russian oil sales to India are set to remain near record highs in April and May following a new U.S. sanctions waiver, and refiners have already secured much of
April 21, 2026
U.S. unions and shipbuilding industry employers on Tuesday launched a coalition to rally Congress to advance legislation they say would help President Donald
April 21, 2026
German investor morale has sunk to its lowest level in more than three years in April as businesses start to feel the economic consequences of the Iran
April 21, 2026
The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections
April 21, 2026
Britain’s royals remember Queen Elizabeth II on what would have been her 100th birthday
April 21, 2026
Petro Hurin says his health has never been the same since he was sent 40 years ago to clear the Chornobyl
April 21, 2026
Russian forces have taken 1,700 square km (656 square miles) of territory in Ukraine this year and are advancing on its so-
April 21, 2026
Myanmar's new military-backed government wants to hold peace talks with opposition armed groups by the end of July, the country’s junta leader-turned-president said, but two key
April 21, 2026
The former top official in Britain's foreign ministry who was sacked over Peter Mandelson's appointment as U.S. ambassador said on Tuesday he had come under a lot of
April 21, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter: The clock is ticking for Iran's ceasefire with the U.S. to expire, though markets are looking through the risks for
April 21, 2026
Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for
April 21, 2026
Soaring oil prices in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran are driving renewed demand for biofuels as the need to tackle a fossil fuel
April 21, 2026
Representatives of U.S.
April 21, 2026
Japan needs to be vigilant against risks to its financial system stemming from developments in the Middle East, the central bank said on Tuesday, warning
April 21, 2026
Fraudulent messages promising safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for cryptocurrency have been sent to some shipping companies whose vessels are stranded
April 21, 2026
Disruption to global oil supplies from the Iran war has added more than $100 to the price of long-haul flights from Europe, a
April 21, 2026
Britain's labour market cooled only slightly in three months to February with earnings growth easing by less than forecast and the jobless rate falling unexpectedly although that
April 21, 2026
More than 40 years after Volkswagen stole the show at its first Chinese auto fair, it has lost its cutting-edge status in the country, with homegrown brands setting the
April 21, 2026
Iran has granted its commanders more autonomy over militias in Iraq, allowing some to act without Tehran’s approval
April 21, 2026
When President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, he vowed to use tariffs to reset relations with China, which he said was "killing" the
April 21, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has rejected as "absurd" claims that his minister overseeing relations with North Korea revealed
April 21, 2026
The 10th United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027.
April 21, 2026
Pakistan is confident it can get Iran to attend talks with the United States, a senior Pakistani government official told Reuters on Monday.
April 21, 2026
JPMorgan Chase said on Tuesday its $1.5 trillion initiative to finance and invest in industries critical to U.S. national security will expand across Europe.
April 21, 2026
A gunman shot dead a Canadian woman as he opened fire at Mexico's Teotihuacan pyramids on Monday before
April 21, 2026
When she died in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch most Britons had ever known
April 21, 2026
By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI, April 20 (Reuters)- - A warning by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has crystallised fears among Gulf states that reopening the Strait of Hormuz may be the most Iran-
April 21, 2026
Los Angeles Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz will undergo surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow and is expected to miss about three months
April 21, 2026
A high-profile paramilitary commander in Sudan has switched sides and joined the country’s army as the war enters a fourth year
April 20, 2026
There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV found his voice on his epic and ongoing trip through Africa
April 20, 2026
Rohingya refugee Rahila Begum spent two days adrift in the Andaman Sea this month, clinging to a wooden shard after her
April 21, 2026
Most currencies were largely steady on Tuesday, with investors waiting to see whether there will
April 21, 2026
Jeff Bezos' artificial intelligence lab is close to raising $10 billion in a new funding round, valuing the new startup called Project Prometheus at $38 billion, the Financial
April 21, 2026
The Trump administration on Monday filed a complaint against the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (D.C.
April 21, 2026
The jobless rate in China for those under 30 years of age in urban areas, excluding college students, rose in March, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.
April 21, 2026
South Korean police have requested a detention warrant for Bang Si-hyuk, the chairman of Kpop agency HYBE, over alleged illegal trading
April 21, 2026
Activist investors are planning to invest in Japan over the long-term, emboldened by their recent successes in a market where they once got a
April 21, 2026
Apple on Monday named insider John Ternus as its next CEO, tasking the longtime hardware chief with steering the company after Tim Cook as the iPhone maker prepares for
April 21, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend
April 20, 2026
Dan Vladar stopped 27 shots as the Philadelphia Flyers shut out the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series
April 21, 2026
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he survived a vote on his leadership among his own party’s lawmakers, after recent slumps in the polls prompted speculation he might be ousted
April 21, 2026
Police say a Louisiana man who fatally shot seven of his children and another child used an an assault-style weapon despite a 2019 felony firearms conviction
April 20, 2026
South Korea's economy likely returned to growth last quarter due to strong semiconductor exports and steady domestic demand, a Reuters poll of
April 21, 2026
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday said he received the support of National Party lawmakers after calling a
April 21, 2026
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday there has only been 'marginal' use of Philippine bases accessible to the U.S. military due to land issues.
April 21, 2026
South Korea's newly appointed central bank governor, Shin Hyun-song, said on Tuesday the country's monetary policy needed to be cautious and flexible amid heightened
April 21, 2026
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position, including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job
April 21, 2026
China’s energy fortress was built to withstand just this type of oil shock
April 21, 2026
Africa's largest carrier Ethiopian Airlines on Monday said it is buying six additional Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner jets as it looks to expand
April 21, 2026
The U.S.
April 21, 2026
Australia's Lynas Rare Earths reported a more than twofold jump in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by stronger prices, while flagging strong market demand as customers
April 21, 2026
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev arrived in North Korea for talks on cooperation between the two allies, the ministry's spokeswoman Irina Volk said early on Tuesday.
April 21, 2026
Apple on Monday named longtime hardware boss John Ternus as its next CEO, turning to another insider to steer the iPhone maker after Tim Cook as
April 21, 2026
Authorities say a planned fight among young people escalated into a shooting at a North Carolina park Monday morning that left two teenage boys dead and five other people injured
April 20, 2026
A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media
April 21, 2026
An Iranian citizen who was indicted more than a decade ago on charges that he shipped military sonar equipment from the U.S. to Iran in violation of American trade sanctions has been extradited to Seattle
April 21, 2026
U.S.
