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
U.S.
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
U.S.
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
People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighbourhoods on
April 17, 2026
Tunisian comedian and actor Lotfi Abdelli said on Friday a court in Tunisia had sentenced him in absentia to 18 months in prison over a play he performed
April 17, 2026
Leaders of Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark on Friday welcomed Iran's announcement on opening the Strait of Hormuz, and said they supported diplomatic efforts to
April 17, 2026
France and the U.K. have welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump said the United States has barred Israel from further bombing in Lebanon, striking an unusually harsh
April 17, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that more than a dozen countries were ready to contribute assets to a defensive mission aimed at restoring the freedom of
April 17, 2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is slated to meet White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Friday, in a sign of a breakthrough in the artificial intelligence startup's dispute with
April 17, 2026
A masculinity summit featuring controversial speakers such as writer Jordan Peterson is set to go ahead on Friday in Mexico's Jalisco state, among
April 17, 2026
The safe-haven U.S. dollar dropped to multi-week lows on Friday as risk appetite soared after Iran said the Strait of
April 17, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was offered a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his government during her visit to Spain but she declined
April 17, 2026
A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S.
April 17, 2026
The Italian economy posted modest growth in the first quarter, supported by the Winter Olympics in February which drew a major influx of tourists, the country's central
April 17, 2026
Pope’s Mass for more than 100,000 in Cameroon highlights Catholicism’s growth in Africa
April 17, 2026
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara have announced their retirement from figure skating, two months after winning the Olympic gold medal with a record-breaking skate
April 17, 2026
The president of the German soccer club where a pioneering female coach will take charge of her first top-division men’s game Saturday has ruled out giving her the job on a permanent basis
April 17, 2026
Two male runners in South Africa who were discovered fraudulently competing on behalf of female colleagues in a top marathon have been disqualified
April 17, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has no plans to resign over the appointment of Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington, despite Mandelson failing security checks
April 17, 2026
Pakistan's air force escorted Iranian negotiators home from inconclusive peace talks with the U.S. last weekend, launching a major
April 17, 2026
U.S. equity funds attracted strong demand in the week through April 15 as expectations of an early resolution to the Iran conflict and resilient corporate results boosted risk
April 17, 2026
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, a deal meant to enable broader U.S.-Iran
April 17, 2026
Spain's far-right party Vox and the mainstream conservative opposition People's Party have struck a preliminary deal to govern in coalition in
April 17, 2026
Canadian housing starts posted a surprise decline in March, falling 6% from the previous month, data from the national housing agency showed on Friday.
April 17, 2026
The Kremlin on Friday denied that President Vladimir Putin was insulated from bad news after a celebrity blogger accused unidentified top officials of not telling Russia's
April 17, 2026
The Kremlin said on Friday that European countries were becoming more involved in the war in Ukraine, referencing a warning from Russia's Defence Ministry about drone
April 17, 2026
Hungary's incoming prime minister Peter Magyar said on Friday he was about to start initial talks with EU officials in Budapest as there was no time to waste in his
April 17, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Friday that he will travel to Caracas on April 24, amid attempts to meet with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez.
April 17, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar said on Friday he hoped to take the oath of office as prime minister on May 9 or 10 depending on a presidential decision on the
April 17, 2026
Capital requirements proposed by the Swiss government for UBS could have a sustained drag on Switzerland's economy, a study commissioned by the bank found, as a showdown
April 17, 2026
An average of at least 47 women and girls were killed each day during the war in Gaza, according to figures published by U.N.
April 17, 2026
The U.S. is urging G20 members and the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to take coordinated action to ensure fertilizer access amid
April 17, 2026
The first migrants deported from the United States under a recent bilateral agreement arrived in Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday, according
April 17, 2026
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill on Friday criticised his colleagues' "wait and see" messaging on keeping policy on hold while the Iran war
April 17, 2026
A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah
April 17, 2026
Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago. We really are what we eat.
April 17, 2026
Cheboygan business owners brace for the worst as dam water levels continue rising
April 17, 2026
Notre Dame and Villanova hoops teams set to visit the Pope in Rome next season
April 17, 2026
Sheriffs warn of cychlorphine, a synthetic opioid 10 times stronger than fentanyl
April 17, 2026
The stunning underwater world that’s at risk as the Iran war drags on
April 17, 2026
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk claims a cryptocurrency firm with “Russian money” has sponsored politicians from Poland's former government
April 17, 2026
The Iran war has strongly boosted prices of the urea fertilizer that is vital to ensuring a successful wheat harvest in Argentina, forcing
April 17, 2026
Global equity funds received a fourth successive weekly inflow in the week through April 15 as upbeat earnings and increased optimism that the Iran war could be resolved more
April 17, 2026
U.S.-based artificial intelligence company Anthropic is currently in discussion with the European Commission on its different models, including its cyber security ones,
April 17, 2026
Systematic hedge funds boughts stock at a record pace in the last five trading sessions, adding $86 billion of stock exposure, said a Goldman Sachs note
April 17, 2026
Pope Leo has debuted a new, forceful speaking style on his four-nation Africa tour this week, issuing sharp denunciations of war and inequality that
April 17, 2026
European Union exports to the United States dropped by more than a quarter for a second consecutive month in February, but may be exaggerating the
April 17, 2026
More than a dozen countries said on Friday they were willing to join an international mission to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz when
April 17, 2026
Sweden's Polestar on Friday reported a sharp jump in fourth-quarter revenue and a smaller loss, as the electric vehicle maker ramped up production and cut costs to cater to
April 17, 2026
Hungarian election winner Peter Magyar said on Friday he had reports that sensitive documents from the time of the outgoing administration were being destroyed and
April 17, 2026
Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read, watch and listen to over the weekend. From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers!
April 17, 2026
Orestes Chamizo points at a scrubby patch of sand on Cuba's Bay of Pigs, showing the spot where a brigade of U.S.-trained Cuban exiles landed
April 17, 2026
Pope Leo called on Cameroonians on Friday to reject violence and be generous with their neighbours during an event billed as
April 17, 2026
One-way attack drones have changed the face of the Russia-Ukraine war and give Iran a boost in countering US and Israeli forces.
April 16, 2026
A controversy has erupted over prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi
April 17, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has started a two-day visit to Spain on Friday when he and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sánchez met a day before they will gather with other leaders who are concerned with the fate of the democratic order and the rise of the populist far right
April 17, 2026
The small Balkan nation of Kosovo says it wants to commit dozens of its security troops to an international force for Gaza because it appreciates what NATO-led peacekeepers have done for its own security since the 1998-99 war with Serbia
April 17, 2026
By Lili Bayer and Feras Dalatey BRUSSELS/DAMASCUS, April 17 - The European Union plans to deepen its engagement with Syria by relaunching formal political contacts and paving the way for closer
April 17, 2026
A sweetened 20.35 billion euro ($24 billion) joint bid by Bouygues Telecom, Iliad-owned Free and Orange for France's second-largest
October 17, 2025
Firefighters continued extinguishing a blaze at Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse on Friday, more than 24 hours after Ukrainian drone attacks, local authorities said.
April 17, 2026
China's regular military activities around Taiwan are "entirely justified and reasonable" and any tensions are the fault of the government in Taipei, the Chinese defence
April 17, 2026
Nearly 900 Rohingya refugees were reported missing or dead in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal in 2025, making it the deadliest year on record for
April 17, 2026
The STOXX 600 jumped more than 1% and notched its fourth straight weekly gain on Friday, after Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz, a
April 17, 2026
Kenya has requested rapid financial support from the World Bank to help it manage the economic shocks triggered by the Iran war, its
April 16, 2026
The South Korean internet as erupted in celebration as a 2-year-old wolf that escaped from a zoo in South Korea was safely captured Friday after a nine-day search that drew national attention
April 17, 2026
A Russian overnight drone attack damaged port infrastructure in Ukraine's largest Danube river port Izmail and one drone strayed into Romanian territory, Ukrainian and Romanian
April 17, 2026
Apple's iPhone shipments surged 20% in China in the first quarter, for the strongest growth among major vendors, despite an overall decline as
April 17, 2026
Financial markets are in a buoyant mood as U.S. President Donald Trump signals confidence that the war in Iran will end soon, with talks probably on the cards again this weekend.
April 17, 2026
Congress passed a short extension to a high-profile surveillance law on Friday after failing to secure the long-term reauthorization pushed by
April 17, 2026
How the first American pope is reclaiming Christian values from the Trump administration
April 17, 2026
NATO member Estonia has no doubt that the United States would help defend it if Russia attacks, its defence minister told Reuters, while warning that
April 17, 2026
The European Central Bank should lift its key interest rate twice this year to combat an energy-driven inflation surge, but should then reverse
April 17, 2026
A looming jet fuel shortage in Europe and Asia could compound the Iran war's impact on world travel if a fragile agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz collapses and Persian Gulf oil shipments stay blocked
April 17, 2026
As Chinese warships and fighter jets staged massive drills around Taiwan in December, a parallel action was unfolding on smartphone screens.
April 17, 2026
Deutsche Bank expects the U.S.
April 17, 2026
Uber has reached an agreement to acquire an additional 4.5% stake in rival Delivery Hero and will buy around 270 million euros ($318.1 million) of Delivery Hero shares at 20 euros
April 17, 2026
China offered to boost ties with Vietnam on rail infrastructure, from loans and technology to training, as its neighbour's top leader, To Lam, wound up a visit
April 17, 2026
JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and other Wall Street banks have started trading credit default swaps linked to flagship private credit funds run by Blackstone, Apollo Global and Ares
April 17, 2026
Romania's broad ruling coalition of four pro-European Union parties has no choice but to continue to govern, President Nicusor Dan said, even if its biggest party will
April 17, 2026
Spain's Pedro Sanchez and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will spearhead gatherings of the global left in Barcelona on Friday and
April 17, 2026
Japan's core consumer inflation probably picked up slightly in March from the previous month due to higher energy costs, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, in a sign of the
April 17, 2026
China is expected to leave benchmark lending rates unchanged for an 11th consecutive month in April, a Reuters survey showed, as robust first-quarter growth and a pick-
April 17, 2026
Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on Friday met survivors of December's Bondi Beach shooting that left 15 dead, on the final day
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
April 17, 2026
Australia’s most decorated living veteran has walked free on bail from a Sydney prison 10 days after he was charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan
April 17, 2026
Shao Haixia's plastics factory in China has seen raw material costs jump 20% since the Iran war started and has not
April 17, 2026
Malaysia's economy grew 5.3% in the first quarter from a year earlier, official advance estimates showed on Friday, moderating from its pace at the end of 2025 as
April 17, 2026
South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Friday it was unaware of any U.S. protest or curbs on intelligence sharing after a media report said Washington
April 17, 2026
Prosecutors in Minnesota's Hennepin County have charged a U.S.
April 17, 2026
China is accelerating its efforts to end the Iran war, walking a diplomatic tightrope as it prepares for a
April 17, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Markets slipped into TGIF mood as the possibility of a deal between the U.S. and Iran lifted hopes and kept oil below $100 a
April 17, 2026
An Australian court ordered bail with travel restrictions on Friday for the country's most decorated soldier, following his arrest on accusations of war crimes while
April 17, 2026
The war in the Middle East is the latest reminder of how commodities are reshaping the geopolitical landscape, leaving currencies
April 17, 2026
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday
April 17, 2026
Myanmar's new President Min Aung Hlaing has approved an amnesty for 4,335 prisoners, state television reported on Friday, the third such move in the past six months.
April 17, 2026
The United States and the Philippines will build a 4,000-acre (1,620 hectares) industrial hub after Manila joined a Washington-led initiative to secure AI and
April 17, 2026
South Korea's capital markets are luring back foreign buyers after a brutal March, as hopes of stability in the Middle East, a red-hot AI memory
April 17, 2026
More than four months after a deadly fire engulfed her apartment block in Hong Kong's northern Tai Po district, Fanny Mok is preparing to
April 17, 2026
By Nolan D.
April 16, 2026
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko left the United States on Thursday buoyed by what she called positive talks with top U.S. officials,
April 17, 2026
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to step down from agency
April 17, 2026
The Panama Canal Authority on Thursday downplayed a report that an LPG vessel paid $4 million to jump the transit queue, saying the result reflected temporary market
April 17, 2026
The acting head of the U.S.
April 17, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda steered clear of signalling a rate hike was on the cards this month, instead highlighting the country's low real
April 17, 2026
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank said on Thursday they had resumed dealings with Venezuela, which had been paused since 2019.
April 17, 2026
U.S.
April 16, 2026
The Japanese government will provide subsidies of up to 60 billion yen ($380 million) to Sony for an image sensor plant in the western Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto,
April 17, 2026
China's Shenzhou-21 astronaut crew will stay in space for an extra month, after careful consideration from China's Manned Space Engineering Office, the country's state
April 17, 2026
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Friday he had the full support of his party's lawmakers, responding to media reports that some members will push for a
April 17, 2026
All eight people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, authorities said on Friday as search teams tried to retrieve
April 17, 2026
Erin Burnett talks to the crew of Artemis II in their first interview with CNN after their history making trip around the moon.
April 17, 2026
Less than a year after being fired, former FEMA chief is set to be reinstalled by Trump
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump has offered Cameron Hamilton the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's permanent administrator
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has started
April 16, 2026
More dangerous storms loom for the central US as parts of the region also grapple with historic flooding
April 15, 2026
Democrat Analilia Mejia will win House special election in New Jersey, further narrowing GOP majority
April 16, 2026
California’s gasoline inventories have declined to record lows as fuel prices have surged nationwide on the back of the war on Iran, and analysts warn that
April 17, 2026
U.S. officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed
April 17, 2026
Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy exit plan is under renewed pressure after a sharp rise in jet fuel
April 17, 2026
A 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect on Thursday and President Donald Trump said the next meeting
April 16, 2026
Britain's top foreign ministry official will leave his post after Prime Minister Keir Starmer and
April 16, 2026
Nearly 6 million people in Haiti are expected to face acute food insecurity in the coming months, underscoring how gang violence, mass displacement and economic
April 17, 2026
The U.S.
March 31, 2026
A U.S. judge said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump cannot construct his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's
April 01, 2026
Public health veteran is Trump’s pick to lead CDC as administration shifts tone on vaccines
April 17, 2026
The Trump administration has agreed to resume funding a key Manhattan subway project after New York officials sued
April 17, 2026
Brazil's central bank is cautious amid uncertainties over the potential duration and consequences of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, and the final size of its interest rate
April 17, 2026
Bangladesh Finance Minister Amir Khosru said on Thursday his country needs to erase a capital deficit in its banks and private sector for any reforms to take
April 17, 2026
U.S.
April 17, 2026
Senegal's president has approved a bill doubling the maximum prison term for same-sex sexual acts to 10 years and criminalising any efforts to promote homosexuality,
March 31, 2026
Euro zone inflation soared past the European Central Bank's 2% target this month as surging oil and gas costs drove up headline
March 31, 2026
Mongolia's parliament on Monday confirmed Uchral Nyam-Osor as the nation's third prime minister in nine months, following his predecessor's resignation last week over
March 31, 2026
The Canadian economy eked out modest growth in January, with monthly gross domestic product rising slightly as strength in most goods-producing
March 31, 2026
Spanish police have discovered a drug-smuggling tunnel in the North African exclave of Ceuta, complete with a rail system and underground cranes to transport hashish from
March 31, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Tuesday, as markets welcomed a report signaling potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has set the S&P 500 and the
March 31, 2026
The United States has done the lion's share of the work in making Iran less of a threat and other countries now need to step up to reopen the critical
March 31, 2026
Romanian state institutions are facing more than 10,000 cyberattacks daily, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Tuesday.
March 31, 2026
Unilever said on Tuesday it will merge its food business with spice maker McCormick in the second-largest food transaction in history, a deal that will
March 19, 2026
U.S. single-family house prices increased moderately in January, but rising mortgage rates as the war in the Middle East drags on could sideline potential first-time
March 31, 2026
More than two dozen ships sanctioned for being part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet have passed through UK waters since Prime Minister
March 31, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just
March 31, 2026
Ukrainian drones on Tuesday struck Russia's Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga for the fifth time in 10 days, and industry sources told Reuters an oil loading terminal was hit,
March 31, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed migration and closer cooperation on returns, border security and tackling people smuggling networks in a meeting with Syrian
March 31, 2026
The Canadian economy grew by 0.1% in January as gains in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction more than offset a contraction in manufacturing, Statistics Canada
March 31, 2026
The start to the year has have left investors with a serious case of whiplash with the eruption of war in Iran triggering a record jump in oil prices, major
March 27, 2026
Taiwan should look at what happened to Hong Kong and not be naive about China's
March 31, 2026
Bangladesh is considering introducing partial online classes in schools as part of austerity measures to ease pressure from the global energy crisis and domestic
March 31, 2026
Unilever has agreed to separate its food unit, home to Knorr and Hellmann's, and merge it with spice maker McCormick in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the British firm's food
March 31, 2026
Italy last week denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before heading to the Middle East, sources said on
March 31, 2026
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that U.S. plans to unfurl regime change in Iran and Venezuela were aimed at gaining more control over oil and gas
March 31, 2026
Germany's leading economic institutes cut their economic growth forecasts for this year and next and sharply raised their inflation forecasts in response to the Iran
March 31, 2026
A foreign national has turned himself in to Czech police, admitting that he threw petrol bombs at the building of a Russian culture centre in Prague last week, police said
March 31, 2026
By Mike Dolan March 31 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets The turbulent first quarter of 2026 ends with a dull thud, as the Iran war
March 31, 2026
The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield
April 17, 2026
Italy's population has stabilised after 12 years of decline, with immigration almost entirely offsetting a shrinking number of births, while life
March 31, 2026
French senators vote on Tuesday on a draft law that aims to ban social media access for children under the age of 15, joining countries around the world
March 31, 2026
Russia will respond if other countries allow Ukraine to use their airspace to launch drone attacks on Russian Baltic ports, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
March 31, 2026
Israel's decision to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks is 'very concerning' for the
March 31, 2026
Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber on Thursday said his government had good meetings this week with the International Monetary Fund and remained
April 17, 2026
The Trump administration said on Thursday it was attempting to deport an Iranian academic and media commentator, who it alleged had lied on his visa
April 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was not sure that the ceasefire with Iran needs to be extended.
April 17, 2026
Land management company EagleRock Land reported higher annual revenue in paperwork filed on Thursday for a U.S. initial public offering, positioning itself as a rare energy
April 17, 2026
(This April 16 story has been corrected to remove the incorrect statement by Ikon Midstream's lawyer which said the raid was conducted by U.S. CBP, in paragraph 4, and to note that the U.S.
April 17, 2026
Talks aimed at edging toward a solution to the decades-old dispute between Moldova and its separatist Transdniestria region broke down without
April 17, 2026
Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven nations on Thursday said it was urgent to limit the cost to the global economy of an enduring Middle East war and "reaffirmed the
April 17, 2026
European Central Bank policymakers played down the chance of a rate hike as soon as this month, arguing that more data will be needed and the precise
April 17, 2026
Valero Energy Corp has partially restarted its 380,000 barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas refinery following a March 23 explosion and fire, said two people
April 17, 2026
By Stephen Culp April 16 - Wall Street moved higher on Thursday, as traders assessed ongoing Middle East peace negotiations and parsed a mixed bag of corporate earnings.
April 17, 2026
Two more Democrats, former California attorney general and cabinet secretary Xavier Becerra and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, cleared the polling threshold and will
April 17, 2026
France and Italy have pushed back against some U.S.-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as U.S.
March 31, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he would ask U.S. mediators to pass Kyiv's offer of an Easter ceasefire for
March 31, 2026
Social media platform TikTok, controlled by China's ByteDance, is seeking approval from the Brazilian central bank to operate as a lending and payments
March 31, 2026
U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly edged up in March, but households remained downbeat on the labor market and anticipated higher inflation over
March 31, 2026
The U.S. federal watchdog agency for consumer finance expects to finalize new regulations proposed in November that would narrow key civil-rights-
March 31, 2026
Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel
March 31, 2026
A month ago, Nariman al-Issa's life was like any 12-year-old's: she played with toys and rode her bicycle in Beirut's southern suburbs.
March 31, 2026
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Monday that requires firms seeking contracts with the state to provide safeguards against AI misuse, including the
March 31, 2026
U.S. federal law enforcement personnel will be present at an upcoming Marine Corps graduation, according to a message on the corps' Parris Island
March 31, 2026
Israeli strikes killed at least six people in the Gaza Strip in separate attacks on Tuesday, health officials said, in the latest violence overshadowing a fragile five-
March 31, 2026
European stocks ended Tuesday with their steepest monthly decline in nearly four years, underscoring the degree to which the Middle East conflict
March 31, 2026
The Transportation Security Administration said absences among the nation's 50,000 security officers fell sharply on Monday as workers were paid
March 31, 2026
The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas and several EU foreign ministers voiced their support for Ukraine's demand for
March 31, 2026
The broad U.S. equity index is closing out its worst quarter in four years, reflecting an investor retreat driven in large part by inflation fears,
March 31, 2026
The European Union is considering reviving energy crisis measures it used in 2022 when Russia slashed gas deliveries, to address the unfolding disruption
March 31, 2026
Several major European power companies are laying out big plans to expand in the United States, as the lure of explosive electricity
March 31, 2026
The U.N. rights chief on Tuesday urged Israel to repeal a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks,
March 31, 2026
China is stepping up a years-long anti-corruption drive against securities regulatory officials as Beijing works to improve the image of its
March 31, 2026
The World Trade Organization is unable to deal with the core challenges of the global trading system, but the U.S. is not ready to leave the body, U.S.
March 31, 2026
Unilever's European works council is worried about job losses from the company's food merger with McCormick, warning that it was stoking uncertainty and
March 31, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that Vice President Geraldo Alckmin will again be his running mate in an October election,
March 31, 2026
Global investment firm KKR said on Tuesday that an entity owned by its investment funds seeks to make a tender offer to buy all shares of Japanese chemical manufacturer Taiyo
March 31, 2026
The U.S.
March 31, 2026
Three U.N. peacekeepers were killed this week in southern Lebanon, making the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah one of the deadliest chapters for a peacekeeping
March 31, 2026
Russia is going to further clamp down Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), which are used by millions of Russians to get around internet controls and
March 31, 2026
Lebanon is preparing for the possibility that hundreds of thousands displaced by Israeli strikes and evacuation orders will not return home
March 31, 2026
Tether has let go two senior precious metals traders it hired from HSBC only three months ago, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
March 31, 2026
Air traffic controller staffing at LaGuardia airport on the night an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck may have violated the facility's
March 31, 2026
Ireland plans to offer a new personal savings and investment scheme from next year to encourage people to invest some of the 170 billion euros ($196 billion) earning
March 31, 2026
A Venezuelan attends an asylum interview in Southern California while his wife, a doctor, is detained in Texas
April 17, 2026
Meta has agreed to scale back references to the PG-13 film rating when describing its teen accounts, resolving a dispute with the Motion Picture
March 31, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz clarified on Tuesday comments he made about the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland after economists and politicians warned that a
March 31, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is in the country but is refraining from making public appearances "for understandable reasons",
March 31, 2026
U.S. job openings fell more than expected in February and hiring dropped to the lowest level in nearly six years, government data showed on Tuesday.