April 21, 2026
The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River
April 21, 2026
Germany's federal and state government tax revenue rose by 3.6% in March compared with the same month a year ago, the finance ministry said in its
April 21, 2026
Federal aviation regulators on Monday ordered billionaire Jeff Bezos' space company, Blue Origin, to investigate the upper-stage
April 21, 2026
(Corrects headline and lede to reflect $1 million allocated only for security deal, corrects that agreement will add to existing policies, not review them, corrects attribution in lede) SANTIAGO,
April 20, 2026
General Motors recruited new product chief Sterling Anderson last year with a pay package totaling as much as $40 million, a regulatory filing on Monday showed.
April 21, 2026
Iran is considering attending peace talks with the United States in Pakistan, a senior Iranian official told
April 20, 2026
343 days on the front line: Ukrainian officer’s long deployment underscores Kyiv’s manpower issues
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump is defending his Iran war strategy, attacking critics and skeptics on Monday as “TRAITORS, ALL” after a second round of talks with Iran were thrown into doubt by the U.S. Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz
April 20, 2026
Planned fight near North Carolina middle school erupts into shooting, killing 2 teens and wounding 5, police say
April 20, 2026
Man indicted in wrong-way crash that killed a California law enforcement recruit and injured others, prosecutors say
January 25, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department has demanded hundreds of thousands of ballots and related records from the Detroit area from the 2024 election
April 21, 2026
The 2027 women's Tour de France will feature a team time trial in London
April 21, 2026
New York Yankees right-hander Cam Schlittler says he’s looking forward to his Fenway Park debut against Boston even after revealing he and his family have received death threats from Red Sox fans
April 21, 2026
FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick
April 20, 2026
President Donald Trump invoked the Defense Production Act on Monday to sign a series of energy-related presidential memorandums, the White House announced, as his
April 21, 2026
Mexico's economy minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Monday that formal negotiations to review the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact, known as the USMCA, are due to begin the
April 21, 2026
JetBlue Airways CEO Joanna Geraghty told employees the carrier was not considering bankruptcy for this year, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday, even
April 21, 2026
Shreveport police said on Monday that they were working to determine why a man shot and killed seven of his
April 21, 2026
Oil rose on Monday and the main U.S. equity indices fell as U.S.-Iran tensions re-escalated and the Strait of Hormuz was closed, although the
April 21, 2026
Alaska Air Group withdrew its full-year profit forecast on Monday after a sharp rise in jet fuel costs tied to the Iran war pressured margins and darkened the
April 21, 2026
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton finished the Boston Marathon on Monday and her parents were waiting at the finish line to congratulate her
April 21, 2026
A trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Islamic State militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021
April 21, 2026
High-level US delegation visits Cuba as Trump ups pressure
April 21, 2026
Oil prices climbed following the latest rise of U.S.-Iran tensions, but the moves were more modest than they were earlier in the war
April 20, 2026
Defending two-time champion Carlos Alcaraz has put his participation at the French Open in doubt because of a right wrist injury
April 21, 2026
Spain starts program to legalize up to half-million migrants
January 28, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is giving mixed messages about the path ahead for the U.S. war with Iran
April 20, 2026
Tigray's main political party said it was taking back control of the region's government, effectively voiding a peace deal with Ethiopia's federal government that ended
April 21, 2026
An LNG tanker has arrived at the Golden Pass facility in Texas to collect the plant's inaugural export of the superchilled gas, the company confirmed
April 21, 2026
Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf said on Monday that lowering interest rates now, before there is clarity about a potential end to the Iran conflict, would be "the wrong
April 21, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday he believed a nuclear deal the U.S. is currently negotiating with Iran will be better than a 2015 international agreement to curb
April 20, 2026
U.S. stocks closed slightly lower on Monday, with each of the three major indexes coming off a third straight week of gains, as
April 20, 2026
Zouhair Talbi and Jess McClain ran the fastest times ever for Americans at the Boston Marathon, both finishing fifth in their respective divisions
April 21, 2026
Two Southwest Airlines planes had to take evasive action to avoid colliding Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee, after an air traffic controller directed one pilot to turn into the path of the other plane
April 21, 2026
The US military confirmed a US destroyer fired “several rounds” towards an Iranian-flagged ship that was attempting to violate its naval blockade.
April 20, 2026
The tree mix matters. Near Chesapeake Bay, scientists have been experimenting with mini-forests for over a decade. The surprising results show how biodiversity pays off.
April 21, 2026
A Pennsylvania court has ruled that the state's constitution guarantees a right to abortion
April 21, 2026
Pilot challenges Palm Beach airport renaming to Donald Trump International
April 21, 2026
Man pleads guilty in puppy burning case
April 21, 2026
The Justice Department has subpoenaed several witnesses to testify before a federal grand jury in Washington as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan
April 21, 2026
Vice President JD Vance is still in the United States and has not yet departed for Pakistan, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, as prospects for a second
April 20, 2026
Peru's electoral authorities began reviewing thousands of contested ballots on Monday, stalling the count in the April 12 general
April 20, 2026
The Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza told Reuters on Monday that he was “fairly optimistic” a plan for disarmament of Hamas and other militant groups
April 20, 2026
The economic implications of the war in Iran have yet to reach levels corresponding to the European Central Bank's adverse scenario, and the bank needs more information
April 20, 2026
Turkey will tighten gun-ownership rules and increase penalties for owners whose children find the firearms, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday after last week's rare,
April 20, 2026
Oil prices jumped around 6% in Monday trading on uncertainty over peace talks between the U.S. and Iran after violence flared around the Strait of Hormuz.
April 20, 2026
Eight children were shot and killed, and two others were wounded across three homes in south Shreveport, Louisiana, in what authorities are calling a "domestic disturbance." The victims ranged in age from 1 to 14. CNN’s Rafael Romo reports.