March 31, 2026
Millions of unprocessed bad loans from last decade's debt crisis are slowing Greece's economic growth and stymying the rebound
March 31, 2026
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by a lower court to approve the Justice Department decision to dismiss a criminal case against
March 31, 2026
The widening Iran conflict has led to airstrikes on infrastructure across the Middle East and threats to target oil facilities, electricity
March 31, 2026
King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British
March 31, 2026
Hungary's foreign minister and his Russian counterpart discussed EU sanctions in an audio clip released by an investigative news outlet on Tuesday, days
March 31, 2026
Forest loss in Indonesia surged by 66% in 2025, hitting its highest rate in eight years as a result of weak environmental
March 31, 2026
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned as a "step towards apartheid" Monday's approval by the Israeli parliament of a
March 31, 2026
The Russian economy will grow by 0.8% this year, down from a forecast of 1% a month ago, according to a Reuters poll of 16 analysts on Tuesday, echoing an earlier
March 31, 2026
The U.S.
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration is revoking the U.S. citizenship of a California couple who emigrated from China and pleaded guilty to
April 01, 2026
Colombia's central bank raised the benchmark interest rate on Tuesday for a second consecutive policy meeting, to 11.25%, while the
April 01, 2026
AT&T has reached a deal to invest about $1 billion to improve the Commerce Department's FirstNet and deliver $1 billion in cost savings for the program via reduced rates, a U.S
April 01, 2026
Global equity and bond markets jumped on Tuesday on speculation of a potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict
March 31, 2026
U.S. diplomats should use social media platform X and partner with military psychological operations units in an effort to "counter foreign anti-
April 01, 2026
Wall Street closed a tumultuous first quarter with a bang on Tuesday as hopes of de-escalation in the Middle East powered stocks to their best
April 01, 2026
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Tuesday it has appointed Jane Fraser, chief executive of Citigroup, to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors' Advisory Council.
April 01, 2026
The judge overseeing the lawsuit brought by Prince Harry, singer Elton John and other high-profile figures against the publisher of the Daily Mail at London's High Court
March 31, 2026
The World Bank on Tuesday approved a loan of $2 billion to Turkey for a new railway line across the Bosphorus in what would be the nation's largest foreign-financed railway
April 01, 2026
U.S.
March 31, 2026
Pope Leo urged U.S.
April 01, 2026
A roadside explosion appears to have struck the convoy of two Indonesian peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said on Tuesday, citing initial
March 31, 2026
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Tuesday that his country will stay out of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran unless Syria is subject to aggression and has no diplomatic
April 01, 2026
The U.S. customs agency said on Tuesday it was making progress in setting up a streamlined process for refunding some $166 billion in tariff
April 01, 2026
Every week, hundreds of people line up to fill a plastic container with food in an unlikely place: the humble home where
March 31, 2026
London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on British diplomats stationed around the world on Tuesday to help counter what he described as "
March 31, 2026
A committee of senior officials in President Donald Trump's administration voted on Tuesday to exempt the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry from a federal law
March 31, 2026
Discussions are under way for a U.N. investigation into the killing of more than 390 employees in the two-year Gaza war, the head of the U.N.
March 31, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO's collective defense, saying that would be up to President
March 31, 2026
The Trump administration is organizing an international summit focused on countering the left-wing movement antifa
March 31, 2026
Drugmakers are delaying launches of some new medicines in Europe as the industry grapples with U.S. pressure and
March 31, 2026
The White House said on Tuesday that the U.S. military was prepared to thwart any attacks by Iran, responding to threats by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
April 01, 2026
Incredible images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 unveiled
April 17, 2026
Brazil’s former intelligence agency chief Alexandre Ramagem celebrated on Thursday his release by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a two-day arrest in Orlando
April 17, 2026
The American Heart Association's new nutrition guidance, released on Tuesday, emphasized a dietary pattern rich in vegetables, fruits and whole grains, prioritizing plant-based
March 31, 2026
China's new home prices edged up in March, reversing a decline in the previous month, supported by a seasonal pickup in demand in major cities, a private survey showed on
April 01, 2026
Japan saw the business mood improve and corporate inflation expectations heighten in the three months to March, a closely watched survey showed, helping the
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday tightening rules on mail‑in voting nationwide, including directing his administration to
April 01, 2026
Indonesia's leader visited Tokyo this week in Asia's latest flurry of fuel bartering efforts to
March 31, 2026
South Korea's exports beat forecasts in March, surging at their fastest pace in nearly four decades on an AI-driven chip boom, but supply risks from the Middle
April 01, 2026
China and Pakistan on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire in the Gulf and the wider Middle East, urging the swift launch of peace talks and the restoration of normal
March 31, 2026
Armed men mounted further attacks in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region on Tuesday, days after a gang's weekend assault in the
April 01, 2026
Minnesota officials are pushing forward with investigations of federal law enforcement officers involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities
April 17, 2026
China's manufacturing sector expanded in March for a fourth straight month as output and new orders continued to grow, but rising price pressures sharply intensified, a
April 01, 2026
China is poised to extend its ban on refined fuel exports into April, five industry sources with knowledge of the matter said, though
March 31, 2026
The dollar fell on Tuesday on
March 31, 2026
Republican Senator Bernie Moreno said on Tuesday he will introduce legislation next month to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese
April 01, 2026
FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Tuesday that Iran will play their World Cup matches in the United States in June as scheduled despite the country's
March 31, 2026
Argentina has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, its presidential office said in a statement on Tuesday,
April 01, 2026
Japan's factory activity expanded at a slower pace in March as growth in output, orders and manufacturers' confidence cooled and cost pressures hit a 19-month high due to
April 01, 2026
South Korea's factory activity expanded at the strongest pace in more than four years in March, led by semiconductor demand and new product launches, even as the Middle East
April 01, 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it had reached staff-level loan agreements to give Papua New Guinea access to about $216 million, once approved.
April 01, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reverse the termination of the legal status of thousands of migrants who had
March 31, 2026
New Zealand's Fonterra said on Wednesday it had settled a lawsuit filed by environmental group Greenpeace by admitting the label on one of its products was likely to mislead some
April 01, 2026
A three-judge panel in Wisconsin on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit from Democratic voters that had challenged the state's congressional map.
April 01, 2026
Britain's minimum wage may need to rise by around 3.7% next year to 13.18 pounds ($17.38) an hour to keep up with the likely rise in average earnings, the
April 01, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday declined to approve a Trump administration-crafted settlement that would have allowed churches and other houses of worship to endorse
April 01, 2026
Anthropic said on Wednesday it would sign an agreement to share its economic index data with the Australian government to help track artificial intelligence adoption across
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. could end its military campaign against Iran within two to three weeks.
April 01, 2026
Wall Street ended sharply higher on Tuesday, lifted by speculation about a potential de-escalation in the Middle East conflict that has sent
March 31, 2026
U.S. average gasoline prices rose above $4 a gallon on Monday for the first time in more than three years, capping the sharpest monthly rise
March 31, 2026
U.S.
April 01, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung held talks on Wednesday with Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto, discussing energy security and agreeing
April 01, 2026
BP's new CEO Meg O'Neill began her stint on Wednesday by offering consistency while accelerating the group's performance, a year
April 01, 2026
British factory cost pressures soared in March and delivery delays - due to ships avoiding the Strait of Hormuz - were the longest since mid-2022, according to a survey
April 01, 2026
Palestinians in
March 31, 2026
The euro zone economy may already be on the "adverse" path outlined by the European Central Bank and inflation could become entrenched quicker than in
April 01, 2026
At a time of international turbulence the world does not need a crisis over Taiwan, the leader of the island's largest opposition party said on Wednesday ahead of a
April 01, 2026
Hungary's centre-right Tisza party widened its lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of an April 12 parliamentary election, two opinion polls
April 01, 2026
Germany's manufacturing sector expanded in March at its fastest pace since May 2022 as output and new orders grew despite supply disruptions tied to the Iran war, a survey
April 01, 2026
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills his wife and then himself, police say
April 16, 2026
French manufacturing activity showed little sign of expansion in March, a monthly business survey showed on Wednesday, as the impact of the U.S-Israeli-led war on Iran
April 01, 2026
Trump muses about Vance vs. Rubio as Iran peace talks heat up
April 17, 2026
Indonesia has called on the United Nations to investigate the the deaths of three of its UNIFIL peacekeepers following Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, a
April 01, 2026
Ukrainian drone manufacturers are meeting Romanian defence ministry and army officials in the capital Bucharest this week to discuss potential joint production under a
April 01, 2026
U.S.
April 01, 2026
Millions of fans heading to the 2026 World Cup face significant human rights risks, Amnesty International said, warning that the tournament is drifting far
April 01, 2026
Hundreds of Serbian students clashed with police on Tuesday during a protest
April 01, 2026
U.S.
April 01, 2026
Hackers linked to North Korea breached behind-the-scenes software that runs many common online functions in an effort to steal login information that could enable
April 01, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter: De-escalation hopes for the Iran war are spurring a rally in stocks and bonds, but - drawing attention to today's date
April 01, 2026
Australia's competition regulator said on Wednesday it has granted interim authorisation to Qantas and American Airlines to continue cooperating on trans-Pacific routes linking
April 01, 2026
U.S.
April 01, 2026
Dubai-based airline Emirates' website said on Wednesday that Iranian nationals were not allowed to enter or transit the United Arab Emirates.
April 01, 2026
Russia said on Wednesday it would kick out a Dutch journalist in response to what it called the expulsion of a correspondent of Russian state news agency RIA from the
April 01, 2026
The dollar's modest rebound since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran started a little over a month ago will fade as its safe-haven appeal erodes, according
April 01, 2026
A man charged in the disappearance of a Navajo grandmother has pleaded guilty to robbery as part of a second plea agreement
April 17, 2026
Coca-Cola and its two authorized bottlers, Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa and Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages, will invest 17.6 billion rand ($1.05 billion) in South
April 01, 2026
Factories across the world faced soaring input costs and supply chain disruptions in March due to the Iran war as underlying tepid
April 01, 2026
British police said on Wednesday they had arrested three more men in connection with an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in north London last month.
April 01, 2026
A day before Israel and the United States attacked Iran on February 28, the Indian‑flagged LPG tanker Pine Gas loaded cargo at the United Arab
March 31, 2026
Joerg Kukies, a former German finance minister, will take a role at Morgan Stanley, the U.S. bank said on Wednesday, marking a return to the senior ranks of banking
April 01, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned the economic shocks of the war in the Middle East would be felt for months and
April 01, 2026
A senior U.S.
April 01, 2026
By Mike Dolan April 1 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets “Off ramp” seems to be the word of the week surrounding the Iran war - and the
April 01, 2026
The European Commission has released a further 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in aid for Cuba, it said on Wednesday, to tackle what it described as worsening humanitarian
April 01, 2026
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should have taken the difficult decision to withdraw his forces from the Donbas area "yesterday"
April 01, 2026
Rising public support for Brazilian opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential run has allowed him to put
April 01, 2026
Bosnians woke with heavy heads and light hearts on Wednesday, buoyed by their soccer team's dramatic playoff shootout win over Italy that sent them to the World Cup
April 01, 2026
(Corrects to clarify attribution) By Che Pan and Laurie Chen BEIJING, April 1 (Rtrs) - Chinese GPU and AI chip makers captured nearly 41% of China's AI accelerator server market last year, eroding
April 01, 2026
Japan may face stagflation risks from the Iran war that would be challenging to deal with using monetary policy, new Bank of Japan board member Toichiro
April 01, 2026
Euro zone manufacturers faced soaring input costs and supply chain disruptions in March due to the Iran war, even as underlying tepid demand threatened to undermine the
April 01, 2026
Europe could face recession if the Iran conflict drags on and oil prices jump over $150 per barrel, European Central Bank policymaker Yannis Stournaras told Greek radio on
April 01, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he would act in the country's interest, whatever the "noise", when asked about U.S.
April 01, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that the global instability caused by the Iran war means Britain should pivot to focusing
April 01, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, building onto their biggest one-day jump in nearly a year in the previous session, following President Donald Trump's comment
April 01, 2026
Turbulence linked to the war in Iran and swings in valuations have yet to deter corporate deal-making as
April 01, 2026
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday that his Moderate party would aim to form a majority government with the
April 01, 2026
U.S. private payrolls increased steadily in March, the ADP's national employment report showed on Wednesday.
April 01, 2026
Businesses continue to act as if high oil prices will prove only a short-term disruption, with little evidence yet it has caused consumers to pull
April 01, 2026
Britain's King Charles will address the U.S. Congress on April 28 during his visit to Washington, House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement on Wednesday.
April 01, 2026
Germany's leading economic institutes cut their growth forecasts for this year and next on Wednesday and sharply raised their projections for inflation as
April 01, 2026
If President Donald Trump ends the war with Iran without a deal, he risks leaving Tehran with a stranglehold over Middle East energy supplies and Gulf Arab
April 01, 2026
The White House says it's “thrilled” after a federal commission gave early approval to the design for a 250-foot arch President Donald Trump wants to build at an entrance to the nation's capital
April 16, 2026
Court records show that former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax was facing a court-ordered deadline to move out of his family’s home before police say he killed his wife and then himself
April 16, 2026
Trump’s top regulator for prediction markets pledges crackdown on insider trading
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, is likely to face tough questions about his vast financial holdings at a hearing next week by the Senate Banking Committee
April 17, 2026
The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump administration’s broader shift away from donor-focused development assistance and toward greater private investment
April 17, 2026
Five seconds of free fall: Astronauts describe historic moon mission — and nail-biting return to Earth
April 17, 2026
Storms barreling across the heart of the United States continue to threaten rain and pose flooding risks after causing at least one death when a man apparently was struck by lightning in Wisconsin
April 16, 2026
Cuban leader, marking Bay of Pigs anniversary, vows to defeat US forces if attacked again
April 17, 2026
The U.S. stock market ticked upward to another record high
April 16, 2026
The French government is pressing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to release the 85-year-old French widow of a military veteran from immigration custody in Louisiana after she was detained earlier this month
April 16, 2026
U.S. businesses continue to offshore operations to Mexico despite the revamped regional trade pact that was meant to stymie that activity, U.S.
April 16, 2026
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran, by far the U.S. central bank's most aggressive advocate for fast and immediate interest rate cuts, said on
April 16, 2026
The wife of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has apologized for what she says were “harmful” social media posts she made as a teenager
April 17, 2026
The White House is considering appointing attorney Michael Murray to lead antitrust enforcement at the U.S.
April 16, 2026
Italian premium tyremaker Pirelli said on Thursday it had activated a "mitigation plan" to limit the effects of the ongoing Middle East crisis, which includes price
April 17, 2026
Central bank independence is a prerequisite for successful monetary policy, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Thursday.
April 17, 2026
Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Thursday that the oil price shock due to the Iran war will take a toll on the German economy but is
April 17, 2026
The U.S. State Department said on Thursday it was expanding its visa restriction policy in the Western Hemisphere region and imposed restrictions on 26 individuals.
April 16, 2026
Hezbollah said on Thursday that the presence of Israeli troops on Lebanese territory would grant Lebanon and its people "the right to resist," adding in its first comment
April 16, 2026
The FBI plans to question roughly a half-dozen witnesses in its criminal inquiry into ex-CIA Director John Brennan over a U.S.
April 16, 2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed on Thursday a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, announced by U.S.
April 16, 2026
The Kremlin took the unusual step of publicly acknowledging sharp criticism of the authorities from a celebrity blogger on Thursday,
April 16, 2026
The Bank of England is testing the risks to the financial system caused by AI by conducting scenario analysis and simulations, the central bank said in a letter published by
April 16, 2026
Police on Thursday were investigating a bomb threat made to the Chicago-area home of Pope Leo's brother John Prevost after a search found no explosives or hazardous materials.
April 16, 2026
Chilean copper producer Codelco and global miner Anglo American plan to submit separate environmental studies to regulators for their planned shared
April 16, 2026
The U.S.
April 16, 2026
Governments and airlines are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about diminishing jet fuel
April 16, 2026
The World Bank Group said on Thursday it is working on a guarantee of up to $2 billion to help refinance “a relevant portion of Argentina’s debt.”
April 16, 2026
A federal judge on Thursday again ruled that U.S.
April 16, 2026
Israel and Lebanon will implement a 10-day ceasefire beginning 5 pm EST (2100 GMT) on Thursday to enable negotiations toward a permanent security and peace agreement, the U.S.
April 17, 2026
The government of Chile's new President Jose Antonio Kast carried out its first deportation flight on Thursday, authorities said, fulfilling a campaign pledge to tighten
April 17, 2026
The U.S.
April 17, 2026
U.S. stocks have rebounded to record highs after the Iran war-driven selloff and there are signs under the market's surface that suggest the rally
April 17, 2026
The U.S.
April 17, 2026
The U.S.
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Thursday after announcing a 10-day Lebanon-Israel ceasefire that leaders of the two countries could meet at the White House over the
April 17, 2026
The benchmark S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose modestly to record closing highs for a second straight day on Thursday on optimism that the
April 16, 2026
U.S.
April 17, 2026
Bulgaria's caretaker prime minister said elections this month will be among the country's cleanest in years after his government launched efforts to tackle widespread
April 01, 2026
(Afrocab corrects total number of patients returned to treatment to 3,356 from around 1,000 in paragraph 17. Figure includes 1,095 patients aged under 24 years.)
March 31, 2026
At least 17 immigrants have died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody from January 2026 through early April, according to ICE.
March 10, 2026
President Donald Trump has railed against a federal judge’s decision that continues to block above-ground construction of a $400 million White House ballroom
April 16, 2026
Global stocks rallied to a fresh record on Thursday as the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon boosted sentiment,
April 16, 2026
France hit back on Wednesday at threats by President Donald Trump to pull the U.S. out of NATO, saying the military alliance was designed to ensure security in
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has developed a fresh plan to slash the workforce at the U.S.
April 01, 2026
U.S. business inventories unexpectedly fell in January amid a large decline in stocks at wholesalers, suggesting inventory investment could weigh on economic growth in
April 01, 2026
China's Huawei Technologies reported on Tuesday 2.2% growth in 2025 revenue, as its core businesses of infrastructure network and consumer
March 31, 2026
A Russian-flagged tanker carrying some 700,000 barrels of crude docked in Cuba's Matanzas oil terminal on Tuesday, shipping data showed, marking
March 31, 2026
NASA's Artemis II mission, which launched on Wednesday, is expected to last about 10 days, sending four astronauts on a high-speed journey around the moon and back in the first
March 30, 2026
At least seven people were killed and 24 wounded in two Israeli strikes in the Beirut area, the Lebanese health ministry said on Wednesday, in attacks that hit vehicles in
April 01, 2026
France suspects a pro-Iranian group known as HAYI to be behind a foiled attack on Bank of America's Paris offices, its anti-terrorism
April 01, 2026
U.S. manufacturing activity picked up in March, though a measure of prices paid by factories for inputs jumped to the highest level in nearly four years and suppliers
April 01, 2026
Afghanistan and Pakistan have opened a new round of talks in China to end the deadliest fighting between two Muslim
April 01, 2026
Spanish police launched an investigation on Wednesday into Islamophobic and xenophobic chants during Tuesday's friendly against Egypt which also drew
April 01, 2026
Hospitals overwhelmed and communities destroyed: Lebanon reels from Israel’s unprecedented attacks
April 16, 2026
Shell is in advanced talks with Venezuela's government to develop four large areas near Trinidad and Tobago, in two of the South
April 01, 2026
The U.S.
April 01, 2026
U.S.
April 01, 2026
Thousands of Christians still living in a cluster of towns along Lebanon's southern border say they are trapped and terrified after an Israeli
April 01, 2026
Russia warned its citizens on Wednesday not to travel to countries that have extradition treaties with the United States.
April 01, 2026
The European Chief Prosecutor on Wednesday asked Greece to lift the immunity of 11 lawmakers to allow an investigation into their role in a farm aid fraud scandal which has
April 01, 2026
Oil tanker availability along the U.S.
April 01, 2026
The Swiss government will continue to withhold payments to the United States for a Patriot missile system order until Washington provides binding delivery dates, adding
April 01, 2026
Iran has asked the United States for a ceasefire, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, adding Washington would consider this once the Strait
April 01, 2026
By Michael S.
April 01, 2026
They've never known their parents, and they've never known Gaza, born prematurely two years ago and evacuated to
April 01, 2026
U.S. farmers plan to plant less corn and more soybeans in 2026 than last year, the U.S.
April 01, 2026
New registrations of Tesla cars tripled in France during March to just shy of a two-year-old record high, and more than
April 01, 2026
Italian senators on Wednesday presented a draft law to tackle social media addiction that seeks to increase the responsibility of online platforms for the way content is
April 01, 2026
The United States will be "out of Iran pretty quickly" and could return for "spot hits" if needed, President Donald Trump told Reuters on Wednesday,
April 01, 2026
Minnesota prosecutors have charged an ICE agent with assault for pointing his gun at the occupants of a car on a Minneapolis highway
April 16, 2026
Thirteen people were killed and 57 injured when ammunition exploded due to an electrical short circuit on a Burundian military base on Tuesday
April 01, 2026
Aston Villa has advanced to the Europa League semifinals by beating Bologna 4-0
April 16, 2026
Investment advisors say a buildup of problems is weighing on clients, who are entering the second quarter of the year struggling with
April 01, 2026
The heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank on Wednesday said they will form a coordination group
April 01, 2026
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a letter addressed to the American people that his country harbors no enmity towards ordinary Americans, Press TV reported on Wednesday.
April 02, 2026
St.
April 01, 2026
The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan jumped last week to its highest level since August, as rising oil prices fueled inflation fears and drove up
April 01, 2026
China will at one point have to engage more directly on how to restore oil traffic flows in the Strait of Hormuz because the number of vessels it has going through is
April 01, 2026
President Donald Trump made a historic visit to the U.S.
April 01, 2026
The Bank of Canada's governing council has agreed it will have to rely on its own judgment more than usual on rate decisions, given
April 01, 2026
U.S. retail sales increased by the most in seven months in February as motor vehicle purchases rebounded and temperatures warmed up, but surging
April 01, 2026
European stocks extended their rally on Wednesday, with the STOXX 600 notching its biggest three-day advance in nearly a year after
April 01, 2026
The U.S.
April 23, 2025
Global automakers plan billions of dollars in new U.S. investments to boost production and avoid President Donald Trump's tariffs, but
April 02, 2026
Stocks rose on Wednesday and oil and the dollar fell on continued optimism that de-escalation in the Middle East is imminent. U.S.
April 02, 2026
Global stocks rallied and oil futures retreated on Wednesday on hopes of a de-escalation in the Iran war.
April 01, 2026
The U.S.
April 02, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy criticised Russia for answering his offer of an Easter truce with airstrikes on Wednesday but he praised as "positive" fresh
April 01, 2026
Oil prices settled lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said that the U.S. would end its war on Iran fairly soon.
April 01, 2026
Nike's months-long turnaround under CEO Elliott Hill faces fresh pressure as the Middle East conflict adds to the sportswear maker's
April 01, 2026
Tensions between the United States and NATO allies flared up as President Donald Trump said he was considering pulling the U.S.
April 01, 2026
Local officials in upstate New York on Wednesday ruled the death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar as a homicide, after he had gone missing for several days
April 02, 2026
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez's administration is getting ready to take over the boards of state oil firm
April 01, 2026
A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration to impose new restrictions on billions of dollars in grant funding used to
April 02, 2026
Bahrain's effort to secure a U.N. resolution to authorise "all necessary means" to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz
April 01, 2026
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had taken full control of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, suggesting they had wrested control of a
April 01, 2026
New York wine retailer Chris Leon has a novel strategy to avoid the steep tariffs that have been slapped on imported wines from
April 01, 2026
The Republican-controlled U.S.