April 20, 2026
Searchers from several countries are scouring the Pacific near the Northern Mariana Islands for six crew members from a cargo ship that overturned during a typhoon that tore through the U.S. territory
April 20, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges he made a mistake appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington
April 20, 2026
Formula 1 is set to change how the new cars use their electrical power in an attempt to make qualifying feel more “flat out” and overtaking less likely to result in high-speed crashes
April 20, 2026
Hungarian election winner Péter Magyar is announcing the first round of his incoming cabinet members following his party's landslide victory over Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
April 20, 2026
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April 20, 2026
USA Rare Earth said on Monday it will buy Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde in a cash-and-stock deal worth $2.8 billion, the latest in a
April 20, 2026
The Iranian-flagged container ship Touska, which was boarded and seized by U.S. forces on Sunday, is likely to have what Washington deems dual-use items
April 20, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she was not aware U.S. embassy officials were working with the northern state of Chihuahua to combat drug cartels
April 20, 2026
Canadian business sentiment had started to rise before the Iran war, a Bank of Canada survey showed on Monday, but a smaller sample
April 20, 2026
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April 20, 2026
Israeli and Lebanese representatives will hold talks in Washington on Thursday, a U.S.
April 20, 2026
Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian health officials said, and fighters
April 20, 2026
Hyundai will not manage to fully make up for lost sales in the Middle East due to the crisis in the region, as manufacturing constraints will not allow the automaker to
April 20, 2026
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April 20, 2026
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday did not appear at a summons for questioning in a French probe into X and its AI chatbot, Grok
April 20, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer put the blame firmly on foreign ministry officials on Monday over the appointment of a
April 20, 2026
Chimpanzees in Uganda are in a ‘civil war,’ and researchers are unsure how it will end
April 20, 2026
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake
April 20, 2026
Even Catholic Trump supporters feel conflicted over the president’s tiff with the pope
April 20, 2026
The Big East says Commissioner Val Ackerman will retire at the end of August
April 20, 2026
Pope Leo XIV said Saturday “it’s not in my interest” to debate US President Donald Trump, insisting his trip to Africa is focused on peacebuilding rather than any personal clash.
April 18, 2026
Winston-Salem park shooting: Multiple victims, suspects identified and located as two schools remain on secure lockdown
April 20, 2026
A celebrity blogger whose sharp criticism of the authorities has been watched by tens of millions of Russians has hit back after one of state TV's best-
April 20, 2026
Surging interest in the purported benefits of psychedelic drugs has given rise to a new industry: psychedelic retreats
April 20, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar on Monday nominated Andras Karman as finance minister, Anita Orban as foreign minister and Istvan Kapitany as economy and energy
April 20, 2026
The Czech Republic is interested in discussing possible involvement in a French plan to extend nuclear deterrence, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Monday.
April 20, 2026
A Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank received demolition orders for 15 shops on Monday, a day after Israeli ministers
April 20, 2026
A British-based pharmacist wanted in India for allegedly poisoning his ex-wife's family with arsenic, killing her mother, and trying to hire assassins to kill her father
April 20, 2026
Mexico's economy will remain stuck in mild stagflation in 2026, a Reuters poll of economists found, held back by uncertainty over its trade deal
April 20, 2026
The head of the Bank for International Settlements made a fresh call on Monday for international cooperation on stablecoins,
April 20, 2026
Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.4% in March, with prices jumping 0.9% on the month, as higher crude oil costs drove up gasoline prices, data
April 20, 2026
The U.S. dollar fell against the euro on Monday on optimism that a ceasefire deal in the Iran war will be reached despite renewed
April 20, 2026
The family that controls Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman favors a potential sale to French distiller Pernod Ricard over a rival proposal from
April 20, 2026
Agnico Eagle Mines said on Monday it will acquire Rupert Resources and Aurion Resources, and buy a majority stake in a joint venture from B2Gold, as it moves to consolidate a key
April 20, 2026
The European Union will expand the criteria of its Iran sanctions to include those responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz,
April 20, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Monday that Israel did not persuade him to attack Iran, after news reports that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu influenced the U.S.
April 20, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he had asked the group overseeing security standards across government to examine any security concerns raised during
April 20, 2026
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that Mexico is interested in reaching an agreement, prior to completing the review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade
April 20, 2026
Wall Street pulled back from record highs on Monday and oil prices spiked as increasing tensions over the crucial Strait of Hormuz raised concerns that
April 20, 2026
UK PM Starmer says he shouldn’t have appointed Epstein-linked pick for US ambassador
April 20, 2026
Tsunami advisory lifted after Japan earthquake but warnings for potential stronger quake issued
April 20, 2026
The Supreme Court will hear from Catholic preschools that say it’s unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program because they won’t admit kids from LGBTQ+ families
April 20, 2026
Marcel Hug of Switzerland vaulted to the front of the field and cruised to win his ninth Boston Marathon wheelchair title, claiming the victory in the 130th edition of the race in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 6 seconds
April 20, 2026
A photo showing the desecration of a crucifix smashed by an Israeli soldier in a southern Lebanese village home to Christians
April 20, 2026
Anxiety mounts in London’s Jewish community amid wave of antisemitic attacks
April 20, 2026
The new playing fields are rolling out in stadiums from Mexico to Canada. Creating the perfect pitch in very different climates requires the right grasses and some creative tricks.
April 20, 2026
‘Bathtub ring’ offers new evidence for Mars ocean billions of years ago
April 20, 2026
Supreme Court will decide if preschools that decline children of same-sex couples may receive state funding
April 20, 2026
Slovenia's outgoing prime minister, Robert Golob, on Monday said that his liberal Freedom Movement (GS), which narrowly won a parliamentary vote in March, would go into
April 20, 2026
The U.S. will host further talks in coming weeks for the Group of 20 major economies on the impact of the war in the Middle East on food and
April 20, 2026
Major bond investors including Amundi and T.
April 20, 2026
The German labour union Verdi said on Monday that it was sticking to its call for Commerzbank's independence as Italy's UniCredit continues its push to buy the German
April 20, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping called for normal passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz to be maintained, in a phone call on Monday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
April 20, 2026
When Rumen Radev stepped down from his role as president of Bulgaria in January to run in Sunday's parliamentary election, he urged
April 20, 2026
Venezuela, a country subject to Western sanctions and saddled with billions in debt, was the biggest cause for optimism at last week's otherwise sombre
April 20, 2026
As Kees Roelandschap navigates down the narrow canal-side streets of Amsterdam, flanked by the city's many bicycle riders, it takes a
April 20, 2026
Israel on Monday told residents of south Lebanon to stay out of a belt of territory at the border
April 20, 2026
U.S. homebuilders will likely point to another challenging year as tariffs and the Iran war further squeeze margins
April 20, 2026
Some Asian financial regulators said on Monday they were taking measures to address the risks posed by Anthropic's
April 20, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar reiterated on Monday a call for Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok, backed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, and top
April 20, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened muted on Monday after a record rally last week, as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions threatened the fragile ceasefire and dented investor sentiment.
April 20, 2026
Blue Owl Capital's real assets division has agreed to acquire Sila Realty Trust, a healthcare-focused real estate investment trust, in
April 20, 2026
Bulgaria's center-left coalition led by ex-president Rumen Radev has won the parliamentary election, according to the central electoral commission
April 20, 2026
The United States and the Philippines have kicked off one of their largest combat exercises, aimed at deterring aggression in Asia
April 20, 2026
The Trump administration’s immigration detention policies appear to be, in part, inspired by the heavy-handed tactics of the former Arizona sheriff.
April 20, 2026
Europe is focusing on the Palestinians after Hungary's election defeat of Israel ally Viktor Orbán
April 20, 2026
Who gets all that cash, and what do they do with it?
April 20, 2026
Countries across Central Europe have pulled HiPP baby food off shelves after rat poison was found in some jars over the weekend
April 20, 2026
When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world’s richest man,
April 20, 2026
Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev has won Bulgaria's parliamentary election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, crushing long-
April 20, 2026
A gunman killed seven of his children and an eighth minor in a domestic violence incident on Sunday in Shreveport, Louisiana, before police
April 19, 2026
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan on Monday, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay away from coastal areas where tsunami waves
April 20, 2026
A man hit in a Kyiv shooting on Saturday has died in hospital, bringing to the seven the toll of those killed in the incident, Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said on Monday.
April 20, 2026
The Bank of Japan is likely to hold off raising interest rates next week, five sources familiar with its thinking said, as fading
April 20, 2026
This year’s U.N. climate summit will seek to turn past decisions into action, with financing the main focus, Turkey’s Environment and Climate
April 20, 2026
Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Brazil had great potential to expand deliveries of critical metals, adding that Germany can supply the
April 20, 2026
The Kremlin, when asked on Monday about a U.S. sanctions waiver on some Russia's oil exports, said that Russia was a responsible and important player on global energy
April 20, 2026
British consumer morale last month hit its lowest level since mid-2023, according to two surveys on Monday, reflecting the impact of the conflict in the Middle East.
April 20, 2026
Ships were largely avoiding the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after an escalation at the weekend in which Iran fired what appeared to
April 20, 2026
Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and
April 20, 2026
Pope Leo lamented during an event in Angola on Monday that many people in the world were being "exploited by authoritarians and
April 20, 2026
The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs
April 20, 2026
After more than a decade criticizing the U.S. central bank, former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh faces a mark-to-market moment in a Senate
April 20, 2026
Romania's ruling Social Democrats voted to withdraw their support for Liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Monday and called on him to resign, likely
April 20, 2026
The Czech government will not make a government plane available for the Senate chief's planned trip to Taiwan and wants a more pragmatic foreign policy that does not
April 20, 2026
The Chinese aircraft carrier the Liaoning sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, the Taiwanese defence ministry said, in the first transit of the sensitive waterway
April 20, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Stop-go, stop-go.
April 20, 2026
India and South Korea said on Monday that they would boost their economic ties by expanding cooperation in energy, critical minerals,
April 20, 2026
The Kremlin said on Monday that it was encouraged by Bulgarian politician Rumen Radev's desire to resolve issues with Russia via pragmatic talks after he won a landslide
April 20, 2026
U.S. companies are showing "significant" interest in Democratic Republic of Congo mining assets, including the rebel-held Rubaya area, a
April 20, 2026
Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain
April 20, 2026
Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout just eclipsed one of Usain Bolt’s records. The Jamaican icon has this advice for him.
April 20, 2026
Pinwheels and the ‘lobster district’: How Virginia Democrats drew up a US House map to all but lock out Republicans
April 20, 2026
Michigan attorney general rejects Trump administration ballot request amid broader push to challenge elections
April 20, 2026
Oil prices rise after Iran restricts access to Strait of Hormuz and ceasefire nears expiration
April 20, 2026
Louisiana gunman killed 8 children, including 7 of his own, police say, in deadliest mass shooting since 2024
April 20, 2026
British police have arrested two teenagers in connection with a weekend arson attack on a synagogue in northwest London as Jewish leaders express concern about a wave of recent incidents targeting their community
April 20, 2026
The value of global dealmaking has rebounded after a sharp slump in the weeks after the start of the war in Iran, as companies and investors shrug off volatility and press
April 20, 2026
Nigeria’s broadcast regulator has barred radio and television presenters from airing personal opinions, intimidating guests or broadcasting divisive
April 20, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado expects to be back in her home country before the end of 2026 and is
April 20, 2026
European shares declined on Monday, following a sharp rebound in the previous session, as investors awaited progress on possible
April 20, 2026
China on Monday warned against military cooperation that could undermine trust and deepen division in the region, as the United States and the Philippines begin annual
April 20, 2026
Philippine and U.S. forces will carry out maritime strike drills on a remote Philippine island near Taiwan during annual exercises that started on
April 20, 2026
Apple has not submitted data sought by India's antitrust body after an investigation found the U.S. firm abused its dominant position in the iPhone apps
April 20, 2026
The tariff refund process is finally kicking off
April 20, 2026
Five months after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, thousands of displaced fire victims are beginning to return to see what remains of their homes and retrieve their belongings
April 20, 2026
German industry is expected to stagnate at best in 2026, the BDI industry association said on Monday, warning that higher energy costs, supply chain
April 20, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that every rational and diplomatic path should be used to reduce tensions with the U.S., but added that vigilance and
April 20, 2026
China has expressed concern over the "forced interception" by the U.S. of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, urging
April 20, 2026
What we know about the killing of 8 children in Louisiana, the deadliest US mass shooting since 2024
April 20, 2026
Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct on the social media platform X
April 20, 2026
Investors have cooled on European defence stocks as profit taking and stretched valuations collide with growing uncertainty over the
April 20, 2026
Developing country policymakers left this week's IMF-World Bank meetings more frustrated than ever that successive external shocks
April 20, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse sparked a fire and killed at least one person, Russian officials said on Monday, only hours after a blaze was
April 20, 2026
Indonesia is in talks with Japan's Toyota Motor Asia on a potential joint investment in bioethanol production in the Southeast Asian country, a government official and
April 20, 2026
President Donald Trump says the U.S. seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz
April 19, 2026
The head of one of Taiwan's top business groups said on Monday both Beijing and Taipei should leave politics out of resuming normal trade and tourism exchanges, after
April 20, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Markets chose to look past weekend headlines and the risk of a re-ignited and wider Mideast conflict, and traded - thinly - on
April 20, 2026
Vietnamese lender SHB and China's Huawei Technologies Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Sunday, SHB said, a move that will allow the Chinese technology
April 20, 2026
Most Japanese households expect prices to continue rising in the coming years, a quarterly survey showed on Monday, keeping pressure on the central bank to
April 20, 2026
Victims of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades began government-supervised visits to their ravaged former homes on Monday for the first
April 20, 2026
More than 20 vessels passed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, data from shipping analytics firm Kpler showed, the highest number of ships crossing the waterway since
April 20, 2026
Bank Indonesia (BI) is set to keep its key policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, according to all 31 economists polled by Reuters, with many paring bets
April 20, 2026
Residents in low-lying areas of New Zealand’s capital city Wellington were urged to evacuate on Monday, as heavy rain continued to drench the city, which experienced
April 20, 2026
Officials and relatives say a man killed eight children, including seven of his own, and shot two women in two homes in Shreveport, Louisiana
April 19, 2026
‘Robots don’t bleed’: Ukraine sends machines into the battlefield in place of human soldiers
April 20, 2026
Australia's largest business lender, National Australia Bank, said on Monday it expects credit impairment charges to double to A$706 million (
April 20, 2026
Companies in Australia and New Zealand are beginning to signal the financial strain from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, as higher fuel prices stoke inflation, dent business and
April 14, 2026
Hannah Green won the JM Eagle LA Championship for the third time in first four years and the first at El Caballero, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole
April 20, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s strong economic ties to the U.S. were once a strength but are now a weakness that must be corrected
April 20, 2026
The U.S. military says it's launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea
April 20, 2026
Michigan officials on Sunday pushed back on a U.S.