April 02, 2026
President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to pull the United States out of NATO due to its European members' refusal to send ships to unblock
April 02, 2026
A Massachusetts man accused of making threats on Facebook to kill U.S.
April 02, 2026
The dollar fell against major currencies including the Swiss franc and euro for the second straight session on Wednesday amid growing signs of a possible
April 01, 2026
Colombia faces mounting uncertainty after the government's decision to withdraw from the central bank's board cast doubt on future decisions following a
April 02, 2026
British business confidence has fallen as the Iran war exacerbates worries among employers about costs, according to a survey of accountants that chimed with similar
April 02, 2026
Wall Street ended higher on Wednesday, with strong gains in Alphabet and other heavyweights, after U.S.
April 01, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said ties with France must go beyond partnership and become a pursuit of strategic collaboration that includes artificial intelligence
April 02, 2026
Utah officials announced on Wednesday that they were closing a five-decade-old case after finding "definitive proof" that American serial killer Ted Bundy killed a
April 02, 2026
NASA's Artemis program is the U.S. effort to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a sustained human presence there, a goal
March 30, 2026
Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high‑stakes 10-day trip around the moon that marks
April 02, 2026
A technical team from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived in Cuba this week to launch an "independent investigation," the U.S.
April 02, 2026
KKR's non-traded business development company, KKR FS Income Trust, limited redemptions after requests for withdrawals surged, according to a letter to shareholders.
April 02, 2026
Two-thirds of Americans believe that the U.S. should work to end its involvement in the Iran war quickly, even if that means not achieving the goals set out by the
April 01, 2026
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Thursday appointed Chris Penk as defence minister in a Cabinet reshuffle, handing a former naval officer responsibility
April 02, 2026
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will visit Washington next week for what a spokesperson for the military alliance called
April 02, 2026
The House has passed legislation that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants living in the United States
April 16, 2026
A fire broke out at a liquefied petroleum gas filling station near a residential area in Indonesia's Bekasi regency, east of the capital Jakarta, injuring at least 12,
April 02, 2026
A delay in approving Taiwan's budget this year threatens T$78 billion ($2.44 billion) in weapons procurement, maintenance and training, a senior defence ministry official
April 02, 2026
Former Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has been appointed U.N. resident coordinator in Kenya, the U.N. said on Wednesday, adding he would take up his post that
April 02, 2026
Australia will provide up to A$1 billion ($693 million) in interest-free loans to critical businesses, including transport operators and fertiliser producers,
April 02, 2026
The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left
April 16, 2026
The halting of oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz has left the Dubai Middle East benchmark, the price used to
April 01, 2026
Vietnam is forecast to remain Asia's fastest-growing nation after India through 2028, supported by exports and infrastructure investments, although heavy public spending may
April 02, 2026
Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramon de la Fuente will leave his post due to health reasons and be replaced by Roberto Velasco,
April 02, 2026
South Korea's inflation picked up less than expected in March as the government capped fuel prices, but policymakers and economists warned that risks remain
April 02, 2026
Job vacancies in Australia rebounded to their highest in more than a year in the February quarter, data showed on Thursday, led by gains in the construction, retail and
April 02, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Washington will strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and hit the country into the "Stone Ages."
April 02, 2026
The Democratic Party on Wednesday filed a lawsuit asking a U.S. judge to block President Donald Trump's executive order tightening mail-in voting nationwide,
April 02, 2026
A man accused of one of Australia's worst ever mass shootings on Thursday lost a bid to prevent media from reporting the identities of his family.
April 02, 2026
President Donald Trump this week told countries struggling to get jet fuel due to Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to buy from the U.S., but
April 02, 2026
Voters will head to the polls in the Bahamas for an early election on May 12, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as the Caribbean nation battles affordability
April 02, 2026
The U.S.
April 02, 2026
A year on from U.S.
April 02, 2026
Myanmar's parliament will hold a bicameral vote to elect a president on Friday, house speaker Aung Lin Dwe said on Thursday, with the country's former military chief and junta
April 02, 2026
Singapore prosecutors charged one more person with fraud on Thursday for making false representations to U.S. server supplier Dell Technologies, linking
April 02, 2026
Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon
April 01, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee In a 19 minute prime-time address, U.S.
April 02, 2026
U.S.
April 02, 2026
Arrest warrant issued for ICE officer accused of pulling gun on Minnesota driver
April 17, 2026
President Donald Trump staunchly defended his handling of the month-old U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in a prime-time address on
April 02, 2026
Judge: Trump can’t claim that entire White House ballroom project is needed for national security
April 16, 2026
Indian banks are set to face heightened uncertainty on Thursday after the central bank's curbs on corporate activity made it costlier for
April 02, 2026
The U.S. military has widened its efforts beyond the blockade of Iran’s ports
April 16, 2026
The United States will carry out aggressive strikes on Iran over the next two to three weeks and is
April 01, 2026
Trump expected to sign executive order urging more research into psychedelic ibogaine
April 17, 2026
A diplomatic outcast a year ago, Pakistan has become a trusted regional partner and a mediator between the U.S. and Iran to end the war in the Middle East, a
April 02, 2026
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck in Indonesia's Northern Molucca Sea on Thursday, killing one person, damaging buildings and triggering tsunami waves, authorities and
April 02, 2026
Swiss inflation rose to its highest level in a year in March, government data showed on Thursday, albeit less than expected, as the country absorbed higher
April 02, 2026
India's manufacturing sector grew at its slowest pace in nearly four years in March as the war in the Middle East stoked uncertainty, disrupted supply chains and dented
April 02, 2026
Russia has launched a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, targeting civilian areas with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles
April 16, 2026
The Chinese government supports companies with transnational operations and technology cooperation deals according to needs and the law, commerce ministry spokesperson He
April 02, 2026
Japan's economy may face supply shocks and slumping demand from the Iran war, a risk the central bank may be overlooking by focusing on inflationary
April 02, 2026
Hong Kong's Grade-A office market in the city's financial core is finally hitting a floor after nearly seven years of decline, buoyed by a roaring capital
April 02, 2026
A young humpback whale named Timmy by rescuers was struggling to find its way out of shallow bays off the Baltic coast of Germany on Sunday morning, after a week-long
March 29, 2026
The U.S. on Wednesday removed sanctions against Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez, according to the Treasury Department website, less than three months after
April 02, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday urged parliament to promptly pass a 26.2 trillion won ($17.3 billion) supplementary budget to shore up the economy amid "the
April 02, 2026
Eastern Libya's military leader, Khalifa Haftar, has acquired what appear to be Chinese and Turkish combat drones,
April 02, 2026
Major central banks pointed to uncertainty linked to the war in the Middle East as they largely kept interest rates steady in March,
April 02, 2026
Australia said it would ban gambling advertisements featuring celebrities and limit online gambling advertisements to internet users over
April 02, 2026
Sweden will buy air defence and anti-drone systems worth 8.7 billion Swedish crowns ($916 million) from among others Saab and BAE Systems, the
April 02, 2026
Russia is ready to contribute to resolving the Iran conflict and President Vladimir Putin is continuing to talk with regional leaders, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
April 02, 2026
Australian farmers are expected to favour less nitrogen-intensive crops such as barley over wheat and canola in the upcoming season, as surging
April 02, 2026
Lithuania is preparing a request to the United States for cooperation in its investigation into potential human trafficking with links to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
April 02, 2026
Russian strategic missile forces have conducted drills in Siberia involving camouflaged movements of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles that are capable of delivering
April 02, 2026
Iran's operational headquarters must monitor "enemy movements with utmost pessimism and accuracy" and be ready to counter any method of attack, the country's army commander-
April 02, 2026
President Donald Trump took the short trip from the White House to the U.S.
April 02, 2026
Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales rose for a second consecutive quarter, holding up despite intensifying competition as the U.S. automaker broadened its focus
April 02, 2026
British companies expect to raise prices more quickly in the coming 12 months as they respond to a surge in energy prices due to the Iran war, cut jobs and
April 02, 2026
A federal judge in California said on Wednesday that U.S.
April 02, 2026
Taiwan will strengthen its defences of the Pratas as China steps up its activities around the islands which lie at the top end of the South
April 02, 2026
Eight Muslim-majority countries "strongly condemned" Israel's move to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military
April 02, 2026
By Michael S.
April 16, 2026
Pope warns of world ravaged by ‘tyrants’ in the wake of Trump attacks
April 16, 2026
Sniping by justices underscores tension over Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’
April 17, 2026
A South African opposition party leader, Julius Malema, has been sentenced to five years in prison for breaking firearm laws
April 16, 2026
Trump’s arch gets overwhelmingly negative public feedback but appears poised to move forward
April 17, 2026
Pope Leo last May became the first U.S. leader of the global Catholic Church, but for the initial 10 months of his tenure he mostly avoided comment
April 02, 2026
By Nolan D.
April 16, 2026
The California Supreme Court stripped conservative attorney John Eastman of his law license on Wednesday over his efforts to overturn U.S.
April 16, 2026
Vietnam's president To Lam is set to meet his South Korean counterpart
April 16, 2026
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April 16, 2026
Japan's financial regulator sees private credit as a potential key pillar of its new strategy to meet rising corporate funding demand
April 16, 2026
Brazilian cross-border payments company Ebanx said it is expanding global operations, with a focus on Southeast Asia, strengthening its footprint
April 16, 2026
Asia is more vulnerable to an energy shock than other regions because of its heavy reliance on Middle East fuel, an International Monetary Fund
April 16, 2026
Stellantis and Microsoft said on Thursday they agreed to a five‑year strategic partnership to co-develop artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity and engineering
April 16, 2026
El Al Israel Airlines said on Thursday it would buy up to 12 more 787 Dreamliner aircraft from Boeing in a deal worth $1.5 billion, taking advantage of
April 16, 2026
Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants", in unusually forceful remarks in Cameroon on
April 16, 2026
The United States will likely approve pending weapons sales to Taiwan in coming weeks, a bipartisan group of senators assured Taiwanese lawmakers in
April 16, 2026
Investors pressed Mercedes-Benz on its recovery plans for China on Thursday, warning that a luxury-focused strategy could hurt the German
April 16, 2026
As the United States embarks on clearing mines from the Strait of Hormuz, it could draw on an arsenal of drones, explosive‑laden robots and helicopters to
April 16, 2026
Julius Malema, a polarizing figure in South African politics, faces an uncertain political future after being sentenced to five years
April 16, 2026
The Iran war has left Britain's armed forces exposed, heaping pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to act on his promises to invest
April 16, 2026
Dozens of Palestinian children have been unable to go to school in the Israeli-occupied West Bank this week because of barbed wire
April 16, 2026
European blue-chip companies are set to deliver meagre profit growth in the first quarter, the latest forecasts showed on Thursday, though energy majors are
April 16, 2026
Army secretary praises general who was fired by Hegseth
April 16, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that while Cuba does not want military aggression from the United States, his country is prepared to fight should it happen
April 16, 2026
Russia's top officials have outlined numerous proposals to President Vladimir Putin on how to kick-start the war
April 16, 2026
Japan should gradually raise interest rates and keep any fiscal stimulus targeted given robust domestic demand and steady wage gains, a senior
April 16, 2026
The House has rejected a resolution requiring President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from the war with Iran unless Congress authorizes military action
April 16, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron urged high school pupils on Thursday to switch off their phones and read,
April 16, 2026
The European Central Bank entered the current inflation shock in a strong position as the bloc managed to resolve many of its economic and financial imbalances over
April 16, 2026
LIV Golf season continues as planned for now, but questions remain over funding future
April 16, 2026
Two Americans sentenced to prison for North Korean tech worker scheme
April 16, 2026
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April 16, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Thursday on rising hopes that the worst of the Middle East conflict had passed, while a wave of solid earnings allayed concerns about
April 16, 2026
U.S. factory production unexpectedly fell in March after two straight months of solid gains, weighed down by decreases in the output of motor vehicles and a range of
April 16, 2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that she agreed with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte to work in the coming weeks to strengthen the
April 16, 2026
A U.S. bill to keep more chipmaking equipment from China has been scaled back, according to the latest version seen by Reuters, but still includes a
April 16, 2026
Spanish Finance Minister Carlos Cuerpo called on Thursday for more joint EU debt issuance, arguing the lower cost of borrowing that would follow would save taxpayers'
April 16, 2026
Boeing and its unit Millennium Space Systems are working together to expand production capacity and launch a new satellite platform as they look to fulfill a growing backlog of
April 16, 2026
A 14-year-old student who shot dead eight fellow pupils at a school in Turkey had used an image referencing a 2014 U.S. mass killer, Elliot Rodger, on his WhatsApp profile
April 16, 2026
The German government has halved its growth forecast for 2026 and has also cut its growth prediction for 2027, while raising its inflation projections, a
April 16, 2026
The International Monetary Fund has held positive discussions with Senegal this week on a potential new loan program, but more time and analysis are needed to come up
April 16, 2026
Brazil's new tax on dividends has raised only a fraction of the revenue expected this year, according to unpublished tax data reviewed by Reuters,
April 16, 2026
Kering's biggest brand Gucci must rebuild its position in China after years of complacency when it treated the market as a place for easy growth
April 16, 2026
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran is just an example of "polite" behavior during the ongoing ceasefire and U.S. forces are ready to strike
April 16, 2026
The European Central Bank still has a chance to look past the current inflation shock and calm judgment must prevail over haste, Finnish central bank chief Olli Rehn
April 16, 2026
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's defeat in the elections on Sunday has prompted calls from some of his loyalists for the conservative leader to
April 16, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 16, 2026
The U.S. dollar climbed against major currencies on Thursday, retracing some of its recent losses on a technical recovery, as investors
April 16, 2026
Coty
Pope Leo blasted leaders who spend billions on wars and said the world was "being ravaged by a handful of tyrants", in unusually forceful
April 16, 2026
Leftist congressman Roberto Sanchez and far-right former Lima Mayor Rafael Lopez Aliaga were neck-to-neck on Thursday in the race to face conservative Keiko
April 16, 2026
Former Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax fatally shot his wife before killing himself in their northern Virginia home shortly after midnight, local law enforcement
April 16, 2026
Oil prices rose on Thursday on skepticism that forthcoming peace talks between the U.S. and Iran would be able to resolve disruptions
April 16, 2026
New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, suggesting labor market conditions remained stable, though
April 16, 2026
Schroders shareholders on Thursday approved a 9.9 billion pound ($13.4 billion) sale of the British asset manager to U.S. rival Nuveen, confirming the end of independence
April 16, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Israeli and Lebanese leaders had agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire at 5 p.m. (2100 GMT).
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has instructed U.S. diplomats worldwide to lobby countries to back a "trade over aid" declaration at the
April 16, 2026
Kering aims to launch smart glasses under the Gucci brand in partnership with Google next year, CEO Luca de Meo told Reuters, becoming
April 16, 2026
European Central Bank policymakers were wary of raising interest rates prematurely when they met last month amid growing fears of a new energy-driven surge in euro zone
April 16, 2026
Israel and Lebanon agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire at 5 p.m.
April 16, 2026
Spring housing market stalls as war, high mortgage rates keep buyers sidelined
April 16, 2026
A man died and dozens of homes were flooded after heavy rain and gale-force winds battered Greece, leaving authorities rushing to repair damage on Thursday.
April 02, 2026
Russian oil output cuts are imminent because Ukraine's strikes on port infrastructure, pipelines and refineries have reduced export capability by 1 million barrels per day, or a
April 02, 2026
By Mike Dolan April 2 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Market hopes that President Trump might signal an immediate end to the Iran
April 02, 2026
A man and three minors have been put in pre-trial detention as part of investigations into a foiled March bomb attack on the Bank of America's Paris office, authorities said
April 02, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday it would be unrealistic to launch a military operation to force open the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S.
April 02, 2026
Pakistan and Afghanistan are holding talks in China to try to end the worst conflict between the South Asian neighbours since the
April 02, 2026
Sandor Toth has been running his pub in a small village in the hilly northeast of Hungary for 43 years, witnessing the
April 02, 2026
France has increased security at sensitive sites across Paris after a foiled bomb attack on Bank of America's offices that prompted some other U.S. banks
April 02, 2026
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic will begin talks on Friday as part of what he has billed as a way to lift the country out of a political crisis but which critics have
April 02, 2026
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Thursday there was no end in sight to a war that had already displaced a million people over
April 02, 2026
Investment firm KKR said on Thursday it had raised $23 billion for its North America-focused private equity fund, the largest such fund the firm has devoted to the region.
April 02, 2026
U.S. defense stocks have declined even as the Iran war drags on, indicating that the typical "buy-on-conflict" trade had
April 02, 2026
By Michael S.
April 02, 2026
Canada's merchandise trade deficit came in much wider than expected in February, data showed on Thursday, as a surge in gold purchases abroad pushed
April 02, 2026
Russia's Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, one of country's largest export gateways, lost at least 40% of its storage facilities in Ukrainian drone attacks last month, U.S. commercial
April 02, 2026
Russia will ask the United States and Israel to ensure a ceasefire while it evacuates more Russian staff from the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran, RIA news agency
April 02, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday, in the last session of a holiday-truncated week, after President Donald Trump signaled more aggressive attacks on Iran,
April 02, 2026
The U.S. trade deficit widened in February as a rebound in imports offset strong growth in exports, which increased to a record high, potentially keeping trade on track
April 02, 2026
BP named Carol Howle as deputy chief executive on Thursday and said she would oversee the company's ongoing portfolio review and strategy development.
April 02, 2026
Government and allied forces in Burkina Faso have killed more than twice as many civilians as Islamist militants have since 2023, according to a tally of
April 02, 2026
Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech halted a large U.S. trial of their updated COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults aged 50 to 64, saying enrollment in the
April 01, 2026
Polish prosecutors have opened an investigation into a bomb attack that wounded a Polish soldier who was part of a U.N. peacekeeping patrol in Lebanon, the District
April 02, 2026
Ford Motor reported a near 9% drop in first-quarter U.S. sales on Thursday, as persistent affordability pressures prompt consumers to rethink big-ticket purchases.
April 02, 2026
Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a 10-day trip around the moon that would be the farthest humans have ever traveled and a major
April 02, 2026
The global surge in fuel prices is exposing how unevenly South America is positioned to absorb the shock, with
April 02, 2026
The average rate on the most popular home-loan rate rose to its highest since early September, as the Iran war pushes up oil prices and fans inflation fears, lifting
April 02, 2026
The U.S. private credit industry is staring at a period of higher borrower defaults, several brokerages warned, exposing cracks in what had become
April 02, 2026
U.S.
April 02, 2026
German sculptor Jacques Tilly, the creator of a carnival float showing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill engaging in a sex act
April 02, 2026
The world's central bankers may be attempting the impossible: to get into the psyche of business executives, labour
April 02, 2026
Some tariff-whiplashed companies are exploring using refund claims as collateral for loans, in the latest example of creative
April 02, 2026
A fuel tanker that according to ship tracking services loaded a Russia-origin cargo originally bound for Cuba began discharging on Thursday at an independently-owned terminal in
April 02, 2026
U.S.
April 02, 2026
Pope Leo washed the feet of 12 priests on Thursday as part of a special ritual before Easter and said the action, emulating a gesture of humility by
April 02, 2026
New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week amid low layoffs, suggesting labor market conditions remained calm in
April 02, 2026
Palestinian militant group Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss giving up arms without guarantees that Israel will fully quit
April 02, 2026
The Trump administration plans to reshape its steel and aluminum tariff regime, keeping a 50% tariff for commodity steel and aluminum imports while reducing
April 02, 2026
The Australian Securities Exchange has an 'insular and defensive' culture that prioritised delivering higher shareholder returns over ensuring critical market
April 02, 2026
London's FTSE 100 stock index closed higher on Thursday after Britain said it would host talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
April 02, 2026
Europe's main stock index trimmed losses on renewed hopes of a reopening of the crucial Strait of Hormuz, even as U.S.
April 02, 2026
China on Thursday repeated calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East and safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in conversations with Western counterparts, widening its
April 02, 2026
About 40 countries on Thursday discussed joint action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and stop Iran holding "the global
April 02, 2026
The European Central Bank's next interest rate move will very likely be an increase although it is still too early to say when it will start hiking, ECB policymaker Francois
April 02, 2026
A U.S. judge granted preliminary approval on Thursday to Bank of America's $72.5 million settlement with women who accused the bank of facilitating their
April 02, 2026
Global hedge funds last month faced their worst monthly drawdowns in more than four years, according to several top Wall Street
April 02, 2026
The sight and sound of Iranian rockets arcing overhead have become near-daily for the Palestinian Ghanem family, expelled by the Israeli military
April 02, 2026
Amazon must negotiate with a labor union representing some 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island, the National Labor Relations
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 03, 2026
Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX has had discussions with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund about PIF potentially taking an anchor stake
April 02, 2026
Coinbase Global has received conditional approval from banking regulators for a national trust company charter, it said on Thursday, a move that could boost the top U.S.
April 02, 2026
U.S. crude oil futures for immediate delivery next month hit their largest-ever premium over the second-month contract on
April 02, 2026
Cuban activists paraded on Thursday on bikes and electric tricycles along Havana's waterfront Malecon boulevard, accompanied by Cuban President Miguel Diaz
April 03, 2026
The dollar rose sharply from two straight sessions of losses on Thursday after U.S.
April 02, 2026
U.S.
April 03, 2026
Emergency medical needs in Iran are rising exponentially, and stocks of trauma kits and
April 02, 2026
By Michael S.
April 02, 2026
Oil prices could spike to $120-$130 per barrel in the near term, with a risk of surging above $150 if supply flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted into mid-May, J.P.
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 03, 2026
Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog
April 16, 2026
Drugmaker Regeneron said on Thursday it expects to be excluded from a list of pharmaceutical companies that could face new tariffs from the U.S. government.
April 03, 2026
Federal funding for the U.S.
April 02, 2026
Blue Owl told investors Thursday that it is limiting withdrawals from two of its funds after a historic level of redemption requests came in for the first
April 02, 2026
While many Americans are following the U.S.
April 02, 2026
By Michael S.
April 03, 2026
Detentions of Panama-flagged vessels by China that followed a Panamanian court ruling raise serious concerns about efforts to
April 02, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday offered to provide Ukraine's expertise in dealing with freedom of navigation in the Black Sea to countries considering how to keep the
April 03, 2026
Starbucks has closed its deal with Boyu Capital to sell control of its China operations, the Seattle-based coffee company announced Thursday.
April 03, 2026
Oil prices surged on Thursday and equities markets around the world were mixed in volatile trade as traders weighed conflicting
April 02, 2026
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday imposing 100% tariffs on branded pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S. unless
April 03, 2026
Growth in China's services activity slowed in March from February's 33-month high, as softer demand and a decline in overseas orders weighed
April 03, 2026
Japan's services sector grew at its weakest pace in three months in March, a private survey showed on Friday, as rising uncertainty over the Middle East war crushed business
April 03, 2026
Dozens of international law experts in the U.S. have signed an open letter saying that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, after
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 03, 2026
Dozens of countries sought ways to restart vital energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after U.S.
April 02, 2026
U.S. oil prices settled more than 11% higher and Brent soared nearly 8% on Thursday in volatile
April 02, 2026
Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour, who is a Palestinian American, has been detained by the U.S.