April 20, 2026
China on Monday left benchmark loan prime rates (LPRs) unchanged for the 11th consecutive month in April, in line with market expectations.
April 20, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw Sunday's ballistic missile test launches as part of efforts to evaluate the performance of warheads carrying
April 20, 2026
Matt Fitzpatrick is a playoff winner at Harbour Town again with a familiar ending against an American favorite
April 20, 2026
North Korea says it test-launched ballistic missiles armed with cluster-bomb warheads for the second time this month
April 20, 2026
Jon Rahm has capped off a chaotic week in Mexico for LIV Golf with another victory
April 19, 2026
The U.S. says it has attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz that tried to get around its blockade of Iranian ports
April 19, 2026
Major Asian airlines have reported surging demand on European routes as travellers shun disrupted Middle Eastern hubs, in a shift analysts suggest could
April 20, 2026
Oil prices are rising in early trading as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz
April 20, 2026
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder began their title defense with a 119-84 rout of the Phoenix Suns in Game 1 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series
April 20, 2026
A newly released poll showed support has fallen further for New Zealand's ruling National Party and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, as he continues to face questions
April 20, 2026
The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the last year
April 19, 2026
An exit poll in Bulgaria suggests the center-left Progressive Bulgaria coalition led by ex-President Rumen Radev will win the country's parliamentary election
April 19, 2026
Pro-Russian former President Rumen Radev is set for a runaway victory in Bulgaria's election and may even secure a parliamentary
April 19, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday called for closer ties between South America's largest economy and the
April 20, 2026
Europe must have its own defense system against ballistic weapons, and Ukraine is already holding talks with several countries on its creation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
April 20, 2026
Federal prosecutors say a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth year of a bloody civil war
April 20, 2026
Trump wants a sculpture garden for America’s 250th birthday. Sources say it’s unlikely even one statue will be ready.
April 19, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has traveled to pray at a popular Catholic shrine in Angola that was an epicenter of the African slave trade
April 19, 2026
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that he spoke with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian about the conflict in the Gulf.
April 20, 2026
The United States National Security Agency is using Anthropic's Mythos Preview AI tool despite the Pentagon hitting the company with a formal supply-chain risk designation, Axios
April 20, 2026
Manchester City has swung the Premier League title race in its favor by beating Arsenal 2-1 thanks to a second-half winner by Erling Haaland
April 19, 2026
Bayern Munich has clinched another Bundesliga title by easing to a 4-2 win over Stuttgart
April 19, 2026
British police say they are investigating whether a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London are the work of Iranian proxies
April 19, 2026
Canada's close ties to the United States were once a strength but have become a weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday, in a video
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
Brazilian fuel and sugar giant Raizen's bank creditors have presented the company with a new restructuring proposal, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.
April 19, 2026
The Israeli military published for the first time a map of its new deployment line inside Lebanon on Sunday, bringing dozens of mostly abandoned
April 19, 2026
From reforming the UN Security Council to taxing billionaires, thousands of leftists gathered in Barcelona over the weekend to
April 19, 2026
Ukraine launches terror investigation after a gunman killed 7 and took hostages in Kyiv supermarket
April 18, 2026
HiPP is recalling some baby food jars in Austria after samples tested positive for rat poison in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic
April 19, 2026
Pope Leo urged Angolans on Sunday to overcome divisions after decades of war, first at a Mass in a field outside Luanda and
April 19, 2026
Eight people including a child remain hospitalised in Kyiv after being wounded in a shooting that killed six people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday.
April 19, 2026
Officials say Russian strikes have killed at least two people in Ukraine
April 19, 2026
Trump to read Bible verse from Oval Office after feud with Pope and deleted AI image
April 19, 2026
British police said they are investigating possible Iran links to a series of arson attacks on Jewish targets in London, which the UK chief rabbi said
April 19, 2026
South Korea says North Korea has launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the North’s eastern waters
April 19, 2026
The baguette faces an uncertain future. How France is rethinking its iconic loaves
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April 19, 2026
A 48-year-old American coach who studied mathematics at Columbia and grew up watching Diego Maradona play for Napoli is now part of the history of Spanish club Real Sociedad in the Basque Country
April 19, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Greece next week to renew a security pact between the two countries against the backdrop of the war in Iran, a Greek
April 19, 2026
European allies fear an inexperienced U.S. negotiating team is pushing for a swift, headline‑grabbing framework deal with Iran that
April 19, 2026
LUANDA, April 19 - Pope Leo on Sunday decried the intensification of the war in Ukraine, calling "for the weapons to fall silent and for the path of dialogue to be followed."
April 19, 2026
A humanoid robot has won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing, running faster than the human record
April 19, 2026
A Chinese android just ran a half-marathon faster than any human ever
April 19, 2026
Global finance leaders, whipsawed by Middle East war news, came to grips this past week with their inability to
April 19, 2026
The U.S.-Iran ceasefire in early April appears to have revived so-called TINA ("There Is No Alternative") trades, driven by peace hopes,
April 19, 2026
Senior Cabinet ministers are rallying around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is under threat
April 19, 2026
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April 19, 2026
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he would be ready to meet U.S. President Donald Trump once a "big deal" between the two countries has been prepared.
April 19, 2026
Iran is not ready for new face-to-face talks with the U.S., according to a senior Iranian official
April 18, 2026
Wildlife is thriving again four decades after the nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant in what became the exclusion zone created by the forced mass evacuations of the population
April 19, 2026
Australia's most decorated soldier, charged with war crimes related to Afghanistan deployments more than a decade ago, on
April 19, 2026
Luke Kennard scored a career playoff-high 27 points, LeBron James had 19 points and 13 assists, and the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers capitalized on Kevin Durant’s injury absence for a 107-98 victory over the Houston Rockets in the opener of their first-round playoff series
April 19, 2026
Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway
April 18, 2026
North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, accelerating its missile launches amid Iran war tensions and talk of possible meetings with the
April 19, 2026
Real Sociedad has beaten Atletico Madrid on penalties to win the Copa del Rey title
April 19, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries
April 18, 2026
Matt Fitzpatrick had a slow start that let Scottie Scheffler back into the mix at the RBC Heritage
April 19, 2026
A U.S. appeals court is allowing construction to continue on President Donald Trump's $400 million ballroom
April 19, 2026
The U.S. Coast Guard says an airplane search crew has spotted an overturned ship matching the description of a cargo vessel that went missing with six people on board near the western Pacific territory of Saipan
April 19, 2026
Iran now says the Strait of Hormuz is fully closed until the end of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports
April 18, 2026
The U.S.
April 19, 2026
Six people were killed when a Russian-born man opened fire on passersby in a Kyiv district on Saturday before barricading himself in a supermarket with
April 18, 2026
The governments of Brazil, Spain and Mexico on Saturday vowed to step up coordinated aid to Cuba to alleviate what they described as a humanitarian crisis caused by the
April 19, 2026
Britain's Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy signalled his support for Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday over the ongoing row about the decision to appoint Peter
April 19, 2026
Marie-Louise Eta was in little mood for celebrating after making her debut as the first female coach in the Bundesliga on Saturday
April 19, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order
April 18, 2026
A gunman armed with an automatic weapon has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed by police
April 18, 2026
Justice Department adds former Trump lawyer to investigation of Trump critic John Brennan
April 19, 2026
As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran squeezes global oil supplies, travelers have valid reasons to worry about the cost and availability of flights as they plan their late spring and summer trips
April 19, 2026
The lawyer for a Canadian man facing murder charges for allegedly selling lethal substances online to people at risk of self-harm says that he has agreed to plead guilty to counseling or aiding suicide
April 18, 2026
Venezuela's exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has drawn several thousand supporters to a rally in Madrid
April 19, 2026
A man in his 80s on Saturday issued what is believed to be the first formal apology by someone in France for their family's role in transatlantic slavery,
April 18, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar's Tisza party has increased its parliamentary supermajority to 141 seats out of 199 after the processing of
April 19, 2026
A French soldier was killed and three others wounded while clearing a road in southern Lebanon in an attack that UNIFIL peacekeepers and French officials said on Saturday was
April 18, 2026
Video shows moment car runs red light, kills driver and dog in West Philadelphia crash
April 19, 2026
South Florida man released from ICE custody describes conditions inside "Alligator Alcatraz"
April 19, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30
April 18, 2026
A series of reported tornadoes has torn through the U.S. Midwest, ripping roofs off homes and leaving roads impassable
April 18, 2026
Trump accelerates research on psychedelic treatments and asks, ‘Can I have some?’
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo addresses spat with Trump, says ‘debate’ is not focus of his Africa trip
April 18, 2026
Bayern Munich can clinch another Bundesliga title this weekend thanks to Hoffenheim’s 2-1 win over second-place Borussia Dortmund
April 18, 2026
Two Indian-flagged vessels carrying crude oil were on Saturday attacked while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, India's Ministry of External Affairs confirmed in a
April 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Saturday intended to speed up access to medical research and treatment based on psychedelic drugs.
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo sought to downplay his feud with U.S.
April 18, 2026
The yen may come under further pressure if markets see the Bank of Japan as being too slow in addressing inflationary risks, Asian Development Bank
April 18, 2026
President Donald Trump has directed his administration to speed up reviews of certain psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine
April 18, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron says a French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
April 18, 2026
Iran said it was tightening control over the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, warning mariners the
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo sharply decried the exploitation of natural resources in Africa on Saturday, blasting "despots and tyrants" who guarantee wealth but do not
April 18, 2026
Pope Leo XIV says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Iran but that he will continue preaching the Gospel message of peace
April 18, 2026
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April 18, 2026
British counterterrorism police are investigating an attempted arson attack in London
April 18, 2026
Storm-weary central US braces for one more day of possibly severe weather after tornado outbreak
April 17, 2026
A French soldier who was part of international Forces stationed in southern Lebanon was killed, President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, adding that evidence suggests
April 18, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Spain's Pedro Sanchez met in Barcelona on Saturday after a summit of progressive leaders,
April 18, 2026
Discussions are under way on how to manage or mitigate a possible U.S. withdrawal from the "European security architecture", Turkish Foreign
April 18, 2026
Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries hours after US waives sanctions on Moscow’s oil
April 18, 2026
An abandoned car, a photo trail and a missing girl: What led up to the arrest of singer d4vd on suspicion of murder?