April 03, 2026
Rising petrochemical prices have buoyed the long-term prospects for Brazil's Braskem, even as the company is racing against the clock to deal with
April 03, 2026
U.S. stocks ended slightly mixed on Thursday after paring deeper losses, as diplomatic signals from the Middle East helped calm markets rattled
April 02, 2026
American rapper Pooh Shiesty and seven others were arrested on charges of robbery and armed kidnapping of music industry figures, the U.S.
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 03, 2026
Brazilian planemaker Embraer delivered 44 aircraft in the first quarter, up 47% from the same period last year, it said in a securities filing on Thursday.
April 03, 2026
European energy majors TotalEnergies and Shell are among companies eyeing a majority stake in one of the U.S.
April 03, 2026
Every Easter, Sydney retiree Elsa Ucak is one of the millions of Australians
April 03, 2026
Rima Hassan, a French far-left member of the European Parliament, will face trial in July over a comment she posted on X last month about a 1970s attack on an Israeli
April 03, 2026
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's powerful Security Council, said on Friday that Moscow should drop its "tolerant attitude" towards Ukraine's possible EU
April 03, 2026
Hyundai Motor said on Friday that exports to Europe and North Africa, which typically transit through the Middle East, were being disrupted
April 03, 2026
The Bank of Japan will keep raising interest rates if its economic forecasts hold, a senior central bank official said, reinforcing a tightening bias even as
April 03, 2026
Russia's services sector contracted in March for the first time in six months as demand softened and new orders broadly stalled, a business survey showed on Friday.
April 03, 2026
Tesla plans to expand in Japan to at least 60 stores as it seeks to become the country's biggest imported car brand by as early as next year, the head of its Japan business
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 02, 2026
The United Arab Emirates' non-oil private sector activity expanded at its weakest pace in nearly four years in March as the Middle East conflict hit demand and disrupted supply
April 03, 2026
U.S. job growth likely rebounded in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks to the labor market
April 03, 2026
Microsoft on Friday said it will invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in Japan between 2026 and 2029 to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure and strengthen
April 03, 2026
An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 03, 2026
Major League Baseball is celebrating Jackie Robinson Day with every player, coach and umpire wearing his No. 42 to mark the 79th anniversary of the infielder breaking the sport’s color barrier
April 15, 2026
A cross-party group of U.S. politicians have proposed a law to impose further restrictions on exports of computer chipmaking equipment to China,
April 03, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the frontline situation for Ukraine was the best since the middle of last year, adding that Kyiv's troops had foiled a
April 03, 2026
Russian forces maintained a day-long barrage of drone strikes on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, on Thursday, injuring at least two people, local
April 03, 2026
A problem with payment systems sowed chaos on Friday for some Russian shoppers, forcing the turnstiles on the Moscow metro to allow people to enter without payment and even
April 03, 2026
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reshuffled his cabinet on Friday, as he seeks to limit the fallout from a growing scandal
April 03, 2026
It's disappointment once again for financial markets after U.S. President Donald Trump dashed hopes for a swift end to the Iran war.
April 02, 2026
Pope Leo spoke on the phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday and urged him to "reopen all paths of dialogue" to end the Iran war, the Vatican said.
April 03, 2026
Italy's culture undersecretary Gianmarco Mazzi was sworn in on Friday as the country's new tourism minister, the latest change in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government
April 03, 2026
The NATO alliance has in recent years survived existential challenges - ranging from the war
April 03, 2026
Leading Russian state oil and gas companies Rosneft and Gazprom supported wartime camps where more than 2,000 Ukrainian children were taken,
April 03, 2026
Burkina Faso's military leader, who seized power in a coup in September 2022, told journalists that "people need to forget about democracy" and that "
April 03, 2026
Negotiations between Afghanistan and Pakistan are advancing steadily, China said on Friday following reports that the South Asian neighbours were meeting there to try to
April 03, 2026
The U.S. is upending the way it delivers medical supplies for diseases such as HIV and malaria to lower-income countries,
April 03, 2026
U.S. nonfarm payrolls expanded more than Wall Street anticipated last month and the jobless rate fell to 4.3%, bolstering expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold
April 03, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday proposed to ban the import of Chinese equipment from a group of manufacturers after previously
April 03, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday said Vice President JD Vance will focus on investigating fraud in Democratic-run states in his new role as "fraud czar."
April 03, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on lawmakers to pass key legislation next week to avert a funding crisis, help Ukraine fight the war against Russia, and
April 03, 2026
The Paris prosecutor's office said on Friday it had opened an investigation into French news channel CNews for possible hate speech after alleged racist comments about Bally
April 03, 2026
After more than a month of being stalked by targeted assassinations, Iran's leadership has adopted a new tactic to show it is still in control - with senior
April 03, 2026
World food prices climbed in March to their highest level since September last year and could rise further if the Middle East conflict that pushed
April 03, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and
April 03, 2026
A container ship belonging to French shipping group CMA CGM has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, MarineTraffic vessel tracking
April 03, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. can open the Strait of Hormuz with a little more time, as pressure mounts for his administration to find a quick resolution to a war
April 03, 2026
Two Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday called on Wall Street's top regulator and a Defense Department watchdog to prevent and investigate possible insider trading by
April 03, 2026
The White House on Friday sought $152 million to return the former Alcatraz prison island to active duty, following up on President Donald Trump's call last year to
April 03, 2026
The U.S. Department of the Interior will offer employees new opportunities to leave the agency as part of a plan to improve efficiency, it said in a statement on Thursday.
April 03, 2026
Ma Xingrui, a member of China's elite Politburo who had risen rapidly through the ranks after working as a rocket scientist, is under investigation over suspected "serious
April 03, 2026
Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was elected president on Friday after breezing through a parliamentary vote, formalising his grip on political power in the war-torn nation five
April 03, 2026
China's DeepSeek's new model called V4 will run on the latest chips designed by Huawei Technologies, U.S. digital news outlet The Information reported on Friday.
April 03, 2026
Three Democratic senators on Friday urged President Donald Trump to bar Chinese automakers from building vehicles in the United States and to
April 03, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo is in talks with the Trump administration about receiving deportees from other
April 03, 2026
China's cyberspace regulator issued draft regulations on Friday to oversee the development online of digital humans, requiring clear labelling and banning services that
April 03, 2026
A U.S. judge on Friday stood by his prior decision to block subpoenas issued in a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair
April 03, 2026
U.S. job growth rebounded more than expected in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks for the
April 03, 2026
A large-scale daytime Russian strike killed at least two people in Ukraine on Friday, officials said, in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
April 03, 2026
U.S. employment growth snapped back in March after a hefty decline in February, and the jobless rate declined unexpectedly to 4.3%, but economists found the headline
April 04, 2026
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging U.S.
April 03, 2026
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Friday put currency traders on notice, saying the government stands ready to act against
April 03, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Saudi Arabia on Friday for a previously unannounced trip that will also include meetings in
April 03, 2026
The CEO of LIV Golf is seeking to quell speculation about the Saudi-funded league's financial status by saying the rest of the season will go on interrupted
April 16, 2026
With a loud thwack of their wings, the falcons took flight, quickly soaring high above the rocky desert landscape of Altyn-Emel National Park
April 03, 2026
Three Omani-operated tankers, a French-owned container ship and a Japanese-owned gas carrier have crossed the Strait of Hormuz
April 03, 2026
Hiring that strengthened and broadened in March will likely cement the U.S.
April 03, 2026
The Italian economy will grow by 0.6% this year and 0.5% in 2027, the country's central bank said in a report on Friday, cutting its previous estimates
April 03, 2026
The International Monetary Fund urged the Bank of Japan to continue raising interest rates, even as the Middle East war posed "significant new risks" to the
April 04, 2026
Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on Saturday Russia's attempt to block Virtual Private Networks triggered a problem with a domestic payment system, adding that tens of
April 04, 2026
Vietnam's economy slowed in the first quarter from the three months prior, data showed on Saturday, as heavy exposure to Middle Eastern oil
April 04, 2026
Australians were urged to maintain their travel plans for Easter weekend although hundreds of petrol stations, mostly in rural areas, were without power on Saturday, as the Iran
April 04, 2026
Two U.S. warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf, Iranian and U.S. officials said on Friday, with two pilots rescued and a
April 03, 2026
U.S.
April 04, 2026
The U.N.
April 02, 2026
Recent U.S. intelligence reports warn that Iran is unlikely to open the Strait of Hormuz any time soon because its grip
April 04, 2026
A U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran and search-and-rescue efforts have so far recovered one of two crew members who ejected, a U.S
April 03, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday proposed to begin privatizing airport security operations handled by the Transportation Security Administration, in an effort to save
April 03, 2026
Cambodia's parliament on Friday passed the first law dedicated to targeting scam centres accused of bilking international victims out of billions of
April 03, 2026
Israel pounded Beirut with airstrikes on Friday that the military said had targeted militant "infrastructure" in Lebanon's capital, as the
April 04, 2026
Russia's Baltic oil export hubs at Ust-Luga and Primorsk remain unable to handle shipments after a series of Ukrainian drone attacks, prompting the country's refineries to find
April 04, 2026
Florence's Uffizi Galleries said on Friday they had been hit by a cyberattack earlier this year, but denied a newspaper report that the incident caused a major security
April 03, 2026
Passenger movement has returned to normal at the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iraq and Iran after it was closed following air strikes on the Iranian side that
April 04, 2026
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced greater security co-operation with Turkey after meeting his counterpart Tayyip
April 04, 2026
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner could travel to Kyiv in April, the Ukrainian president's top aide Kyrylo Budanov said on Saturday, amid efforts to revive peace
April 04, 2026
Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported.
April 04, 2026
Five European Union countries are calling for a windfall tax on energy companies' profits in reaction to rising fuel prices due to the Iran war, according
April 04, 2026
The European Union should end sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports, take steps to restore Druzhba oil pipeline flows and end the war in Ukraine to tackle the energy
April 04, 2026
Influential proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has recommended a vote against the BP board's move to revoke some previous company-
April 04, 2026
The family of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre on Saturday urged Britain's King Charles to meet with survivors during his state visit to the United
April 04, 2026
British police arrested a fourth person in connection with an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances, with the detention happening at a London court
April 04, 2026
Cameroon's parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the position of vice president, a measure the
April 04, 2026
Cuba began releasing prisoners from its jails on Friday just hours after its communist-run government announced a sweeping amnesty
April 04, 2026
Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome's famed Colosseum on Friday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and
April 04, 2026
Taiwan has received supply assurances from the energy minister of a "major" liquefied natural gas-producing country, the island's economy minister said on Saturday,
April 04, 2026
Indian refiners have purchased Iranian oil amid the Middle East conflict that has disrupted supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, the oil ministry said on Saturday.
April 04, 2026
A fresh read on inflation and initial company results next week could start to show the Middle East war's effects on the U.S. economy and corporate
April 03, 2026
An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, local health authorities said, in the latest violence to overshadow a fragile ceasefire
April 05, 2026
Turkey's central bank chief and finance minister have told investors they are confident in the steps taken to address the fallout from the
April 05, 2026
Several aircraft were destroyed in the south of Iran's Isfahan province during a U.S. mission to find a stranded airman, Iranian military officials said on Sunday.
April 05, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo will receive third-country nationals deported from the United States under a new deal with the Trump administration, the government in
April 05, 2026
Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported a 29.7% on-year rise in first-quarter revenue on strong demand for artificial intelligence
April 05, 2026
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate calls to discuss proposals for regional de-escalation with U.S.
April 05, 2026
U.S. forces staged the audacious rescue of an airman behind enemy lines after
April 05, 2026
Saudi Arabia's non-oil private sector activity contracted in March for the first time since August 2020, as the war in the Middle East snarled up supply chains, a business survey
April 05, 2026
Egypt's non-oil private sector deteriorated at its sharpest pace in almost two years in March, as the Middle East war drove up costs and dampened client demand, a closely watched
April 05, 2026
South Korean Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol met with envoys from Gulf countries to shore up energy security and the safety of Korean vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, the
April 05, 2026
Pope Leo led the world's Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St.
April 05, 2026
U.S.
April 04, 2026
Authorities detained two more people in connection with the arson attack on a Czech optics and drone factory last month, Czech police and a public prosecutor's office said
April 05, 2026
The U.S., Iran and a group of regional mediators are discussing the terms for a potential 45-day ceasefire that could lead to a permanent end to the war, Axios reported on Sunday,
April 06, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday expressed regret to North Korea over a drone incursion that he said was carried out by a South Korean individual without
April 06, 2026
A cargo ship carrying wheat sank in the Sea of Azov after coming under attack from Ukrainian drones, a Russia-installed official said on Sunday, leaving one person dead
April 05, 2026
Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold visuals of Iran and the region of conflict in the Middle East to
April 05, 2026
Britain is trying to tempt Anthropic to expand its presence in the country, as it seeks to capitalise on a fight between the maker of artificial intelligence app Claude and the U.S
April 05, 2026
Paramount Skydance is in talks to secure signed equity commitments of almost $24 billion from three sovereign wealth funds led by Saudi Arabia to help back its takeover of Warner
April 06, 2026
U.S.
April 06, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday requested a 10% cut in non-
April 03, 2026
It’s been almost two years since Kylian Mbappé left Paris Saint-Germain to join Real Madrid, in part to try and win the Champions League
April 16, 2026
Samsung Electronics, benefiting from red-hot chip prices stoked by the AI boom, is expected to book a six-fold jump in operating profit for January-March - a
April 03, 2026
The rescue had unfolded with near‑perfect precision.
April 06, 2026
Russia's key Baltic port of Ust-Luga resumed crude loading after days of disruptions amid multiple Ukrainian drone attacks in the region, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.
April 06, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has condemned the “handful of tyrants” exploiting Earth through war and greed
April 16, 2026
U.S.
April 05, 2026
Former international Leonardo Cuellar, who wore Mexico's green jersey at the 1978 World Cup, says this is the year
April 05, 2026
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called an emergency defence council meeting on Sunday after powerful explosives were
April 05, 2026
U.S.
April 05, 2026
China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the U.N.
April 05, 2026
Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attended the traditional Easter service at Windsor Castle on Sunday, joined by his eldest son and heir to the throne Prince William
April 05, 2026
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori holds first place in the polls one week before Peru's presidential election, according to three polls released on Sunday.
April 05, 2026
Two merchant vessels near the Italian coast recovered the bodies of two migrants and rescued 32 survivors from a boat trying to cross to Europe from Libya on Easter weekend,
April 05, 2026
Pope Leo urged global leaders in his Easter message on Sunday to end the conflicts raging across the world and abandon any schemes for power,
April 05, 2026
An Israeli airstrike on Kfarhata, a village in south Lebanon, killed seven people on Sunday, including a 4-year-old child, Lebanon's health ministry said in a
April 05, 2026
Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa has been marked by an unusual dynamic with U.S. President Donald Trump
April 16, 2026
Investors bought global equity funds worth a net $15.02 billion in the March 26-April 1 period, logging a second straight week of inflows, on hopes that the U.S.-Israeli war with
April 06, 2026
North Korea appears to be distancing itself from longtime partner Iran and carefully managing its public messaging to preserve the possibility of a new relationship with the
April 06, 2026
Iran has formulated its positions and demands in response to recent ceasefire proposals conveyed via intermediaries, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding
April 06, 2026
President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials cast the rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran as an “Easter miracle” on Sunday, framing the operation in religious terms that
April 06, 2026
Carlos Ulberg fought through an injured right knee to capture the light heavyweight title in UCF 327
April 16, 2026
Inaction by the UN nuclear watchdog "emboldens aggression" against nuclear facilities such as the Bushehr power plant, Iran's atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said on
April 06, 2026
Ukraine and Syria pledged greater security cooperation in talks on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said as Kyiv seeks to promote its military expertise across the region
April 05, 2026
The Bank of Japan said surging oil costs and supply disruptions brought about by the Middle East conflict could hurt the economy, signalling caution over
April 06, 2026
Ukraine has regained control of 480 sq. km (185 sq. miles) of territory in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front since late January, its army chief Oleksandr
April 06, 2026
JAKARTA, April 6 - A criminal case against Myanmar's newly-elected President Min Aung Hlaing was filed in Indonesia on Monday by a group of civil society organisations, accusing the leader of acts of
April 06, 2026
Iran and the United States have received a plan to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals said on
April 06, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed former British government aide and Fox News host Steve Hilton in the upcoming California governor's race.
April 06, 2026
UAE official Anwar Gargash said any settlement of the U.S.-Iran war must guarantee access through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that a
April 06, 2026
Germany's armed forces are working on clarifying a provision in a recently updated military service law that requires fighting-age men to gain permission to
April 06, 2026
North Korea's test of a solid-fuel rocket engine is intended for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) built with carbon fibre to extend range and allow for delivery of
April 06, 2026
India’s central bank is expected to keep interest rates on hold on Wednesday as policymakers assess the fallout from the war in Iran, which threatens the
April 06, 2026
India's services sector grew at its weakest pace in 14 months in March as the Middle East war dampened domestic demand, a survey showed on Monday, though overseas orders
April 06, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun leaves on Tuesday for China and a potential meeting with President Xi Jinping on what she says is a peace mission as Beijing makes a
April 06, 2026
South Korea must accept a degree of risk in importing crude oil from the Middle East amid blockages of the Strait of Hormuz, President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday.
April 06, 2026
As Hungary heads towards a pivotal election, voters who came of age under Prime Minister Viktor Orban
April 06, 2026
U.S. equity funds witnessed substantial inflows in the seven days to April 1 as worries over the Middle East war eased temporarily after President Donald Trump indicated that the
April 06, 2026
Union Berlin's Marie-Louise Eta says she understands the commotion over becoming the first female head coach in the Bundesliga
April 16, 2026
The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday said it can confirm recent impacts of military strikes close to Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, but said that the plant itself
April 06, 2026
Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa overnight on Monday, killing a 30-year-old mother and her two-year-old daughter, and one more
April 06, 2026
U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have killed several senior political and military figures, hitting the Islamic Republic's core leadership as the regional war disrupts
March 18, 2026
The Kremlin on Monday said that the Iran war was escalating in both geography and economic impact, and that the whole Middle East region was "on fire" due to the U.S. and
April 06, 2026
Spain's ruling Socialist Party has gained voter support amid Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's staunch opposition to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, while far-right Vox, which
April 06, 2026
Some investors think private credit is a tempest in a teapot. Others think it is about to spark a new financial crisis.
April 04, 2026
The U.S. nuclear power regulator voted last week to phase out agency-led security
April 06, 2026
Brazilian airline Azul said on Monday that Chief Financial Officer Alex Malfitani will step down on April 20, with Embraer's Antonio Carlos Garcia set to assume the role
April 06, 2026
Workers of the world's largest meat company, JBS, agreed to return to work at a beef plant in Greely,
April 05, 2026
Canada's services economy contracted for a fifth straight month in March as uncertainty related to the war in the Middle East contributed to a decline in new business and after
April 06, 2026
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Monday after the indexes marked their biggest weekly jump in four months in the last session, while investors assessed prospects of an
April 06, 2026
North Korea said on Monday it was "very fortunate and wise" for South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to convey regret to Pyongyang for drone incursions in a rare
April 06, 2026
Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole
April 16, 2026
United Parcel Service said on Sunday that it had reached an agreement with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to cap severance offers at 7,500 drivers after a dispute over
April 06, 2026
Pope Leo has strong words for "those who manipulate religion... for their own military, economic and political gain."
April 16, 2026
A Romanian court on Monday lifted all preventative judicial control measures against internet personality Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan pending a criminal
April 06, 2026
MOSCOW, April 6 - A Russian ship carrying wheat that was believed to have sunk in the Sea of Azov after a Ukrainian drone attack has been found and towed to shore, while the death toll from the attack
April 06, 2026
Iran has conveyed its response to the U.S. proposal for ending the war to Pakistan, rejecting a ceasefire and emphasizing the necessity of a permanent end to the war, the
April 06, 2026
BlackRock has filed for an exchange-traded fund that will track the Nasdaq-100, in a challenge to Invesco's dominance in a market where only a handful of funds directly follow the
April 06, 2026
Supply chain pressures heated up in March to levels last seen at the start of 2023, data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Monday.
April 06, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz's closure and the resulting surge in global oil prices have handed financial windfalls to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia,
April 06, 2026
U.S. services sector growth slowed in March, while prices paid by businesses for inputs increased by the most in more than 13 years, an early
April 06, 2026
South Korea's spy agency now believes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter has been positioned as his successor, lawmakers said on Monday,
April 06, 2026
An Israeli strike on an apartment east of Beirut late on Sunday killed a local official from a Christian political party,
April 06, 2026
Oracle on Monday named Hilary Maxson as its chief financial officer, tapping an executive with deep experience in infrastructure and energy as it ramps up
April 06, 2026
The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday urged governments to respect the rules of war in word and deed after U.S.
April 06, 2026
Most Latin American currencies advanced on Monday, while stocks were mixed after reports of progress on a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran helped revive risk
April 06, 2026
A Nevada judge on Friday extended a ban on prediction market operator Kalshi from offering
April 04, 2026
Two Democrats from the U.S.
April 06, 2026
European Central Bank policymaker Yannis Stournaras said on Monday that the appropriate euro zone monetary policy will depend on the size and nature of energy supply
April 06, 2026
Four people were killed in the Israeli port city of Haifa after what Israeli media said was an Iranian missile strike that hit a residential building late on Sunday.
April 06, 2026
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey gaming regulators cannot prevent Kalshi from allowing people in the state to use its prediction market to
April 06, 2026
The chair of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee answered a question about Casey Wasserman’s future as the head of the LA Olympics organizing committee by saying the committee has shared its concerns with LA’s board
April 16, 2026
Fire Point, maker of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile, is in talks with European companies to launch a new air defence system by next year, a senior
April 06, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that he stood by a proposal made to Russia for a ceasefire contingent on Moscow halting all attacks on energy infrastructure.
April 07, 2026
Venezuela's government and its political opposition are seeking to coordinate their legal defense of the oil-rich country's United States assets, after
April 07, 2026
Oil prices climbed in choppy trade on Monday, as the U.S. and Iran ratcheted up their rhetoric even as the two countries are engaging in indirect talks that could lead to
April 06, 2026
Talks between the United States and Iran were at risk of being derailed following Tehran's attacks on Saudi Arabian industrial
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 06, 2026
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, remaining in the range of the past few years even as the war in Iran continues to threaten the global economy
April 16, 2026
The United States on Wednesday threatened to sanction buyers of Iranian oil and said it believed China would pause such
April 16, 2026
The Bank of Japan can see through inflationary pressures from the war in the Middle East as any second-round effects on broader prices will be limited,
April 16, 2026
Norway's $2.1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, does not intend to shed U.S. assets despite concerns over the Middle East war and mounting U.S. debt, Finance
April 16, 2026
Mark Mobius, widely credited as a pioneer in emerging markets investing, died on Wednesday at the age of 89, according to a statement on his
April 16, 2026
Foreign holdings of Treasuries climbed to a record high in February, data showed on Wednesday, rising for a second month in a sign of strong
April 16, 2026
Brazil's government will count 39.4% of court-ordered debt payments due in 2027 within its fiscal target, budget guidelines submitted to Congress on Wednesday showed,
April 16, 2026
Ukraine's deputy economy minister said on Wednesday he expects the Ukraine-U.S. joint reconstruction fund to approve a second investment project, likely in the energy
April 16, 2026
Aerospace parts maker Arxis said on Wednesday it raised $1.13 billion in its U.S. initial public offering after pricing shares at $28 each.