April 18, 2026
A US citizen said she was illegally held by ICE. Surveillance video, the DHS and a million-dollar lawsuit say otherwise
April 18, 2026
Eileen Gu is at the top of her sport. Now, she’s out to fight ‘the bad guys’
April 18, 2026
The stories of Black and Indigenous men who fought during the American Revolution are sometimes overlooked
April 18, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Saturday she declined a meeting with Spain's prime minister during her visit because he was
April 18, 2026
Swiss football club FC Basel said on Saturday they have cancelled a Kanye West concert, becoming the latest European venue to stop or postpone the
April 18, 2026
Mediators have failed to resolve a dispute between the companies involved in the Franco-German FCAS fighter jet project, though
April 18, 2026
The five permanent members of the United Nations' Security Council should agree to change their behaviour after failing to stop the war in Iran, Brazilian President
April 18, 2026
No date has been set for the next round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iran's deputy foreign minister said on Saturday,
April 18, 2026
The son of an 85-year-old French widow who has returned to France after being detained in the U.S. for overstaying her visa says the family's priority is her health and rest
April 18, 2026
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April 18, 2026
Egypt is working closely with Pakistan on a framework aimed at securing a lasting peace between the U.S. and Iran, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Saturday.
April 18, 2026
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Saturday the Strait of Hormuz had yet to return to normal operations despite a ceasefire in the Iran war
April 18, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a summit in Turkey's Antalya that the time has come for a conversation with the U.S. about how Washington sees future economic ties
April 18, 2026
Ukrainian drones struck a handful of Russia's oil facilities overnight, including two oil refineries in the Samara region, an oil depot in Crimea and a Baltic Sea port that
April 18, 2026
Despite overwhelming negative public feedback, the Commission of Fine Arts, stacked with Trump loyalists, gives preliminary approval for President Trump's 250-foot arch.
April 17, 2026
High gas prices become another midterm warning sign for Republicans
April 18, 2026
U.S. pressure on dissenting Latin American leaders could lead to a "rebellion" against Washington's influence, Colombian President Gustavo Petro warned in an interview
April 18, 2026
China said on Saturday it is willing to advance negotiations on upgrading the China-Switzerland free trade agreement.
April 18, 2026
A push by Republican leaders to promote Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools is stirring a free speech debate
April 15, 2026
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall DUBAI, April 19 - Iranians striving to maintain a semblance of normal life after weeks of U.S. and Israeli bombing and a deadly crackdown on protesters in January
April 18, 2026
More than a dozen tankers, including three sanctioned vessels, passed through the Strait of Hormuz after a 50-day blockade was lifted on Friday,
April 18, 2026
New Zealand on Saturday defended the actions of a military patrol aircraft flight near China after Beijing said it had undermined its security interests.
April 18, 2026
The world has lost over $50 billion worth of crude oil that has not been produced since the Iran war began nearly 50 days ago and the
April 17, 2026
A new law named after Charlie Kirk is encouraging Tennessee teachers to include the positive impacts of religion in American history classes
April 18, 2026
Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday launching their landmark A$10 billion ($7 billion) deal to supply Australia with warships, Tokyo's most consequential
April 18, 2026
The Trump administration on Friday renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil at sea for about a month,
April 18, 2026
Seven weeks of war have failed to topple Iran’s theocratic rulers or force them to meet all of President Donald Trump's demands
April 18, 2026
Carfentanil has experienced a drastic resurgence across the U.S., causing hundreds of unsuspecting drug users to overdose
April 18, 2026
Australia extended an easing on fuel-quality standards until September, Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Saturday, as the nation grapples with the impact of the Iran
April 18, 2026
The core area of Beijing's Satellite Town, designed as a hub for satellite manufacturers and operators, will be completed in the second half of 2026, state-owned media
April 18, 2026
U.S.
April 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister say the Strait of Hormuz is now fully open to commercial vessels
April 17, 2026
Federal judge blocks politically fraught TV station merger
April 18, 2026
Paolo Banchero scored 25 points and the Orlando Magic built a 35-point lead in the first half on the way to a 121-90 rout of Charlotte Hornets in a play-in tournament game on Friday night and advanced to a first-round playoff matchup against the Detroit Pistons
April 18, 2026
The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its pause on sanctions on Russian oil shipments to ease shortages from the Iran war, days after Secretary Scott Bessent ruled out such a move
April 18, 2026
Iran says it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels
April 17, 2026
A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved
April 18, 2026
U.S.
April 18, 2026
American Airlines said on Friday that it was not interested in a merger with United Airlines and had not held any such talks, diminishing prospects of an industry-reshaping deal
April 18, 2026
Iran temporarily reopened the Strait of Hormuz on Friday following a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, raising
April 17, 2026
The United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Friday it was "outraged" after two truck drivers it contracted to deliver clean water to families in the Gaza Strip were killed
April 18, 2026
A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director
April 18, 2026
Jon Rahm says he isn't worried about the future of LIV Golf despite uncertainty about its funding
April 17, 2026
Authorities have charged Olaolukitan Adon Abel with killing two people and injuring another in the Atlanta area
April 18, 2026
A Utah judge on Friday weighed a request from Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to ban live broadcasts and cameras from
April 18, 2026
Goldman Sachs said softer oil demand and easing supply disruptions have balanced out the risks in its oil price outlook, though it kept its 2026 average forecasts unchanged.
April 18, 2026
The U.S.
April 18, 2026
The World Bank on Friday unveiled a new strategy aimed at helping small island states and other small countries better address unique challenges such
April 18, 2026
A whistleblower organization filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S.
April 18, 2026
Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer whom his Brazil compatriots know as the “Holy Hand,” has died
April 18, 2026
Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring
April 17, 2026
Two U.S. Army soldiers have been injured after encountering a brown bear during training in Anchorage
April 18, 2026
The U.S.
April 18, 2026
CEO of blacklisted Anthropic and White House hold ‘productive’ discussions on AI
April 17, 2026
Defense witnesses in the prosecution of the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk say conjecture about the case is making it impossible to have a fair trial
April 17, 2026
Spirit Airlines on Friday asked the Trump administration for hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency funding to offset rising fuel prices and stave off a possible liquidation
April 18, 2026
Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open
April 18, 2026
The Trump administration and Anthropic's CEO on Friday discussed working together for the first time since a dispute earlier
April 18, 2026
A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin man to 20 months in prison for making campaign contributions after renouncing his U.S. citizenship
April 18, 2026
Republicans buck Trump to reject 18-month FISA extension
April 17, 2026
Oil drops, stocks soar to wrap up a wild week. What just happened in markets?