April 16, 2026
Australian employment rose broadly in line with expectations in March, while the jobless rate stayed low, but a war-driven global energy shock could test the labour
April 16, 2026
China's economy grew 5.0% in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed on Thursday, beating analysts' expectations as policymakers brace for the fallout
April 16, 2026
Elliott Investment Management said on Thursday it has taken a stake in Daikin and thinks the manufacturer of air conditioners should improve margins and
April 16, 2026
The U.S.
April 16, 2026
New York State Governor Kathy Hochul proposed on Wednesday a new tax on second homes worth
April 16, 2026
Goldman Sachs' rates business suffered losses on some positions towards the end of the last quarter as fixed-income market volatility due to the Iran war
April 16, 2026
Senior U.S. defense officials have held talks about producing weapons and other military supplies with top executives of companies including General Motors and Ford Motor, the
April 16, 2026
Thailand faces slower growth this year due to the Iran war and there are almost "no limits" to worst-case economic scenarios if the conflict continues,
April 16, 2026
Foreign investors are selling Thai assets as an energy shock from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran threatens to snuff out hopes for
April 16, 2026
Former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem was freed from immigration detention in the United States on Wednesday, according to an ally of former
April 16, 2026
U.S.
April 16, 2026
The number of Japanese firms that do not want the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates has risen sharply since the start of the year as the Iran war
April 16, 2026
The Bank of Japan will raise its benchmark rate to 1.00% by end-June, with nearly two-thirds of economists in a Reuters poll predicting the move, and a
April 16, 2026
European lenders are resilient enough to absorb current financial and geopolitical shocks but need to prepare for future uncertainties including
April 16, 2026
China's economy expanded 5% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, according to official data on Thursday, surpassing analysts' expectations even as policymakers
April 16, 2026
Japan and the U.S. agreed to strengthen communication on exchange rates, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said after her meeting with U.S.
April 16, 2026
China's new home prices extended their decline in March, official data showed on Thursday, although major cities showed some
April 16, 2026
Chile's new president, Jose Antonio Kast, unveiled on Wednesday details of a long-awaited reform package that includes cuts to the corporate tax rate,
April 16, 2026
A second U.S.-sanctioned supertanker has entered the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz, shipping data showed, despite a U.S. blockade on vessels visiting
April 16, 2026
Germans are preparing a rescue operation for a sick humpback whale stranded off the Baltic Sea coast
April 16, 2026
U.S. military forces have struck a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three men the Pentagon says were trafficking drugs
April 16, 2026
The euro zone economy may be moving towards the European Central Bank's adverse scenario but policymakers need to remain patient and not rush any
April 16, 2026
Ukraine's air force downed or neutralised 31 Russian missiles and 636 drones in attacks at the country over the past 24 hours, it said on Thursday.
April 16, 2026
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Thursday that state energy firm Petronas would give priority to providing Australia with its excess fuel
April 16, 2026
European bond yields have jumped during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, pushing up government borrowing costs and adding to the pressure on the
April 16, 2026
The European Central Bank may not have all the data this month to determine if interest rates will have to be raised to tame an inflation surge and the June meeting
April 16, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Global equities are setting new records and the dollar is down for a ninth consecutive day to its weakest levels since
April 16, 2026
Nepal's new government, led by rapper-turned politician Balendra Shah, has set up a panel to investigate the property and assets of past and present
April 16, 2026
China's finance ministry will keep this year's ultra-long special treasury bond issuance to 20-, 30- and 50-year maturities, the same as last year, people with knowledge of the
April 16, 2026
Circle Internet Group sees "tremendous opportunity" for yuan-backed stablecoin as digital money becomes increasingly integrated into
April 16, 2026
China's economy picked up speed early in 2026, riding an export surge before the Iran war sent energy costs soaring and put global
April 16, 2026
A fire at the largest of Australia's two oil refineries has hit petrol production, company and government officials said
April 16, 2026
Over 4 million people are set to be newly displaced around the world by the end of next year as donors step back from providing life-saving aid, the Danish Refugee Council
April 16, 2026
Uncertainty over the economic outlook for Switzerland has risen due to the conflict in the Middle East and global developments pose the main risk for inflation, minutes of
April 16, 2026
China's foreign ministry on Thursday issued a notice warning citizens of security risks traveling to the U.S. and advised citizens not to enter the country from the
April 16, 2026
Pernod Ricard's talks to merge with U.S. rival Brown-Forman are continuing, Pernod Ricard's finance chief said on Thursday.
April 16, 2026
The Bank of England was "not going to rush to judgements" on interest rate rises, Governor Andrew Bailey told BBC News, as global central banks contend with an energy
April 16, 2026
Private equity firm EQT is restarting the sale process for the mainland Chinese business of contact lens maker Ginko International, targeting a valuation of
April 16, 2026
The U.S. dollar was steady on Monday, while the yen flirted with the crucial 160 per dollar level, as investors took stock of the escalating Iran war, with
April 06, 2026
Over 90 journalists from Hungarian state news agency MTI have demanded the immediate restoration of impartial news coverage following election winner
April 16, 2026
U.S. and Iranian negotiators have scaled back ambitions for a comprehensive peace deal and are instead seeking a temporary
April 16, 2026
Britain's Prince Harry on Thursday praised Australia's "epic" leadership on curbing harmful social media use for teens, as his wife Meghan, Duchess of
April 16, 2026
Peruvian markets have reacted nervously as left-wing congressman Roberto Sanchez gains ground in a tight presidential race, reigniting
April 16, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will make a state visit to India, the first by a South Korean leader in eight years, before heading to Vietnam, a presidential adviser
April 16, 2026
Britain's economy put on a burst of growth in February, suggesting it was in slightly better shape before the start of the Iran war than many economists had
April 16, 2026
There are many reliable ways to meddle in a Bulgarian election.
April 16, 2026
Turkey said on Thursday it would continue supporting peace talks between the United States and Iran and called on the sides to be "constructive" in negotiations to end the
April 16, 2026
Fourteen-year-old Fadel al-Naji used to be a keen footballer but is now largely confined to his home in
April 16, 2026
Tehran has sought to tighten its grip over the Strait of Hormuz by charging tolls on vessels to ensure safe passage, in conjunction with Iran's Islamic
April 16, 2026
A former U.S.
April 16, 2026
Hedge funds are on track for their best monthly performance in more than
April 16, 2026
Samsung Electronics asked a court on Thursday to block its South Korean labour unions engaging in illegal activities during strike, a spokesperson said, as a wage dispute
April 16, 2026
Chinese car brands such as BYD are gaining traction among German consumers who are increasingly looking to buy electric cars amid rising
April 16, 2026
Washington's top derivatives regulator on Thursday sought to reassure lawmakers the U.S. will punish fraud as concern mounts on Capitol Hill that
April 16, 2026
Pernod Ricard warned on Thursday that full-year net sales will fall due to a decline in tourism in the Middle East amid the Iran war, even as it
April 16, 2026
Major U.S. banks delivered a split picture this week, as Middle East-linked market volatility lifted trading in the first quarter but clouded dealmaking prospects.
April 16, 2026
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivered a blunt critique of U.S.
April 16, 2026
South African opposition leader Julius Malema was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for firing a rifle in the air at a rally
April 16, 2026
Russia unleashed its deadliest attack so far this year on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and other cities overnight, killing at least 17
April 16, 2026
Self-described witch Natalia Malinovskaya has a new client base: men fighting in eastern Ukraine, who, like a growing number of Russians, are drawn to the supernatural
April 16, 2026
The European Commission has proposed that Google allow third-party search engines to access its search data, including that of artificial intelligence chatbots with
April 16, 2026
The U.S. nearly turned into a net crude exporter last week for the first time since World War Two as shipments surged close to
April 16, 2026
TSMC raised its annual revenue forecast on Thursday and said it was stepping up capital spending this year as the world's
April 16, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets After a dreary, war-filled six weeks, global stocks are once again
April 16, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday held a moment of silence for victims of extensive overnight Russian air attacks as he
April 16, 2026
Harry and Meghan address toll of royal life, as duchess says she was the ‘most trolled person in the world’
April 16, 2026
Property and casualty insurance giant Travelers reported a jump in first-quarter profit, buoyed by robust underwriting gains and lower catastrophe losses than a
April 16, 2026
In a grassy valley in rural southern Bulgaria, farmer Nikolay Vasiliev is desperate for change.
April 16, 2026
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned on Monday that the war in Iran risks oil and commodity price shocks that could keep inflation sticky and push
April 06, 2026
Wall Street and the Asian stock markets that were open ticked higher on Easter Monday, as investors shrugged off another rise in oil prices and
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 10 people and wounded several others outside a school housing displaced Palestinians on
April 06, 2026
The White House is proposing to cut more than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5 billion from the 60,000-employee Transportation Security
April 06, 2026
Since Australia banned children from using social media in December, lawmakers from Spain to Malaysia have expressed interest in following suit, while U.S.
April 03, 2026
U.S. equity indexes closed modestly higher and U.S. oil futures settled above $112 per barrel on Monday as investors
April 06, 2026
Japanese household spending in February fell 1.8% from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed on Tuesday, versus the median market forecast for a 0.7% fall.
April 07, 2026
The U.N.
April 07, 2026
Air New Zealand said on Tuesday it would slash flights across May and June as well as hike fares, as the Iran war disrupts global air travel and sends jet fuel costs higher.
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 06, 2026
The modern Pompeii buried under tons of concrete
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump was on the verge of a crisis in the Iran war, faced with the rare instance of an American airman shot down and stranded deep
April 07, 2026
Spot premiums for U.S.
April 06, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for accelerated planning and construction of a new energy system to safeguard the country's
April 06, 2026
U.S. stocks advanced on Monday as investors looked for signs of progress toward a U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal and evaluated President Donald Trump's
April 06, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee: Markets are holding their collective breath as optimism over a possible deal to open the Strait of Hormuz clashes with the
April 07, 2026
South Korea's Unification Ministry said on Tuesday that North Korea's rare conciliatory response to President Lee Jae Myung’s expression of regret over drone incursions
April 07, 2026
Iran said on Monday it wanted a lasting end to the war with the U.S. and Israel, and pushed back against pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while U.S.
April 06, 2026
China is targeting Taiwan to obtain its advanced chip manufacturing technology and talent as a way of breaking through international "containment" of the country, according
April 07, 2026
Vietnam's lawmakers unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country's state president for the
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
Specialist mini jet engine makers across Europe are ramping up production and investment to head off
April 07, 2026
Republicans’ longstanding support among voters of Cuban and Venezuelan descent in South Florida, a cornerstone of the party’s regional success over the
April 06, 2026
South Africa's private sector returned to growth in March as faster output and hiring outweighed a slump in export orders and business confidence linked to the U.S.-
April 07, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun arrived in China on Tuesday on what she says is a mission of peace, happening at a time Beijing has ramped up its military and political
April 07, 2026
Iraq could restore crude oil exports to around 3.4 million barrels per day within a week provided the Iran war ends and the Strait of Hormuz reopens,
April 06, 2026
Spain's services sector expanded faster in March but demand softened, costs rose at the fastest pace in nearly three years and confidence weakened amid the war in the
April 07, 2026
Italy's service sector contracted in March for the first time in 16 months, a business survey showed on Tuesday, as domestic and foreign demand declined and costs surged in
April 07, 2026
The Iran war has put U.S. global leadership on the line, Italy's Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said, expressing fear about the "madness" of nuclear escalation.
April 07, 2026
Vietnam's lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country's state
April 07, 2026
Kenya's private sector activity contracted in March for the first time since August, partly due to the war in the Middle East, with only the wholesale and retail sectors
April 07, 2026
‘Wait for death’: Inside Iran’s psychological war against its enemies
April 16, 2026
Business activity growth in Germany's service sector abruptly lost momentum in March as demand weakened amid fallout from the war in the Middle East, a survey showed on
April 07, 2026
The euro zone's private sector expansion weakened sharply in March as the Middle East war drove up energy costs and disrupted supply chains, with overall demand - a key
April 07, 2026
Taiwan's opposition leader arrived in China on Tuesday for a "peace" mission and potential meeting with President Xi Jinping, as
April 07, 2026
Global markets have entered a period of heightened uncertainty ahead of a deadline set by U.S.
April 07, 2026
The current oil and gas crisis triggered by the blockade of the Strait of
April 07, 2026
France's services sector contracted further in March as client spending weakened due to the war in the Middle East and caution among businesses in the run-up to last month's
April 07, 2026
Vietnam's lawmakers on Tuesday unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country's state
April 07, 2026
An index measuring the health of Japan's economy slid in February, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting a soft spot in the economy even before it
April 07, 2026
Australia's most decorated soldier was arrested on Tuesday and charged with five counts of war crimes relating to the killing of unarmed civilians while
April 07, 2026
Greater Toronto Area home sales rose for the first time in six months in March in a sign that reduced prices have lured more homebuyers into the market,
April 07, 2026
Businesses in Britain's services sector reported the biggest month-on-month jump in costs in March since 2021, driven by higher energy and transportation
April 07, 2026
The war in the Middle East will lead to higher inflation and slower global growth, the head of the International Monetary Fund told Reuters on Monday,
April 07, 2026
Pilots must be given a "final and non-negotiable" say allowing them to refuse to fly over or within conflict zones without influence from commercial
April 07, 2026
Cameroon said Russian authorities have confirmed the deaths of 16 Cameroonians fighting against Ukraine, the first time the Central African country has spoken about the
April 07, 2026
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has sacked the East African nation's speaker and deputy speaker of parliament, according to a decree read out in the parliament on Tuesday
April 07, 2026
April 7 - UBS Global Wealth Management trimmed its S&P 500 index target for 2026, pointing to sustained higher oil prices amid the ongoing Middle East conflict that could pressure U.S. economic growth
April 07, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Anna Szymanski, Editor-in-Charge, Reuters Open Interest Markets are once again held in suspense as traders count
April 07, 2026
Some Western and Saudi firms in Riyadh have extended work-from-home advisories this week, five people familiar with the matter said, amid concern over a looming U.S.-imposed
April 07, 2026
Iran has set preconditions for talks on a lasting peace with the United States, a senior official told Reuters on Tuesday, including an immediate halt to strikes, guarantees
April 07, 2026
The Israeli military has refrained from striking a key border crossing between Syria and Lebanon after both pressed the U.S. on the need to keep it open, a Lebanese source
April 07, 2026
Shares of computer chip equipment maker ASML dipped on Tuesday, the first trading day after U.S. lawmakers last week proposed a law that could further restrict the
April 07, 2026
Recent U.S. complaints about NATO allies and threats to quit the alliance are pushing European countries to seek alternative security
April 07, 2026
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban offered last year to help Russian President Vladimir Putin "in any way", such as by hosting a summit in Budapest to settle the war
April 07, 2026
The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II mission flew deeper into space on Monday than any humans before them, as they cruised through a
April 06, 2026
By Michael S.
April 07, 2026
An attacker was killed in a gun battle with police outside the building housing the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, according to authorities and Reuters
April 07, 2026
The founding families of the Spanish firm Puig, which owns such brands as Rabanne and Nina Ricci, and U.S. cosmetics giant Estee Lauder will meet this week in New York to
April 07, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower open on Tuesday as investors assessed comments from the U.S. and Iran for any clues on where the conflict was headed, before President
April 07, 2026
U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S.
April 07, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Oil futures jumped back over $100 at the open in Asia on Monday, the dollar fell and stocks were down as U.S.-Iran talks
April 13, 2026
Russian attacks on Ukraine's southeast on Tuesday killed eight people and injured more than two dozen others, officials said, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of escalating strikes
April 07, 2026
Global supply disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East have opened up new trade opportunities for Russia, but price stability in the domestic market remains a
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
The Philippines’ central bank warned on Tuesday of 'spillover effects' on consumer prices from sharp oil price increases, after the
April 07, 2026
New orders for key U.S.-manufactured capital goods increased more than expected in February while shipments of those products rose solidly, suggesting
April 07, 2026
The U.S. vaping market, long dominated by Chinese imports, is seeing an uptick of "Made in America" products, in what some analysts and industry executives
April 07, 2026
The leaders of the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will discuss the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war next Monday, IEA
April 07, 2026
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure that gave him and other state officials the power to designate groups as "terrorist
April 07, 2026
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun has called for historic direct talks with longtime foe Israel since war erupted a month ago - a month in
April 10, 2026
Iran on Tuesday attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complex, the heart of the kingdom's downstream sector, its Revolutionary Guards said, the latest evidence of Tehran's
April 07, 2026
Chile's peso, the worst-performing Latin American currency since the Middle East conflict began, led losses among regional currencies on Tuesday despite the
April 07, 2026
By Michael S.
April 07, 2026
As Elon Musk's SpaceX closes in on a $75 billion IPO that could rewrite record books, concerns are mounting that others looking to list in 2026 may find it harder to
April 07, 2026
Afghanistan and Pakistan made "useful" progress in talks in China to resolve the conflict that broke out between the South Asian neighbours last
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
Emerging market nations now get the bulk of their foreign financing from the likes of hedge funds, pension funds and insurers, leaving them vulnerable to
April 07, 2026
At least four people were killed, two of them by police fire, in India's northeastern state of Manipur on Tuesday, officials said, after months of relative calm.
April 07, 2026
India
April 07, 2026
Nigeria's economy is resilient and set to grow in the first half of 2026 despite the Iran war, the World Bank said on
April 07, 2026
Ukraine's parliament passed one of a handful of tax laws on Tuesday as part of reforms required by the International Monetary Fund, lawmakers said, with more
April 07, 2026
European shares retreated on Tuesday, led by declines in defence and healthcare stocks, as investors turned cautious ahead of U.S.
April 07, 2026
Iran wants to charge fees for ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz as part of its proposals to end the war with Israel and the United States after blocking most traffic
April 07, 2026
The Trump administration will try to resolve as many problems with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement as it can before July 1, but negotiations to rebalance the
April 07, 2026
Orna Weinberg was forced to leave her home in northern Israel after it was struck by a Hezbollah rocket in October 2023, and spent the next
April 07, 2026
One attacker was killed and two others were wounded in an extended gun battle with police outside the tower building
April 07, 2026
World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Tuesday the war in the Middle East would result in some degree of slower growth in the global economy and
April 07, 2026
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks on Gulf neighbours have damaged major energy facilities and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which
March 19, 2026
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said on Tuesday that U.S.
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
Britain has blocked U.S. rapper Kanye West from travelling to the country to headline London's Wireless Festival in July over his past
April 06, 2026
Portugal said it had authorised 76 landings by U.S. aircraft at the Lajes air base in the Azores and 25 overflights of its territory since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war
April 07, 2026
Pakistan, a mediator between the U.S. and Iran, on Wednesday requested that U.S.
April 08, 2026
Pope Leo said on Tuesday that threats against the population of Iran are "unacceptable," in an unusual appeal hours after U.S.
April 08, 2026
A lobbyist who helped a nursing home owner convicted of tax fraud secure a pardon from President Donald Trump is in talks with prosecutors over a potential plea agreement
April 07, 2026
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee said on Tuesday he is worried that the Iran war will drive inflation higher even as it slows the U.S. economy, putting the
April 08, 2026
Young men will continue to be able to travel abroad without prior permission despite Germany's new military service law, the defence ministry said on
April 08, 2026
Iranian hacking campaigns targeting equipment used across multiple U.S. critical infrastructure sectors are escalating in response to hostilities, U.S. cybersecurity,
April 08, 2026
Amazon.com on Monday announced it reached a new agreement with the U.S.
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
President Donald Trump's eldest son visited Bosnia's Serb Republic on Tuesday, a trip widely seen as a gesture of support for its ousted pro-
April 07, 2026
A top Bayer AG executive said on Tuesday the German drugmaking and crop science company saw no need to adjust its 2026 forecasts because of tariffs on
April 07, 2026
‘Everything will fall apart’: Republicans confront how to shift midterm strategy amid Iran war
April 16, 2026
Russia launches one of its largest drone attacks on Ukraine this year, killing 16
April 16, 2026
Pacific Investment Management Co. is in talks with the Bank of America to help provide roughly $14 billion of debt financing to build an Oracle data center in Michigan, Bloomberg
April 08, 2026
Oil prices settled mixed on Tuesday, with Brent down on worries that high energy prices could slow economic growth, while U.S. crude closed at its
April 07, 2026
A prolonged war in the Middle East is starting to ripple into U.S. short-term credit markets, where subtle strains are emerging that could
April 08, 2026
Nigel Farage's Reform UK said on Tuesday it was proposing to deny visas to people from countries seeking amends for transatlantic slavery, a move swiftly
April 08, 2026
By Alex Lawler LONDON, April 7 - European and Asian refiners are paying record high prices of near $150 a barrel for some crude oil grades, far exceeding prices for paper futures, highlighting the
April 07, 2026
The U.S. dollar traded close to its highest levels in almost 11 months on Tuesday with investors pausing ahead of a U.S.-imposed deadline for Iran to reopen the
April 07, 2026
Two French nationals were heading home on Tuesday after Iran allowed them to leave the country following three and a half years in detention, a surprise move
April 07, 2026
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday that he hoped U.S. President Trump would not go ahead with his latest threats against Iran.
April 08, 2026
Mexico's headline inflation likely accelerated in March for the third straight month while core inflation likely declined, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, backing
April 08, 2026
Taiwan’s chipmaker TSMC has reported a 58% jump in profit for the January-March quarter thanks to strong demand driven by the artificial intelligence boom even as the Iran war was driving up costs
April 16, 2026
Hyundai Motor said on Tuesday it is lifting a halt on sales of recalled 2026 Palisade SUVs after finalizing a fix for a power seat issue that
April 07, 2026
President Donald Trump is using Christian rhetoric to rally core supporters behind the increasingly unpopular war with Iran, religious and political
April 08, 2026
The voyage of four astronauts to the far side of the moon has given the world a glimpse of America at its best, offering a respite from global despair and
April 08, 2026
Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire agreement the U.S. has with Iran "because of Hezbollah" but will "get taken care of," U.S.
April 08, 2026
Italy ruling that stripped millions of their right to citizenship is scrutinized by its supreme court
April 16, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is receiving the prestigious International Four Freedoms Award
April 16, 2026
India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political tensions
April 16, 2026
Australia's defense minster says the Iran war had greatly complicated the global strategic landscape and the country is significantly increasing its military spending
April 16, 2026
China says its economy is accelerating despite Iran war turmoil – for now
April 16, 2026
China’s economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far
April 16, 2026
Ex-Trump election lawyer John Eastman disbarred in California
April 16, 2026
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that Iran will participate in the World Cup “for sure” despite its war with the United States
April 16, 2026
More than three dozen Democrats supported an effort by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday to block arms sales to Israel, signaling a growing discontent in the party with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the wars in Gaza and Iran
April 16, 2026
The leader of Iran’s joint military command has threatened to halt trade in the Gulf region if the U.S. does not lift its blockade of Iranian ports, while U.S. Central Command says no vessels have made it past U.S. naval forces during the first 48 hours of the blockade
April 15, 2026
DNI Tulsi Gabbard sends criminal referral over Trump’s 2019 impeachment to Justice Department
April 16, 2026
Tyrese Maxey scored 31 points, V
April 16, 2026
The NBA says Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball should have been ejected for an uncalled flagrant foul when he reached out and tugged on the ankle of Miami’s Bam Adebayo
April 16, 2026
With his previous insults towards African countries and his gutting of foreign assistance, U.S.