April 17, 2026
Oil prices settled down by around 9% on Friday after Iran said passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz was open for the
April 17, 2026
Oil prices dropped back to where they were in the early days of the Iran war, and U.S. stocks raced to another record
April 17, 2026
A group of ships made an unsuccessful attempt to exit the Gulf on Friday evening, ship tracking data showed, as shipping companies
April 17, 2026
The European Union will urge members to cut their dependence on Middle Eastern jet fuel and look into increasing imports from the U.S., in new guidelines
April 17, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine believed Russia was making preparations that showed that it would once again try to involve its ally Belarus in the four-
April 17, 2026
Myanmar has reduced the sentence of imprisoned ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer told Reuters on Friday, as part of an amnesty by a new president who ousted her government in
April 17, 2026
The murder case surrounding the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz is on track for a third trial
April 18, 2026
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April 18, 2026
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Friday inflation will rise in the short term and that an uptick in
April 18, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Friday for joint efforts for an effective mission to ensure freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and said Kyiv's wartime
April 18, 2026
The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on five companies and individuals it said were involved in recruiting former Colombian military personnel to fight on
April 18, 2026
Calls to remove the head of Peru's electoral authority intensified on Friday as delays and alleged irregularities clouded the presidential vote count, with
April 18, 2026
The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq each rallied to their third record close in a row on Friday, while the blue-chip Dow marked its
April 17, 2026
Meta intends to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more coming later, three
April 18, 2026
The International Monetary Fund will likely provide Venezuela with a financial support program as part of its re-engagement with the
April 18, 2026
A Tufts University graduate who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents last year as part of the targeting by President Donald Trump's administration of
April 17, 2026
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says the 85-year-old French widow of an American military veteran has returned home from U.S. immigration custody
April 17, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, under renewed pressure to resign, expressed anger on Friday over not being informed
April 17, 2026
The Trump administration says it’s in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax information
April 18, 2026
Myanmar's former President Win Myint has been freed as part of a broad prisoner amnesty by newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing
April 17, 2026
The U.S. government plans another oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
April 18, 2026
Hassan Abu Khalil's family miraculously survived six weeks of war in southern Lebanon, but tragedy struck in the final minutes
April 17, 2026
Indian refiners are settling payments for rare cargoes of Iranian oil purchased under a temporary U.S. sanctions waiver using
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump told Reuters on Friday that the U.S. will work with Iran to recover its enriched uranium and bring it back to the United States
April 17, 2026
The war in the Middle East is likely to widen economic differences across Latin America and the Caribbean, giving some short-term support to oil exporters while
April 17, 2026
Air Canada said on Friday it will trim daily flights to New York from 38 to 34, starting in June, as higher fuel prices lead North American carriers to cut capacity on
April 17, 2026
Investors placed a bet worth about $760 million on a falling oil price around 20 minutes before Iran's foreign minister announced on Friday that the
April 17, 2026
All ships can sail through the Strait of Hormuz but this needs to be coordinated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (
April 17, 2026
A career U.S. prosecutor who had been helping to lead a criminal investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan was removed
April 17, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that a ceasefire agreed to by his country should be transformed into "permanent agreements," without saying whether he was
April 17, 2026
Oil prices cratered, Wall Street indexes scaled record highs and U.S.
April 17, 2026
Significant differences between Iran and the United States remain to reach a deal aimed at ending the war, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Friday, adding that
April 17, 2026
Kevin Warsh may have plans for big changes at the U.S. central bank, but like previous Federal Reserve leaders cannot know what economic surprises he may need to
April 17, 2026
Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity
April 18, 2026
The government-owned corporation that delivers mail in Canada is taking steps to stop home delivery
April 17, 2026
The Republic of Congo has told investors it formally requested a fresh financing programme from the International Monetary Fund,
April 17, 2026
The threat posed by mines in parts of the Strait of Hormuz is not fully understood and avoidance of the area by ships should be considered, a U.S. navy advisory said on
April 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the naval blockade on Iran will "remain in full force" until a deal with Tehran is struck.
April 17, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda refrained from pre-committing to an April rate increase as the Iran war muddled the outlook, but left a few hawkish
April 17, 2026
Indian oil refiners are doing their best to line-up oil cargoes to meet local demand, an Indian government official said on Friday, after the United States decided not
April 17, 2026
A record 8,000-plus people have applied for jobs in the troubled U.S. air traffic control system in the first 13 hours of a recruitment drive
April 17, 2026
By Thomas Suen , Aziz Taher , Emilie Madi and Jihed Abidellaoui QASMIYEH, Lebanon, April 17 - Lebanese children leaned out of cars flashing victory signs on Friday as they bumped across a makeshift
April 17, 2026
Iran's move to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and a sharp drop in oil prices on Friday boosted bets the Federal Reserve may resume its
April 17, 2026
The balance sheet of euro zone banks does not yet reflect elevated geopolitical tensions as it could take time - possibly years - for loan quality to deteriorate,
April 17, 2026
An Indian government bill to expand assemblies that would have brought forward plans to reserve a third of the seats for women did not get enough votes to get through
April 17, 2026
Iran's foreign minister said the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for transporting global oil and gas, was open for all commercial vessels following a ceasefire
April 17, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is encouraging young people in Cameroon to resist the temptation to migrate and to stay at home and fight corruption
April 17, 2026
Congress has approved a short-term renewal of a controversial surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies just days before it was set to expire
April 17, 2026
New German search engine lets people check whether their relatives were Nazis
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the flow of drugs into the U.S. by sea has been nearly eradicated under his administration
April 17, 2026
Trump administration considers unfreezing $20 billion in Iranian assets — after lambasting Obama for a similar move
April 17, 2026
The Iran war could drag euro zone growth lower and push inflation above already increased projections, requiring the European Central Bank to remain vigilant, ECB
April 17, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Friday after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire accord agreed in Lebanon.
April 17, 2026
The small-cap Russell 2000 hit its first intraday record high on Friday since the U.S.-Iran conflict erupted, joining other major indexes at all-time highs and suggesting the
April 17, 2026
Stocks and bond prices jumped on Friday, while oil and the dollar fell sharply after Iran's foreign minister said passage for all commercial vessels through the Strait of
April 17, 2026
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday defended editorial diversity after more than 100 authors quit the venerable French publishing house Grasset this week in protest at the
April 17, 2026
State Street reported a rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, as market volatility lifted the custody bank's client activity and fee revenue.
April 17, 2026
By Olesya Astakhova MOSCOW, April 17 - Drone attacks in recent months are having a significant impact on the Russian nitrogen fertiliser industry, billionaire Andrei Melnichenko, founder of fertiliser
April 17, 2026
US sanctions on China's Hengli mark escalation in Iran oil crackdown
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