April 16, 2026
A California attorney who aided President Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power following his 2020 election loss is no longer licensed to practice in California
April 16, 2026
Human Rights Watch, in a detailed new report, says Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics
April 16, 2026
A man has been charged in a string of attacks near Atlanta over a matter of hours that left two women dead and a man in critical condition
April 16, 2026
Young Western social media users are embracing a “very Chinese time” of their lives, and China’s government is keen to use this moment to boost the country’s cultural influence worldwide
April 16, 2026
American husband is released without charges in his wife’s disappearance in the Bahamas
April 13, 2026
Paramedic groups say the Israeli military has killed four Lebanese rescue workers and wounded six others in three consecutive, targeted strikes
April 15, 2026
Luis Díaz and Michael Olise scored late for the Bavarian powerhouse to beat Madrid 4-3 and advance to the Champions League semifinals
April 15, 2026
Thousands of New York City apartment building doorpersons, superintendents and other workers have approved a potential strike in the coming days
April 16, 2026
London police arrest two after synagogue targeted in attempted arson attack
April 16, 2026
Pakistan’s army chief is meeting with Iranian officials for talks in Tehran in the latest diplomatic move to ease tensions in the region and arrange a second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran
April 15, 2026
Reports that the White House has requested a ceasefire in the Iran war are wrong, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Wednesday but added that
April 16, 2026
By Nazih Osseiran and Jihed Abidellaoui BEIRUT April 15 - Brothers Ali and Wael Sabbagh stood facing the remains of the building that contained their family home for more than 50 years.
April 16, 2026
The Trump administration does not have an opinion on reports that United Airlines was considering merging with rival American Airlines, White House press secretary
April 16, 2026
Russia's defence ministry warned on Wednesday that European plans to step up drone supplies to Ukraine are dragging those countries deeper into a war with Russia.
April 16, 2026
Iran could let ships sail freely through the Omani side of the Strait of Hormuz without risk of attack under proposals it has offered in
April 16, 2026
Oil prices held steady on Wednesday as ongoing worries about supply disruptions offset comments by U.S.
April 16, 2026
A group of officials from developing economies launched on Wednesday the Borrowers' Platform, an effort backed by the United Nations to give
April 16, 2026
European buyers, including Germany's Uniper, are exploring the possibility of purchasing liquefied natural gas from Canada's Pacific coast and
April 16, 2026
The U.S. envoy to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, appeared to torpedo the candidacy of former Chilean President Michelle
April 16, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday the Israeli military continued to strike at Hezbollah and was about to overcome what he described as the militia's
April 16, 2026
High oil prices are likely to keep underlying inflation nearly a percentage point above the Federal Reserve's 2% target for the rest of this year, with the U.S.
April 16, 2026
The U.S. government has released all funds allocated for security at the soccer World Cup, but the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has
April 16, 2026
Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it was introducing a new model of combat operations integrating drone warfare with infantry and pointed to successes it said had been
April 16, 2026
U.S.
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from his separate seat on the U.S. central bank's Board
April 15, 2026
EagleRock, a company that collects royalties and fees from oil and gas production on the land it controls in the Permian Basin, is
April 16, 2026
U.S.
April 16, 2026
The World Bank and other top development lenders launched a new global initiative dubbed Water Forward on Wednesday, aimed at improving secure water access for a billion
April 16, 2026
The U.S.
April 16, 2026
A majority of the U.S.
April 16, 2026
U.S. businesses and households still adjusting to the Trump administration's tariff policies also are reeling from a surge in energy prices due to the Iran war, a
April 16, 2026
U.S. stock indexes returned to new highs on Wednesday, putting fears of economic disruption driven by the war with Iran in the rearview mirror.
April 16, 2026
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both logged record closing highs on Wednesday as investors assessed developments in the U.S.-Iran conflict and turned their
April 16, 2026
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has stepped up her criticism of the conservative-majority U.S.
April 16, 2026
The approach currently adopted by Brazil's central bank of operating with caution amid rising uncertainties, which includes the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, has paid off,
April 16, 2026
The European Central Bank is in a "relatively favorable" position on monetary policy after having successfully brought down inflation to 2% before the
April 16, 2026
Russia attacked Ukraine overnight and throughout the day on Wednesday with hundreds of drones and missiles, targeting port infrastructure in the south, killing two people and
April 15, 2026
The Trump administration expressed optimism on Wednesday about reaching a deal to end the war
April 15, 2026
The Ukrainian military is participating in consultations on the Strait of Hormuz, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, adding that Ukraine's maritime defence
April 08, 2026
An extended disruption of the world's oil trade from the Iran war could lift headline U.S. inflation to well over 4% by year-end, with even bigger increases possible
April 07, 2026
The World Bank is seeking to play a constructive role in aiding Gaza's recovery from the two-year war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Kevin Kelly is in a tough spot.
April 07, 2026
Panama's government formally approved on Tuesday for Canada's First Quantum Minerals to remove, process and export stockpiled ore at its shuttered
April 08, 2026
Wall Street recovered earlier losses to end mostly flat on Tuesday, as traders awaited the deadline later in the evening that U.S.
April 08, 2026
Gautam Adani, India's second richest person, will ask a U.S. judge to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission's civil fraud case stemming from
April 07, 2026
Euro zone inflation expectations are at risk of rising more quickly than in the past and the European Central Bank must be ready to raise interest rates
April 07, 2026
Canadian economic activity contracted in March for the first time in four months as a measure of inflation pressures increased, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data
April 07, 2026
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson on Tuesday reiterated his view that short-term borrowing costs are set appropriately to allow the central bank to respond
April 08, 2026
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said on Tuesday that customs officials could stop processing international travelers at
April 08, 2026
Wall Street's main equity indexes managed tiny gains on Tuesday while the dollar lost ground and U.S.
April 07, 2026
Super Micro said on Tuesday it had begun an independent investigation into the indictment of three people linked to the company on the charges of committing export-control
April 08, 2026
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected UBS' bid to clarify a $1.25 billion settlement from 1999 of Holocaust-related litigation against Swiss banks by
April 08, 2026
A personal envoy of U.N.
April 08, 2026
Chicago has become the most expensive U.S. jet fuel market, with prices topping $5 per gallon, as the disruptions caused by the Iran war have combined with
April 08, 2026
Brazil's government is preparing a new credit renegotiation program backed by federal guarantees to curb rising household debt, two sources with direct
April 08, 2026
Acting U.S.
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R
April 16, 2026
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it carried out a court-authorized disruption of a DNS hijacking network controlled by a Russian military intelligence unit.
April 08, 2026
U.S. stocks ended mixed on Tuesday amid signs of progress in negotiations as the minutes ticked down to President Donald Trump's
April 07, 2026
U.S.
April 06, 2026
Protesters stormed the Kuwaiti consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra, police sources said on Tuesday, after a rocket attack fired from the direction of Kuwait killed
April 07, 2026
A U.S. soldier's wife who was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency last week was released from detention on Tuesday while
April 08, 2026
Concerns among central banks about geopolitical tensions have surged dramatically this year and are now viewed as the top global risk, according to a new
April 08, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday welcomed a ceasefire in the Middle East struck between the U.S., Israel and Iran, while criticising
April 08, 2026
Japan must respect central bank independence to prevent unwelcome rises in bond yields, former IMF chief economist Kenneth Rogoff told Prime Minister Sanae
April 08, 2026
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday evening that his government would submit an economic emergency decree and a new tax reform bill to Congress to balance the
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Vietnam's top leader To Lam is planning a visit to China next week to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping, three people briefed on the
April 08, 2026
The Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah has released abducted U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday.
April 08, 2026
The FBI warned U.S. state and local law enforcement of an elevated threat posed by Iran's government to targets in the United States
April 08, 2026
The Bank of Korea will keep its key interest rate unchanged at 2.50% on Thursday and for the rest of the year, a Reuters poll forecast, as policymakers assess the impact
April 08, 2026
Republican Clay Fuller, a former prosecutor endorsed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday won a runoff election in Georgia to replace
April 08, 2026
New Zealand's central bank kept its policy rate at 2.25% on Wednesday for a second meeting, buying time to assess the fallout from the
April 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will help with the buildup of shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
April 08, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee A sparkling relief rally across assets will greet Europe after U.S.
April 08, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump told AFP on Tuesday that the United States had won a "total and complete victory" after agreeing to a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran.
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 07, 2026
China's President Xi Jinping has called for a demand-driven approach coupled with reform and technological empowerment to develop the service sector, the official Xinhua
April 08, 2026
A U.S. historians' organization and a government transparency group are suing President Donald Trump to force his administration to comply with a
April 07, 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday put on hold the state of Louisiana's lawsuit seeking to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide while President
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Republican Clay Fuller, a former prosecutor endorsed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday won a runoff
April 07, 2026
The U.N. said that preliminary findings from its probe into the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon last month show one was killed by an Israeli tank projectile and
April 08, 2026
Israel supports U.S.
April 08, 2026
The Trump administration is setting the stage to shift its war campaign toward a more economically focused effort aimed at choking Tehran into submission rather than relying on bombs alone
April 16, 2026
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected on Wednesday to announce a ban on access to social media for children under the age of 15, according to a government briefing.
April 08, 2026
Australia's most decorated living soldier will remain behind bars after his legal team did not seek bail following his arrest over multiple alleged war
April 08, 2026
Benin Finance Minister Romuald Wadagni is expected to make the leap from behind-the-scenes technocrat to head of state on
April 08, 2026
The Reserve Bank of India kept its key policy rate unchanged on Wednesday while warning of lower growth and higher inflation as the Middle
April 08, 2026
China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed during peace talks in Urumqi to explore a comprehensive solution to the conflict that broke
April 08, 2026
The U.S. economic and trade relationship with China is stable and President Donald Trump will aim to keep it that way in a meeting next
April 07, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez will make his fourth trip to China in as many years this month, as had been widely expected, as Madrid seeks to build on its
April 08, 2026
Maersk said on Wednesday the two-week ceasefire agreed between the U.S. and Iran could open some opportunities for vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, but did not yet
April 08, 2026
EU leaders on Wednesday welcomed the two-week ceasefire agreed by the United States and Iran. "I welcome the two-week ceasefire the US and Iran agreed last night.
April 08, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said about 15 countries were planning to facilitate the resumption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the
April 08, 2026
China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling
April 07, 2026
German industrial orders climbed in February from a month earlier but fell far short of expectations, underscoring less-than-robust business conditions for the
April 08, 2026
Major global investment banks now expect China to keep official interest rates steady this year, scaling back earlier rate-cut calls, as the impact from the Middle East
April 08, 2026
South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Wednesday that the government would do its best to ensure the country's ships can pass through the Strait of Hormuz as soon as
April 08, 2026
British construction firms reported the biggest rise in cost inflation from one month to the next on record in March and the Iran war also hit new orders and confidence in
April 08, 2026
Days after Iran effectively blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz following the start of U.S. and Israeli
April 07, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun pledged on Wednesday to channel the spirit of her party's founder Sun Yat-sen and seek
April 08, 2026
The Kremlin on Wednesday welcomed a two-week ceasefire agreed between the United States and Iran, and said Russia hopes that the U.S. will now have the time and scope to
April 08, 2026
Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's
December 09, 2025
Turkish authorities have detained 10 people in connection with Tuesday's gun attack near the Israeli consulate in Istanbul as the investigation widened, Turkish media
April 08, 2026
The U.S. and Iran have confirmed a two-week ceasefire following mediation by Pakistan. U.S.
April 08, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he welcomed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, adding that Kyiv was ready to "respond in kind" if Moscow
April 08, 2026
Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison's Panama business said it would seek arbitration over Maersk's takeover of two strategic ports near the Panama Canal, which
April 08, 2026
Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian energy facilities in recent weeks as peace talks have failed to make progress.
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
France plans to add a further 36 billion euros ($39 billion) to its defence spending between now and 2030 under an updated military planning law that expands
April 08, 2026
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea this week, his ministry said on Wednesday, signalling efforts by the East Asian neighbours to revitalise ties that
April 08, 2026
Peruvians will go to the polls on April 12 to elect a new president and members of Congress, following years of political upheaval, impeachments and corruption scandals that
April 08, 2026
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April 08, 2026
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April 08, 2026
Russia said on Wednesday that some political forces in the European Union were opposed to the re-election bid of Hungarian Prime
April 08, 2026
Hungary's opposition party Tisza is on track to win a two-thirds parliamentary majority in Sunday's election, allowing it to amend the constitution and key laws needed to
April 08, 2026
The interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan ticked down last week for the first time since the start of the Iran war, but not enough to rejuvenate a housing market that's
April 08, 2026
(Corrects error in byline field) April 8 - A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Alun John Markets exhaled on Wednesday after news of a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran,
April 08, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday welcomed a ceasefire declared in the Iran war, urging its full implementation on the ground and warning against any
April 08, 2026
The heaviest stock selling by volatility-linked funds appears to have largely run its course last month, potentially setting up U.S. indexes for
April 08, 2026
Global revenues in women's elite sports will reach at least $3 billion for the first time in 2026, marking an increase of 25% compared to last year, Deloitte said in a report on
April 08, 2026
Italy will not send any ships to help police the Hormuz Strait area following a ceasefire between the United States and Iran unless it is authorised by the
April 08, 2026
The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday it was condemning "Russia's attempt to criminalise Memorial" and to designate the human rights group, a co-recipient of the
April 08, 2026
Pope Leo on Wednesday praised the two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, hours after calling U.S.
April 08, 2026
Adani Green Energy on Wednesday said group chair Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani plan to seek dismissal of a civil suit stemming from an alleged bribery scheme filed by the
April 08, 2026
Turkey’s intelligence agency played a key role in diplomatic efforts leading to a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, Turkish media reported on Wednesday
April 08, 2026
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday welcomed home two French nationals released after three and a half years in detention in Iran, calling their
April 08, 2026
Iran could open the Strait of Hormuz in a limited and controlled way on Thursday or Friday ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials in Pakistan, a senior
April 08, 2026
Market analysts are split over whether Universal Music Group's top stakeholders will support billionaire Bill Ackman's Pershing Square
April 08, 2026
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Wednesday, adding to a launch a day earlier, South Korea's military said, extending a series of tests that
April 08, 2026
Shell said on Wednesday that weaker first-quarter gas output and a hit to short-term liquidity would be offset partly by stronger oil
April 08, 2026
Emerging and developing economies in Europe and Central Asia face a sharp slowdown this year under a scenario of a large but temporary rise in energy prices from the
April 08, 2026
Economic growth for six Western Balkans countries is projected to increase to 3.1% on average in 2026 and 2027 on stronger exports and public investment after a slowdown
April 08, 2026
South Asia's growth is expected to slow to 6.3% in 2026 from 7.0% in 2025 as the conflict in the Middle-East and disruptions in global energy markets
April 08, 2026
Wars cause large and persistent economic losses in countries where fighting takes place, with output declining by roughly 7% over five years on average
April 08, 2026
It’s back-to-back Champions League semifinals for Arsenal
April 15, 2026
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence assessments that Russian and Iranian hackers have joined forces, reported
April 08, 2026
Iranian authorities see the truce with the United States and Israel as a strategic victory, but they emerge battered and isolated with an
April 08, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire, sending crude prices lower on expectations that energy supplies
April 08, 2026
Iran will approach peace talks with the U.S. with greater caution than in the past due to a deep lack of trust, and the war will affect the future
April 08, 2026
Moody's Ratings cut its outlook on a $36-billion Blue Owl non-traded fund to "negative" from "stable" on Tuesday, citing redemption requests that were significantly higher than at
April 08, 2026
Chinese electric truck startup Windrose said it had made the first delivery of its long‑haul electric heavy truck in the United States, marking a key step in its global
April 08, 2026
Ford Motor and other U.S. automakers have not made a strong request for relief from aluminium tariffs despite supply disruptions caused by fires at a key supplier, a White House
April 08, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke with U.S.
April 08, 2026
Foreign investors pulled $70.3 billion from emerging market assets in March, the biggest outflow since the pandemic rout in March 2020, data from a global
April 08, 2026
Samsung Electronics shareholder Shinhan Bank launched a sale of about $2.1 billion worth of shares in the South Korean company,
April 08, 2026
Almost every day for the last month, Hussein Saleh has made a somber pilgrimage to the plot of land in south Lebanon where his home once stood,
April 08, 2026
The United States will work closely with Iran and the two countries are discussing tariff and sanctions relief, U.S.
April 08, 2026
TikTok plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) to build a second data centre in Finland in less than a year as
April 08, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday there was still a lot of work to do to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, speaking during
April 08, 2026
Exxon Mobil signaled on Wednesday that first quarter earnings could decline from the previous quarter, with an expected multi-billion dollar hit related to
April 08, 2026
Investors are piecing together a new "Trump trade" playbook for navigating market
April 08, 2026
The Japanese business mood worsened in March to levels not seen since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022, a government survey showed, a sign surging oil
April 08, 2026
Hungary's foreign minister offered to send his Russian counterpart a document about Ukraine's European Union accession, leaked recordings purported to show on Wednesday, in the
April 08, 2026
Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament who has taken a more central role as Israeli and U.S. strikes pick off the Islamic Republic's
March 19, 2026
U.S. and European energy stocks slid on Wednesday, as a ceasefire to the Middle East conflict punctured the hefty war premium built into
April 08, 2026
Lionel Messi is being sued by a Miami-based event promoter, saying the international soccer icon violated terms of a $7 million contract by missing an exhibition match last year
April 16, 2026
By Colleen Goko JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Retuers) - Wealthy nations slashed their development aid in 2025, probably by record-breaking amounts, a debt group said, ahead of data set to be released on
April 08, 2026
Global bond markets may rebound after the U.S.-Iran truce but are unlikely to fully recover from the war-driven selloff because, even
April 08, 2026
U.S. carmakers say rules under consideration by Brussels could keep full-size pickup trucks including the Ford F-150, the Chevy Silverado and the
April 08, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
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April 08, 2026
Bangladesh on Wednesday sought to increase fuel purchases from India, as foreign minister Khalilur Rahman made the new government's first ministerial visit to New
April 08, 2026
Large U.S. banks are set to post higher quarterly earnings on strong interest income and investment banking fees, analyst estimates show, though investors will
April 08, 2026
Former U.S.
April 08, 2026
The World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the U.N.
April 08, 2026
Lufthansa faces a one-day strike this week, the airline's third labor disruption in two months.
April 08, 2026
Shippers on Wednesday said they needed more clarity on the terms of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire before resuming transit through the
April 08, 2026
A deep-sea mining firm led by former Rio Tinto CEO Tom Albanese will merge with Odyssey Marine Exploration in a $1 billion all-stock deal aimed at building one
April 08, 2026
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed four people on Wednesday, including an Al Jazeera journalist, local health authorities said and the Qatari television network
April 09, 2026
Bombardment in southern Lebanon on Tuesday forced a convoy of humanitarian aid organized by the Vatican's embassy for a besieged Christian town to turn back, a priest in
April 07, 2026
Delta Air Lines on Wednesday pulled all planned capacity growth for the current quarter and forecast profit below Wall Street
April 08, 2026
President Donald Trump wants to see the Strait of Hormuz open up for oil tankers and other traffic without any limitations, including tolls, White
April 09, 2026
Italy summoned the Israeli ambassador on Wednesday to demand an explanation over shots fired at an Italian convoy in a U.N. mission in Lebanon, the foreign
April 08, 2026
Investors placed an approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a
April 08, 2026
Panama's top diplomat on Wednesday said a rise in inspections and detentions of Panama-flagged vessels in China stemmed from a
April 08, 2026
The top U.S. general said on Wednesday U.S. troops stood ready to resume fighting if Tehran failed to strike a negotiated settlement as
April 08, 2026
U.S. consumers will continue to pay high prices to fill up their vehicles or purchase airplane tickets through the peak summer travel season, several
April 09, 2026
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Wednesday said the U.S. economy is fundamentally in a "good place" despite sharply higher oil prices from the
April 09, 2026
Paraguay's President Santiago Pena on Wednesday appointed Oscar Lovera as the South American nation's new economy and finance minister, the government said in a statement
April 09, 2026
A Canadian opposition legislator defected to the ruling Liberal Party on Wednesday, leaving Prime Minister Mark Carney on the verge of a
April 08, 2026
Greece will ban access to social media for children under the age of 15 from January 1, 2027, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday, citing rising anxiety, sleep
April 08, 2026
The dollar sank to its lowest level in a month against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire
April 08, 2026
Indiana on Wednesday became the second U.S. state to suspend its gas tax amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran.
April 09, 2026
The United Nations on Wednesday condemned a massive wave of Israeli strikes across Lebanon, saying reports that hundreds of people, including civilians had been killed and injured
April 09, 2026
Federal Reserve policymakers may consider cutting interest rates later this year now that an agreement for a two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict has eased
April 09, 2026
Mediation efforts to halt the war in Iran were hours from collapse when Pakistan mounted an overnight
April 08, 2026
Mexico's Senate confirmed Roberto Velasco, the current undersecretary for North America, to be the new foreign ministry, assuming the role at a pivotal
April 09, 2026
A growing group of Federal Reserve policymakers felt last month that interest rate hikes might be needed to counter inflation that continued to
April 09, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it will vote this month on a proposal to bar all Chinese labs from testing electronic
April 09, 2026
A fire at the velodrome in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park was brought under control early on Wednesday, with no risk of it
April 08, 2026
Inside the sudden downfall of Eric Swalwell
April 16, 2026
Oil futures sank below $100 a barrel while equity and bond prices rallied sharply on Wednesday after the United States
April 08, 2026
World markets soared on Wednesday and oil had its biggest fall in five years, as investors gave a hearty welcome to the ceasefire in the Iran
April 09, 2026
Caterpillar said on Wednesday that finance chief Andrew Bonfield will retire in October, and named company veteran Kyle Epley as his successor.
April 09, 2026
S&P and Nasdaq hit record highs, continuing remarkable recovery from war shock
April 15, 2026
Sharing ancient roots and distrust of the US, many in China are suddenly really into Iran
April 16, 2026
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to astronauts on the Artemis II mission on Wednesday, celebrating the first Canadian to fly around the moon and marking a lighter
April 09, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the central African nation of Cameroon on the second leg of his Africa tour
April 15, 2026
European shares retreated on Thursday, after their strongest rally in over four years, as investors remained wary about a fragile U.S.-Iran
April 09, 2026
The Republican-led Senate has rejected the latest Democratic attempt to halt President Donald Trump’s war in Iran
April 16, 2026
The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is no longer planning to hold a confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, U.S.
April 10, 2026
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has delivered an attack on her conservative colleagues’ use of emergency orders to benefit the Trump administration
April 16, 2026
President Donald Trump's profanity-laced threats to wipe out Iran's civilization have led some Democrats to discuss attempting to remove him from
April 11, 2026
A U.S. team led by Vice President JD Vance left for Islamabad on Friday for weekend talks with Iran, even as both sides accused each
April 11, 2026
Europe rolls out online age verification app to protect young people
April 16, 2026
Top U.S. and Iranian officials gathered in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday to hold talks that seek to end their war https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ in the Middle
April 11, 2026
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April 12, 2026
Two Iranian-linked tankers exited the Gulf on Monday as other vessels began avoiding the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. said
April 13, 2026
April 13 - EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed Hungary's election https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary/elections/ as "a victory for fundamental freedoms", and compared the ousting of
April 13, 2026
China's Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang met a senior Ford executive in Beijing this week, urging the U.S. automaker to deepen its presence in the Chinese market,
April 15, 2026
Portugal is against the creation of a separate European army and instead backs strengthening and modernising its armed forces within the U.S.-led NATO
April 15, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Global stock markets are largely back near pre-war levels and Wall
April 15, 2026
The Serbian army should create units with attack drones, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday, as the Balkan country seeks to modernise its armed forces from its
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
Las Vegas business owners, drivers lament ongoing impact of high gas prices
April 16, 2026
Nigeria has ordered a full and independent investigation into a military airstrike on a market that left at least 200 people feared dead, while defending
April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump’s budget director is telling Congress that it'll take a massive upfront investment to ramp up U.S. weapons production and build more ships, planes and drones
April 16, 2026
Japan said on Wednesday it would establish a financial framework worth about $10 billion to help Asian countries procure energy
April 15, 2026
The U.S. dollar has given back most of the gains sparked by the Iran war, as a tentative ceasefire revived appetite for riskier currencies, but
April 15, 2026
Investors are banking on a positive new chapter for Hungary as incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar insists there is no time to waste following his
April 14, 2026
The international community has failed in Sudan, British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper said on the sidelines of a Berlin conference on the war in the country, as she called for
April 15, 2026
Election winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday that President Tamas Sulyok would ask him at the inaugural session of parliament to form Hungary's next government, which
April 15, 2026
Hungary's election winner Peter Magyar, leader of the TISZA party which won a landslide victory in Sunday's election, arrived for a meeting with President Tamas Sulyok
April 15, 2026
China is employing ships and a barrier to tighten control of the entrance to the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea amid
April 15, 2026
The silver market is heading for a sixth year of structural deficit, with 762 million troy ounces drawn from stocks since 2021, raising the risk of a renewed liquidity
April 15, 2026
U.S.
April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026
China and Vietnam should maintain high strategic clarity and prioritise political security, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his
April 15, 2026
Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it was introducing a new model of operations integrating drone warfare with infantry activity and pointed to successes announced by
April 15, 2026
Germany's VC pilots' union and airline Lufthansa are deadlocked on whether to enter arbitration after both parties put forward different conditions to take up the offer.
April 15, 2026
The EU's age verification app for online platforms is ready and will soon be available to use, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
April 15, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are statistically tied in a potential runoff in
April 15, 2026
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Ankara was working to extend a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, ease tensions, and ensure the continuation of
April 15, 2026
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A Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered a Chinese man to pay a fine of 1 million shillings ($7,746) and gave him a 12-month jail term for trying to smuggle
April 15, 2026
Australia on Wednesday said it would raise defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product by 2033 from about 2% currently, in response to the most "
April 15, 2026
Knowing what comes next in Operation Epic Fury is better understood by grasping the evolution of Iran’s military structure and capabilities.
April 16, 2026
Japan's
April 15, 2026
Volkswagen is bracing for even tougher competition in China, where the world's largest car
April 15, 2026
India's merchandise trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in March as a surge in exports to the U.S. helped cushion the impact of the
April 15, 2026
South African opposition politician Julius Malema was back in court on Wednesday, as prosecutors pushed for him to be given the
April 15, 2026
Luxury hotel Burj Al Arab in Dubai will shut during a major 18-month renovation, a staff member confirmed on Wednesday, its first since opening in 1999 and at a
April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026
Global shipowners are warning it is too risky to transit through the Strait of Hormuz, as US President Donald Trump’s naval blockade collides with Iran’s assertion of control over the vital waterway. CNN's Kristie Lu Stout reports.
April 15, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday as investors assessed the latest developments in the Middle East and a raft of corporate earnings, while awaiting remarks
April 15, 2026
United Nations experts on Wednesday condemned Israel's bombing in Lebanon earlier this month as "illegal aggression and indiscriminate bombing campaign", the United Nations Human
April 15, 2026
The European Commission said on Wednesday it intended to order Meta Platforms to reinstate rival artificial intelligence assistants on its WhatsApp
April 15, 2026
The private credit market does not pose a systemic risk to the wider financial system, bond giant PIMCO's group chief investment officer Daniel Ivascyn
April 15, 2026
U.S. homebuilder sentiment deteriorated in April, hitting a seven-month low as the war with Iran led to higher prices for materials and mortgage rates as well as
April 15, 2026
Investing just $6 billion into targeted cash payments or energy subsidies to offset energy prices sent soaring by the war in the
April 15, 2026
The United States needs to reduce its fiscal deficit by about four percentage points of GDP from the current level of 7% and needs a robust, credible plan to do so,
April 15, 2026
Nutella maker Ferrero said on Wednesday it is aware that European Commission officials are currently carrying out on-site inspections at its offices, following reports that
April 15, 2026
Standard Life has agreed to buy Dutch rival Aegon's UK business for 2 billion pounds ($2.7 billion), the companies said on Wednesday,
April 15, 2026
The war in Sudan entered its fourth year on April 15 overshadowed by other regional and global turmoil, despite having created what the United Nations calls the world's worst
April 15, 2026
Pope Leo said on Wednesday that the world needs to hear a message of peace and coexistence, in remarks hours after U.S.
April 15, 2026
Although Germany is not involved in the Iran war, the country is feeling its economic impact directly, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said
April 15, 2026
Three large advertising agencies settled a U.S.
April 15, 2026
On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rallied to record closing highs on Wednesday as investors were encouraged
April 15, 2026
U.S. import prices increased less than expected in March, though the trend still pointed to firming imported inflationary pressures as the Middle
April 15, 2026
Leftist Peruvian congressman Roberto Sanchez shifted into second place in a presidential vote tally heading down to
April 15, 2026
Europe is seeing record inflows of jet fuel from the United States and Nigeria, data from Kpler and LSEG showed, as it seeks to shore up supplies due to
April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026
Colombia's Constitutional Court ordered President Gustavo Petro's government on Wednesday to return funds collected during an economic emergency that was declared
April 16, 2026
'Nobody wants to see this': Small community copes with tragic murder-suicide
April 16, 2026
An official says some hard hit areas of the Northern Marianas could be without power and water for weeks after the Pacific Ocean islands were battered by a super typhoon
April 15, 2026
The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday said it was concerned by the trial of Chinese dissident artist Gao Zhen, famous for making
April 15, 2026
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte expressed optimism Wednesday that the alliance would successfully fund defence aid to Ukraine through the Prioritised Ukraine
April 15, 2026
Morgan Stanley beat Wall Street expectations for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, as the investment bank benefited from a surge in
April 15, 2026
The U.S. dollar edged lower on Wednesday and was fluctuating narrowly on either side of unchanged throughout the day as investors assessed the
April 15, 2026
UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher warned on Wednesday that proposed Swiss capital requirements threatened its business model and would do little to
April 15, 2026
Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying
April 15, 2026
The Trump administration dramatically reduced efforts to pursue tax cheats in 2025, government data shows, shedding tens of thousands of employees at
April 15, 2026
European Central Bank policymakers are wary about raising interest rates as soon as this month as they have yet to see firm evidence that an energy-
April 15, 2026
Wall Street's stock benchmark S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq closed at record highs as hopes for a cooling of U.S.-Iran tensions and strong earnings
April 15, 2026
The Netherlands will spend 248 million euros ($293 million) on producing drones for Ukraine, Dutch Defence Minister Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius said on Wednesday.
April 15, 2026
Israel's security cabinet convened on Wednesday to discuss a possible Lebanon ceasefire, a senior Israeli
April 15, 2026
Israel's annual inflation rate moved back below 2% in March but the decline will likely have little impact on near-term interest rate decisions due to
April 15, 2026
Argentina reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on the second review of its $20 billion program, the IMF said on Wednesday,
April 15, 2026
Pope Leo on Wednesday urged Cameroon's government to root out corruption and resist "the whims of the rich and powerful", in
April 15, 2026
The International Monetary Fund expects at least a dozen countries to seek new loan programs to cope with surging energy prices and
April 15, 2026
Thailand has not yet decided whether it will increase its internal ceiling on a key debt ratio, Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said on Wednesday.
April 15, 2026
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has enacted legal reforms allowing life imprisonment for minors as young as 12 convicted of homicide, terrorism,
April 15, 2026
The S&P 500 closed at a new record high Wednesday, its first since the U.S.-Iran conflict began, as hopes of a de-escalation in the war and robust earnings expectations drew
April 15, 2026
Morgan Stanley's capital requirements will remain flat or fall modestly under an overhaul of the U.S. capital regime, its Chief Financial Officer
April 15, 2026
The war in the Middle East has intensified strains on an already fragile global fiscal situation, with higher interest rates and rising energy prices
April 15, 2026
The Kremlin's spokesman was quoted as saying on Wednesday that the United States had rejected its proposal that Russia take all of Iran's enriched uranium out of the country as a
April 15, 2026
Finance ministers from almost a dozen countries led by Britain called on the U.S., Israel and Iran to implement their ceasefire in full on
April 15, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country's top priority is securing help to buy and build more air defense systems
April 15, 2026
There's been a holdup on Capitol Hill in advancing the renewal of a program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails
April 15, 2026
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday said Tehran's negotiators thought the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreed to on Tuesday included Lebanon, but the U.S. had in fact not agreed
April 09, 2026
US and Hamas hold first direct talks since Gaza truce as ceasefire process stalls
April 16, 2026
Oil plummeted on Wednesday, falling below $100 a barrel, on hope of the Strait of Hormuz reopening after U.S.
April 08, 2026
The World Bank trimmed its estimate for economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2026, citing the region's long-standing structural
April 09, 2026
Britain’s financial regulator must amend rules governing how investment-risk warnings are presented or retail investors will continue to
April 09, 2026
As NASA's record-breaking Artemis mission bolsters the U.S. path back to the moon, China's bid to land astronauts there by 2030 is taking on greater
April 09, 2026
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday it would be unacceptable for ships to have to pay a fee to cross the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has suggested, and
April 09, 2026
A Long Island architect admitted in court on Wednesday to killing eight women in attacks dating to the 1990s, ending a notorious serial killer case that
April 09, 2026
Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Wednesday her government will make a "responsible increase" to workers' income on May 1, as her administration looks to
April 09, 2026
An American YouTuber who sparked outrage in South Korea for provocative stunts, including dancing on a statue honoring victims of wartime sexual slavery, was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday
April 15, 2026
Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah broke out last
April 08, 2026
U.S. stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday after a last-minute, two-week ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran
April 08, 2026
Recent market volatility, partly due to the War in Iran, continues to boost Wall Street profits
April 15, 2026
A federal judge on Wednesday halted a move by U.S.
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
Japanese stocks witnessed a huge influx of foreign funds in the week through April 4, a turnaround from three successive weeks of selling, with investor sentiment stabilizing ahead
April 09, 2026
Myanmar's parliament approved a list of 30 ministers to serve in the cabinet of junta chief Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday following his appointment as president last week, with the
April 09, 2026
Donald Trump's dramatic climbdown from his chilling threat to wipe out Iran's civilization has exposed the limits
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 09, 2026
Singapore is poised to tighten monetary policy at a review next week, with the Middle East war driving up energy prices, stoking inflation and darkening
April 09, 2026
BHP Group's incoming CEO, Brandon Craig, met with the chairman of Chinalco in Beijing this week and discussed further cooperation, the Chinese aluminium giant said on
April 09, 2026
Taiwan's parliament should pass a stalled special defence budget to send a signal to China and the world that it is serious about peace through strength, U.S.
April 09, 2026
U.S. lawmakers will try again next week to pass a resolution to halt the Iran war and force President Donald Trump to obtain Congress' approval for
April 08, 2026
Even as the U.S. and Iran seek to cement a ceasefire, Israel is seizing more territory from its neighbours in preparation for
April 09, 2026
A lawyer says guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades
April 15, 2026
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will say on Thursday that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries around a fifth of the world's oil and gas, must be toll-free,
April 09, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday real interest rates are clearly negative and keeping the country's financial conditions accommodative.
April 09, 2026
Goldman Sachs trimmed its second‑quarter 2026 forecasts for Brent and U.S. crude to $90 and $87 a barrel, respectively, late on Wednesday, after the U.S. and Iran agreed on a two-
April 09, 2026
The ceasefire agreed by Iran and the United States must also cover military actions in Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Thursday, adding France
April 09, 2026
BERLIN, April 9 - German exports rose more than expected in February, increasing by 3.6% compared with the previous month, data from the federal statistics office showed on Thursday.
April 09, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's the day after and reality is intruding into market hopes of peace and prosperity in the Middle East.
April 09, 2026
Israel pounded Lebanon with its heaviest strikes yet on Wednesday, killing
April 08, 2026
Chinese banks likely extended significantly more new loans in March than in February, according to a Reuters poll on Thursday, driven by improved
April 09, 2026
(Corrects headline and paragraph 2 in news item dated April 8 to say STOXX 600 posts biggest one-day gain in more than four years, not in a year.)
April 08, 2026
Vietnam's top leader To Lam will visit China next week, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Thursday, as ties between the two nations continue to warm.
April 09, 2026
British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Thursday that Israel's pounding of Lebanon was "deeply damaging" and risked destabilising the ceasefire between the United
April 09, 2026
Seven & i Holdings said on Thursday it has pushed back the timing of the listing of its North American operations to the financial year starting April 2027 or later, rather
April 09, 2026
Newly released video shows a high school principal in Oklahoma tackling and disarming a former student who entered the lobby of the school and began firing a pistol
April 15, 2026
German industrial production fell unexpectedly in February, with economists saying the weakness pointed to disappointing first quarter for Europe's
April 09, 2026
Millions of Indians queued to vote in local elections in two states on Thursday, kicking off four key contests this month amid a war in the Middle East that has
April 09, 2026
Four astronauts traveling back to Earth from the far side of the moon on NASA's Artemis II mission spoke of their emotions as they wrapped up the
April 09, 2026
British American Tobacco named Dragos Constantinescu as its chief financial officer on Thursday, bringing back a former executive who had spent 16 years at the tobacco giant before
April 09, 2026
Commodities trader Glencore and Taiwan's state refiner CPC have chartered a tanker each to load Middle Eastern crude
April 09, 2026
Lebanon has spent the last 24 hours advocating for a temporary ceasefire to allow for broader talks with Israel, a senior Lebanese official told Reuters, saying it would be
April 09, 2026
European Union authorities should consider a temporary suspension of budget deficit rules if the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran flares up again, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
April 09, 2026
Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge world leaders to address the needs of the continent.
April 09, 2026
Birds not missiles should fly in the skies, Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said on Thursday in Shanghai in a plea for peace, as government lawmakers in Taipei
April 09, 2026
North Korea tested a new cluster-bomb warhead on a ballistic missile and an electromagnetic weapon this week, state media KCNA reported on
April 09, 2026
Japan's consumer confidence worsened in March at a pace unseen since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a government survey showed, swelling the toll on a
April 09, 2026
Romania's centrist President Nicusor Dan appointed seven chief prosecutors and deputies late on Wednesday despite opposition from civil society and the country's top
April 09, 2026
China's foreign ministry said it hoped the "relevant parties can grasp this chance at peace and bring the region back to stability as soon as possible" after the U.S. and
April 09, 2026
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper Wednesday’s relief rally looked fragile heading into Thursday, as the recently agreed two‑week
April 09, 2026
Mercedes-Benz reported a sales slump at the start of 2026 as the tough Chinese market continued to pressure the German premium carmaker during an overhaul of its model
April 09, 2026
The ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran should extend to Lebanon, EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas said on Thursday, adding that Iran-backed Lebanese
April 09, 2026
India's expected economic growth of 6.6% for fiscal 2027 could face significant risks as the Iran war fans inflation
April 09, 2026
Nearly six weeks of war in Iran have ended, for now, with President Donald Trump claiming victory, but the U.S.-Iran ceasefire locks in a harsh reality: an
April 08, 2026
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz was of vital interest
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
U.S. container import volumes fell 1.1% in March from last year, supply chain technology provider Descartes Systems Group said on Thursday.
April 09, 2026
Car exports, an increasingly important source of growth for China's hyper-competitive auto sector, picked up pace in March despite shipment disruptions from the crisis in
April 09, 2026
The West African affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State have clashed in Niger for the first time, according to a statement from one of the groups, a
April 09, 2026
Italy's government moved on Thursday to limit disruption from a major landslide that cut rail and motorway links along a key north-south transport corridor, declaring a state
April 09, 2026
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise and Blackstone Credit and Insurance have agreed to launch a joint aircraft leasing investment programme targeting annual deployment
April 09, 2026
Gulf states including Saudi Arabia and the UAE are exploring a $2,500 Ukrainian-designed interceptor drone as a cheaper way to counter Iranian
April 08, 2026
Small defense industry artificial intelligence startups are suddenly fielding calls from generals, combatant commanders and deep-pocketed investors, after
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 08, 2026
By Bianca Flowers and Nolan D.
April 09, 2026
The International Monetary Fund reached a staff-level pact with Sri Lanka, which will unlock financing of about $700 million once approved, the lender said on
April 09, 2026
More than a million Sudanese refugees face drastic cuts in life-saving aid such as food and water unless donors fill a funding shortfall of over $400 million,
April 09, 2026
The Japanese owner of clothing brand Uniqlo raised its full-year forecast on Thursday, flagging another record year, as international growth produced a
April 09, 2026
A U.S. court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and ordered a prior judgment to be vacated, a court document showed, following his
April 09, 2026
A U.S.
April 09, 2026
Russia will see revenue from its biggest single oil tax double to $9 billion in April due to the oil and gas crisis triggered by the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran,
April 09, 2026
Corona beer maker Constellation Brands posted a smaller-than-expected drop in fourth-quarter sales on
April 09, 2026
Russia's Supreme Court designated human rights group Memorial as an "extremist" movement on Thursday, a move the group said marked
April 09, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is again emphasizing the need for peace and dialogue despite criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump
April 15, 2026
The Swedish government says a pro-Russian actor was behind a cyberattack on a heating plant in western Sweden last year
April 15, 2026
Home purchases in Spain by U.S. citizens rose 3% last year, even as total foreign purchases dipped, with real estate agents citing concerns over President
April 09, 2026
The World Health Organization says vaccination programs across Africa have saved more than 50 million lives over the past five decades, but progress is slowing in some countries
April 15, 2026
Bahamian authorities have arrested a Michigan man whose wife went missing at sea over the weekend, police in the Caribbean nation told Reuters on
April 09, 2026
European Union regulators plan to order Meta to reverse a move that limits AI chatbots from rival companies accessing WhatsApp
April 15, 2026
Japan's financial regulator has been conducting checks on private credit exposure at major financial institutions, a source told Reuters
April 09, 2026
A British man appeared in a London court on Thursday charged with having trained and fought as a commando with al Shabaab militants in Somalia over 15 years ago.
April 09, 2026
Japan's Mitsui O.S.K.
April 09, 2026
Ukraine and Russia exchanged the bodies of deceased soldiers on Thursday, officials said.
April 09, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial will resume on Sunday, the courts' spokesperson said on Thursday, hours after
April 09, 2026
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon violate the ceasefire agreement and would render negotiations meaningless.
April 09, 2026
Brazil's government will release 7 billion reais ($1.37 billion) from the workers' severance fund FTGS to benefit around 10 million workers, news outlet O Globo reported
April 09, 2026
Hungary's centre-right Tisza party leads Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of a parliamentary election scheduled for Sunday, a poll showed on Thursday.
April 09, 2026
Oleg Roldugin, an investigative journalist for independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was detained on Thursday in a case involving alleged misuse of personal data,
April 09, 2026
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump appears strained
April 15, 2026
The BBC plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs to save 10% of its annual budget
April 15, 2026
‘Textbook blasphemy’: Notre Dame students surprised and dismayed by Trump’s feud with Pope Leo
April 15, 2026
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday that he was confident Kevin Warsh would start as Federal Reserve chairman in May and that he did not expect
April 09, 2026
Peruvians head to the polls on April 12, hoping to break a cycle of political turmoil that has prevented any president from completing a
April 09, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened muted on Thursday after rallying in the previous session, as cracks emerged in the fragile Middle East ceasefire, while investors parsed through
April 09, 2026
Pakistan said Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had sought Islamabad's support for bringing an immediate end to the attacks targeting Lebanon and its people in a phone
April 09, 2026
U.S. economic growth slowed more than previously estimated in the fourth quarter amid downgrades to business investment, including inventory accumulation, but corporate
April 09, 2026
Chevron said on Thursday it expected first-quarter upstream earnings to rise between $1.6 billion and $2.2 billion from the previous quarter, fueled by higher oil
April 09, 2026
Beijing stands ready to work with North Korea to further improve ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his North Korean counterpart on Thursday during a visit to
April 09, 2026
Woman who built B-29 bombers during World War II celebrates her 101st birthday with her family
April 15, 2026
The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the COVID-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency
April 09, 2026
Some of Lebanon's hospitals could run out of life-saving trauma medical kits within days as supplies near depletion following mass casualties from
April 09, 2026
Drone maker AEVEX said on Thursday it was targeting a valuation of up to $2.35 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the latest defense firm looking
April 09, 2026
Terra Quantum said on Thursday it plans to list on Nasdaq this year through a merger with a U.S. special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in a deal that
April 09, 2026
Austria's foreign ministry on Thursday called on Israel to stop attacking civilian targets in Lebanon, and said the Austrian members of a U.N. peacekeeping force there must
April 09, 2026
Imposing a toll on ships sailing through the critical Strait of Hormuz would "set a dangerous precedent" and countries should not impede freedom of navigation, the UN's
April 09, 2026
FedEx and a union representing more than 5,000 of its pilots reached a tentative deal on Wednesday, paving the way for wages increases after years of negotiations.
April 09, 2026
U.S. wholesale inventories increased by the most in 13 months in February, boosted by sharp rises in the stocks of professional and electrical equipment, government
April 09, 2026
The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia had the right to defend itself from what it called piracy after a British newspaper reported that a Russian navy frigate had
April 09, 2026
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday he did not want the NATO alliance to split over the Iran war but played down reported threats by U.S.
April 09, 2026
UniCredit said acquiring control of Commerzbank would obligate it to bid for the roughly 30% of Poland's mBank that Commerzbank does not already own,
April 09, 2026
The U.S.
April 09, 2026
Israel has approved the establishment of dozens of new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, an Israeli watchdog group
April 09, 2026
The U.S.
April 09, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that he has given an instruction for Israel to begin peace talks with Lebanon that would also include the
April 09, 2026
A Brazilian court has issued an injunction removing Chinese automaker BYD from a government list of firms accused of employing workers in slavery-
April 09, 2026
Security officers raided the Moscow office of leading independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta on Thursday and state media said a prominent journalist had been arrested.
April 09, 2026
Brazil will keep trimming its budget this year despite elections and will likely turn in 2027 to an unprecedented use of stricter
April 09, 2026
An Iranian delegation will arrive in Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday night for talks to resolve conflict with the U.S. and Israel, Iran's ambassador to Pakistan
April 09, 2026
Viktor Orban, uniquely endorsed by both U.S.
April 09, 2026
Airbus delivered 60 aircrafts in March, bringing first-quarter deliveries to 114 jets, down 16% from the same point last year, the European planemaker said on Thursday.
April 09, 2026
Dozens of states issued a joint statement at the United Nations on Thursday condemning "unacceptable aggressive behavior" toward U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon and calling for
April 09, 2026
Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen called on NATO allies to stand together to defend international law as he pushed back against U.S.
April 09, 2026
Ticket sales for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics opened globally on Thursday after what organizers said was a record-setting first week of local presales,
April 09, 2026
The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low last year, extending a nearly two-decade decline, provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
April 09, 2026
Several big North American pension systems are standing by their private credit holdings even as the sector faces choppy waters, a sign of both the
April 09, 2026
Palestinian schoolchildren trying to return to class this week for the first time since the Iran war started were blocked by an impromptu barbed wire fence erected overnight by Israeli settlers
April 15, 2026
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday said the global lender expected near-term demand for IMF financial support to rise
April 09, 2026
After Trump’s latest broadside, pope says ‘world needs to hear’ message of peace
April 15, 2026
Italy is preparing to cut its GDP growth estimates to factor in the negative impact of rising energy prices, Economy Minister Giancarlo
April 09, 2026
Privately held U.S.-based alcoholic beverage maker Sazerac is exploring a deal with Jack Daniel's maker Brown-Forman, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people
April 09, 2026
Spain decried Israeli strikes on Lebanon as well as the broader war on Iran on Thursday, cementing Madrid's role as an outspoken critic of
April 09, 2026
Central bankers must be prepared to tighten monetary policy to avoid an inflationary spiral if war-driven energy price shocks are
April 09, 2026
American Airlines said on Thursday it aims to resume flights to Venezuela as soon as April 30 after winning approval from the U.S.
April 09, 2026
Lehigh set an NCAA Division I baseball record by scoring 20 runs in the first inning of a 38-6 victory over Coppin State
April 15, 2026
Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayyad said on Thursday that the group rejected direct negotiations with Israel and that the Lebanese government should demand a ceasefire as a
April 09, 2026
The International Monetary Fund needs to complete the 16th quota review approved in 2023 to ensure that it has "scary" financial
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
The U.S.
April 09, 2026
House Democrats are launching what they call an anti-corruption task force in an attempt to strengthen ethics rules and protect voting access
April 15, 2026
A rift within Mexico's central bank over the future of interest rates was thrown into sharp relief on Thursday, as new
April 10, 2026
By Nicholas P.
April 09, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev is currently in the U.S. and is meeting members of U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.N.
April 09, 2026
The United Nations says at least 250 people including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals are either feared dead or missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently
April 15, 2026
The White House warned staff against improperly leveraging their positions to place bets in futures markets in an email on March 24, a day after President Donald Trump ordered a
April 10, 2026
First lady Melania Trump, in a rare White House address to the nation on Thursday, denied any relation to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the subject
April 10, 2026
A fragile calm reigned across currency markets on Thursday as traders kept their eyes fixed on whether the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran would hold,
April 09, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday sought to calm tensions with China, striking a conciliatory tone a day after his foreign minister
April 10, 2026
A lobbying firm led by one of Donald Trump Jr.'s hunting buddies helped a Chinese company make its case to a U.S. national security watchdog, public
April 09, 2026
The cash-strapped U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Oil prices closed up 1% but settled below $100 for the second straight session on Thursday in volatile trading as a fragile Middle East ceasefire held
April 09, 2026
MSCI's global equities gauge gained modestly on Thursday while the dollar lost ground and oil's rally narrowed, after Israel sought
April 09, 2026
The United States has urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria and authorised the departure of non‑emergency U.S. government employees and their families from the
April 09, 2026
American Airlines and Alaska Air said on Thursday they are hiking checked baggage fees, as carriers seek to pass on soaring jet fuel costs linked to escalating tensions in the
April 09, 2026
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is pausing its main data centre project in Britain over an unfavourable regulatory environment and high energy costs, dealing a blow to the
April 09, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq clocking their seventh daily gain, as investors shrugged off a rise in oil prices
April 10, 2026
Here is what we know following Tuesday evening's dramatic reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump of his threats to attack Iran's civilian infrastructure.
April 08, 2026
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel told NBC News that the country has asked U.S.
April 10, 2026
Britain deployed military vessels to prevent any attacks on cables and pipelines by Russian submarines that spent more than a month in and
April 09, 2026
For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting,
April 10, 2026
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.
April 10, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran should not charge fees to tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blockaded since the
April 10, 2026
The World Bank Group could mobilize $20 billion to $25 billion in rapid financing to countries grappling with the economic fallout of the war in Iran, Bloomberg News reported on
April 10, 2026
U.S. stocks advanced on Thursday, as ongoing negotiations toward a peaceful resolution to the six-week Middle East conflict helped ease
April 09, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he is seeking direct talks
April 09, 2026
Fitch Ratings on Thursday downgraded its rating on a private credit fund jointly run by Future Standard and KKR to junk territory, citing continued deterioration in its asset
April 10, 2026
A Brazilian banker arrested last month on fraud allegations had paid millions to powerful figures across the political spectrum,
April 10, 2026
Venezuela's ruling party-controlled National Assembly on Thursday approved a mining law expected to open the sector to private and
April 10, 2026
A U.S. judge in Washington ruled on Thursday the Pentagon is hampering journalists in defiance of a court order that required it to
April 10, 2026
Israel's military said on Friday that Hezbollah launched a missile at Israel, triggering air raid sirens in parts of the country, including in Tel Aviv.
April 10, 2026
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told European governments that U.S.
April 09, 2026
U.S. inflation increased as expected in February and likely rose further in March amid the war with Iran, a trend that is expected to discourage the Federal Reserve
April 09, 2026
South Korea's central bank kept its policy interest rate steady on Friday, maintaining a cautious stance as the conflict in Iran threatens to heat up domestic inflation and
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Ecuador's government on Thursday said it was raising tariffs on imports from its larger neighbor Colombia to 100% from a prior level of 50%,
April 10, 2026
Trump says he’ll fire Powell next month if he stays in his role at the Fed
April 15, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday said the Iran war must become a turning point for Britain after two decades of crises, and he promised to
April 10, 2026
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodriguez arrived in Grenada on Thursday for her first foreign visit since assuming power in January, images on state television channel VTV
April 10, 2026
Russia will never abandon or betray Cuba and plans to help the Communist island tackle energy issues linked to a U.S. embargo, a Russian deputy foreign minister was quoted as
April 10, 2026
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Friday the central bank will guide monetary policy with an eye on the scale and length of the economic shock caused by
April 10, 2026
China's factory-gate prices in March turned positive for the first time in more than three years, official data showed on Friday, pointing to rising import cost pressures
April 10, 2026
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Friday private credit does not pose a major issue domestically at present but noted risks linked to
April 10, 2026
Japanese wholesale inflation jumped in March and the central bank's deputy governor called for vigilance to the risk of stagflation, highlighting mounting
April 10, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold a summit meeting with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on April 13, with defence industry cooperation and global security
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Growth in developing Asia and the Pacific is expected to slow this year as the conflict in the Middle East disrupts trade and energy markets, the Asian Development Bank
April 10, 2026
Pakistan is under huge pressure to pull off what some diplomats regard as mission impossible: broker a peace deal between Iran and the
April 09, 2026
South Korea's central bank kept its policy interest rate steady on Friday and warned of a highly uncertain path ahead as a broadening conflict
April 10, 2026
Americans could see a first-of-its-kind fight as
April 10, 2026
Attacks on Saudi energy facilities have cut the kingdom's oil production capacity by around 600,000 barrels per day and
April 10, 2026
China's factory-gate prices rose for the first time in more than three years in March, in an early sign that the war in Iran is feeding cost pressures into the world’s
April 10, 2026
The U.S.
April 10, 2026
German inflation accelerated to 2.8% in March, according to federal statistics office data released on Friday, confirming preliminary figures.
April 10, 2026
Ukraine is in talks with Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain to cooperate in the security sector and share its drone defence expertise and technology, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
April 10, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the spring and summer months would be difficult for Ukraine as it would face pressure on the battlefield and also
April 10, 2026
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said North Korea has made remarkable accomplishments despite conspiracies by the United States and Western forces to oppress and isolate
April 10, 2026
Myanmar's new President Min Aung Hlaing said on Friday his government has many challenges to overcome and seeks to improve the country's international standing, including
April 10, 2026
Voters in Hungary could deliver a boon to bond investors, while Peru's weekend
March 19, 2026
Thailand's government will approve a package of support measures to mitigate the impact of higher oil prices, the finance minister said on Friday, but he warned that the
April 10, 2026
It's all about the Iran war once again, with weekend ceasefire talks being the main event, but the coming days will also give early indications of the fallout for big companies
April 10, 2026
Taiwanese officials are tracking what they view as a worrying rise in Chinese naval activity and military pressure against the island, even
April 10, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks in Singapore on Friday with counterpart Lawrence Wong, in which they vowed
April 10, 2026
A student has opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey, killing nine people and wounding 13 others
April 15, 2026
British defence minister John Healey said on Friday that the United States is "absolutely locked" into NATO. A Reuters report on Thursday said U.S.
April 10, 2026
A court in Eswatini has ruled that the first five migrants the Trump administration sent to the African kingdom have a right to a lawyer, after they
April 10, 2026
Daimler Truck, one of the world's largest truckmakers, on Friday reported a 9% decline in first-quarter group unit sales, weighed down by a sharp slowdown in North America.
April 10, 2026
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the president of Kazakhstan, said on Friday that a parliamentary election in the resource-rich Central Asian country would take place in August, but
April 10, 2026
The European Union and Washington are closing in on an agreement to coordinate on producing and securing critical minerals, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
April 10, 2026
A wolf that escaped from its enclosure in a South Korean zoo has spent three days on the loose, captivating the public, spawning a cryptocurrency meme coin and even
April 10, 2026
Ambulances arriving at a Beirut hospital on Thursday bypassed the emergency room and drove straight to the morgue, where exhausted medics
April 09, 2026
U.S. consumer prices likely recorded their biggest increase in nearly four years in March as the war with Iran boosted oil prices and the pass-
April 10, 2026
New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits increased moderately last week, showing no signs of labor market deterioration and potentially giving
April 09, 2026
First lady Melania Trump denied on Thursday that she had any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and said she was not one of his victims, thrusting the
April 10, 2026
Trump recalls how Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death affected the Supreme Court as he discusses Samuel Alito’s future
April 15, 2026
IPhone-maker Apple led global smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2026, growing 5% year-on-year, even as overall shipments fell due to a shortage of memory components,
April 10, 2026
Porsche AG's deliveries slumped further in the first three months of 2026, with sharp declines in key markets China and the United States, as loses its shine across.
April 10, 2026
Some shippers caught between high jet fuel prices and congestion in vital Middle East waterways are now looking for
April 10, 2026
Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni said on Friday he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is undergoing treatment in China.
April 10, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed with his advisers the option of removing some U.S. troops from Europe, a senior White House official told Reuters on Thursday.
April 10, 2026
As Peru heads into the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, Washington is mounting its most assertive push in years to
April 10, 2026
U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus has launched an investment platform focused on Europe's defence and security sector, with MEAG, the asset manager of reinsurer Munich Re,
April 10, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour ceasefire over a two-day period for Orthodox Easter and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv
April 10, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto ordered prosecutors on Friday to file criminal charges against companies that refuse to cooperate with a task force he launched to
April 10, 2026
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April 10, 2026
The Kremlin said on Friday that a visit to the United States by Russian President Vladimir Putin's special investment envoy did not mean that negotiations on a possible
April 10, 2026
India is "deeply concerned" by reports of civilian casualties in Lebanon, the Indian foreign ministry said on Friday, two days after Israel's worst bombardment in its
April 10, 2026
Lebanon is facing a food security crisis due to Israel's offensive against militant group Hezbollah, which has disrupted supplies of goods and pushed
April 10, 2026
Global equity fund inflows nearly doubled in the week through April 8 as a two-week Middle East ceasefire raised hopes of a resumption of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
April 10, 2026
Melania Trump, an enigmatic former model from Slovenia, has occupied the role of U.S. first lady on her own terms.
April 10, 2026
U.S. investors ramped up purchases of equity funds in the week to April 8, as hopes for a two-week Middle East ceasefire boosted expectations for a reopening of the Strait of
April 10, 2026
Ukraine and Russia are moving towards a potential deal to end the war, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing the top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
April 10, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Friday that he discussed military capabilities and the logistics of moving vessels though the Strait of Hormuz when he spoke to
April 10, 2026
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said the U.S. economy is fundamentally solid, the labor market has steadied, and monetary policy is in a "good
April 10, 2026
Chile is set to break with precedent and open its annual global copper gathering next week with a day of panels devoted
April 10, 2026
Mali supports Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said on Friday, becoming the latest African country to endorse Rabat's vision for
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Tens of thousands of passengers faced travel disruption across Germany on Friday as cabin crew at Lufthansa and its regional unit Lufthansa CityLine staged a day-long
April 10, 2026
Traders on Friday kept bets the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates on hold through the end of 2026 after the Labor Department reported consumer prices surged in March, as
April 10, 2026
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Friday after March inflation data largely aligned with expectations despite persistent pressures from the Iran war, while investors
April 10, 2026
U.S. consumer prices rose 3.3% from a year ago in March, data showed, giving investors a first glimpse of the impact on prices of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
April 10, 2026
Nine people killed in second school shooting in Turkey in two days
April 15, 2026
Canada's job growth remained subdued in March while the unemployment rate held steady at 6.7% from the prior month, data showed on Friday, signaling
April 10, 2026
Glencore on Friday said it acquired a 45% stake in an aluminium recycling and remelting plant near Charleston, South Carolina, strengthening the London-listed miner's position in
April 10, 2026
Hungarians vote in a landmark parliamentary election on Sunday that is being closely watched in the European Union, the United States, Russia and beyond.
April 10, 2026
Brazil's 12-month inflation rose more than expected in March, official data showed on Friday, driven by higher transportation costs, particularly gasoline prices, amid
April 10, 2026
Vice President JD Vance said on Friday he was looking forward to having positive negotiations with Iran as he left for talks in Pakistan with a warning to Tehran not
April 10, 2026
The U.S. and Iran are set to hold peace talks in Pakistan, which has been mediating, but remain deeply divided on key issues, even though President Donald Trump has said proposals
April 08, 2026
Ukrainian officials urged Russia on Friday to extend a ceasefire it announced for Orthodox Easter this weekend and restart talks to end the war, but people on the streets of
April 10, 2026
U.S. consumer sentiment plunged to a record low in early April and consumers anticipated a surge in inflation in the next 12 months, a survey showed on Friday.
April 10, 2026
Lockheed Martin said on Friday the U.S. government awarded the defense giant a $4.7 billion preliminary contract to continue critical accelerated production of the Patriot
April 10, 2026
New orders for U.S. factory goods were unchanged for a second straight month in February as weak demand for commercial aircraft offset gains elsewhere.
April 10, 2026
Germany's economy minister on Friday proposed higher tax breaks to commuters but dismissed proposals by the government's junior
April 10, 2026
Airline pilots who have safety concerns about flying in the Middle East during the Iran war have told a global
April 10, 2026
A Russian court on Friday ordered the detention of Oleg Roldugin, an investigative journalist for independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, following his arrest a day earlier.
April 10, 2026
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked to postpone giving testimony in his long-running corruption trial that was set to resume next week, citing
April 10, 2026
U.S. leveraged loan funds are suffering heavy outflows this year as investors grow more cautious about credit risk while broader concerns mount over
April 10, 2026
Meta Platforms said on Thursday it is pulling ads from Facebook and Instagram aimed at recruiting new plaintiffs for ongoing litigation accusing it
April 10, 2026
Florida residents have paid significantly more than the nationwide average for gasoline and diesel in recent weeks as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran
April 10, 2026
NATO member Estonia will refrain from detaining Russia's "shadow fleet" vessels in the Baltic Sea, worried that seizing oil tankers
April 10, 2026
Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East in the Iran war, which began when the U.S. and Israel struck Iran on February 28
March 04, 2026
The Brazilian government on Friday announced a joint initiative with the U.S. to combat organized crime, involving the integration of data from Brazil's
April 10, 2026
Mykola Maliienko, who farms the rich, black soil of central Ukraine and exports crops
April 10, 2026
British police have arrested a Sudanese man on suspicion of endangering life after four migrants died while attempting to cross the Channel from France to Britain on a
April 10, 2026
European equities edged higher on Friday, notching up a third straight week of gains as cautious optimism ahead of U.S.-Iran weekend talks
April 10, 2026
Voters in Hungary could deliver a boon to bond investors, while
April 10, 2026
East Africa's Djibouti is set to vote for a president on Friday, with incumbent Ismael Omar Guelleh expected to extend his 27-year rule after parliament removed age limits that
April 10, 2026
When JD Vance arrives in Islamabad for talks on Saturday with Iranian officials, it will fulfill a wish
April 10, 2026
Hungary's centre-right Tisza party leads Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz ahead of Sunday's parliamentary election, a poll published by newspaper Nepszava
April 10, 2026
When surging U.S. inflation peaked in June of 2022, driven by rising prices for energy but also for food, shelter, vehicles, and a host of other
April 11, 2026
Two Democratic U.S. senators have called on the federal commodities markets watchdog to investigate lucrative recent trading activity on oil markets since March 23
April 11, 2026
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party face their first closely contested election on April 12 after four consecutive landslide victories since 2010.
April 10, 2026
U.S. consumer prices increased by the most in nearly four years in March as the war with Iran led to a record surge in the cost of gasoline and
April 10, 2026
Sophisticated online operators are posting coordinated waves of content in the Telegram messaging app to spread fear about what will
April 10, 2026
The White House considered but decided against a national televised address by President Donald Trump on Tuesday about his ceasefire
April 11, 2026
Colombia's leftist government will propose a $4.39 billion tax reform to congress in the coming days, Finance Minister German Avila said on Friday, though the bill is
April 11, 2026
At least one person died and 27 were injured after a bus carrying British tourists crashed down a ravine on the Spanish island of La Gomera, emergency services said on
April 10, 2026
South Africa on Friday unveiled a draft national AI policy, seeking public comment on sweeping proposals to regulate and accelerate AI adoption.
April 10, 2026
The dollar slipped on Friday, putting it on track for its largest weekly drop since January, as investors sold safe-haven assets on the assumption that
April 10, 2026
Americans are souring on the U.S. economy to a degree never before seen, with the stiffest inflation in four years exacerbating the political risk for
April 11, 2026
Oil futures settled lower on Friday and posted their biggest weekly decline since 2022 ahead of talks between Iran and the U.S. aimed at securing a
April 10, 2026
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who was the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidency in 2024, said on Friday that she was considering running for president again in 2028
April 10, 2026
China will "absolutely not tolerate" independence for Taiwan, which is the chief culprit in undermining peace in the Taiwan Strait, President Xi Jinping told
April 10, 2026
Colombia will raise tariffs on neighboring Ecuador to 100% from 30%, Colombia's trade ministry said on Friday, matching Ecuador's measure from a day earlier amid an
April 11, 2026
Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit by Massachusetts' attorney general alleging the company designed its Instagram social media platform to addict children,
April 10, 2026
U.S.
April 10, 2026
Equities were mixed on Friday and oil prices dipped as investors anxiously awaited U.S.-Iran talks scheduled for the weekend,
April 10, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met China's foreign minister, state media KCNA said on Saturday.
April 11, 2026
China and North Korea should further enhance communication and coordination in major international and regional affairs, China's foreign minister said in a meeting with
April 10, 2026
A panel of trade court judges challenged the legality of President Donald Trump's 10% tax on most imports, suggesting a large trade deficit might not
April 10, 2026
S&P Dow Jones Indices is launching a new credit-default swap index linked to the private credit market, giving investors a tool to bet against a sector that has faced turbulence
April 11, 2026
Trump Media & Technology Group said on Friday that Eric Swider, a key figure in the company's public listing, had resigned from its board.
April 11, 2026
U.S.
April 11, 2026
Credit rating agency Fitch revised Turkey's outlook to "stable" from "positive", citing a sharp erosion in foreign exchange reserves due to heavy intervention to support the lira
April 11, 2026
President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the U.S. will have the Strait of Hormuz "open fairly soon" but did not elaborate
April 11, 2026
U.S. stocks closed mixed on Friday, with investors pressing pause as they headed into the weekend and kept an eye on ongoing Middle
April 10, 2026
Donald Trump's Board of Peace has received only a tiny fraction of the $17 billion pledged for Gaza, preventing the U.S.
April 10, 2026
Iran's negotiating team arrived in Islamabad on Friday for peace talks with the
April 10, 2026
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday its executive board has agreed to retain the current floor for precautionary balances, which consist of general and
April 11, 2026
Snap Inc., the owner of Snapchat, is cutting about 16% of its global workforce, which means around 1,000 jobs
April 15, 2026
The Federal Reserve is asking major U.S. banks for details about their exposure to private credit following a surge in redemptions from the funds and a rise in troubled loans in
April 11, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon said on Friday they had signed an agreement allowing the government's use of a high-energy laser
April 11, 2026
The U.S.
April 11, 2026
U.S.
April 11, 2026
A U.S. naval blockade of Iran is a major, open-ended military endeavor that could trigger fresh retaliation from Tehran and put tremendous strain on an
April 13, 2026
The war in the Middle East will have a cascading impact on the global economy, even if a ceasefire announced by U.S.
April 11, 2026
Resignations came quickly this week from two congressmen accused of sexual misconduct toward staff members
April 15, 2026
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday that it spotted 16 Chinese warplanes operating near the island the previous day, around the same time China's president was
April 11, 2026
A U.S. government plane carrying top U.S. officials landed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday for peace talks with Iran, two Pakistani sources told Reuters.
April 11, 2026
Japan's industry ministry said on Saturday it has approved an additional 631.5 billion yen ($3.96 billion) to accelerate research and development at chipmaker Rapidus.
April 11, 2026
Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed
April 11, 2026
Senior U.S. and Iranian leaders were in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday for negotiations to end their six-week-old war,
April 11, 2026
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will depart to Russia in the coming days and is expected to meet President Vladimir Putin during the visit, Indonesia's foreign
April 11, 2026
After six weeks of a war with Iran https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ that has jolted energy https://
April 11, 2026
A senior Iranian source said on Saturday the U.S. had agreed to release Iranian frozen assets held in Qatar and other foreign banks, but a U.S. official
April 11, 2026
The European Commission on Friday said it was analysing whether OpenAI's ChatGPT should be considered a large online
April 10, 2026
Ukraine can play a useful role in international efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz, Britain's armed services minister said, praising its drone technology
April 11, 2026
Dozens of boats carrying activists and aid for Palestinians in Gaza have set sail from the northeastern Spanish city of Barcelona
April 15, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that he had discussed the Iran ceasefire https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ talks and the situation in Ukraine https://
April 11, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to crack down on networks it says help pregnant women lie
April 11, 2026
The luxury five-star Serena Hotel in Pakistan's capital has become the unlikely venue for peace talks aimed at ending the Iran war https://
April 11, 2026
Irish police took action to clear protesters blockading the country's only oil refinery on Saturday after a senior government minister said protests over surging fuel
April 11, 2026
Two Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza on Saturday, killing at least seven people and injuring several others, officials from Gaza's health ministry said.
April 11, 2026
Designs were unveiled on Friday for a 250-foot (76-meter) arch in Washington sought by U.S.
April 11, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that many tanker ships are en route to the United States to transport oil and gas to other countries.
April 11, 2026
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro have remained statistically tied in a potential runoff in the October general elections, a
April 11, 2026
Britain's government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - home to the U.S.-
April 11, 2026
The U.S. military said on Saturday that it had started “setting conditions" for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, with two U.S. warships passing through the key
April 11, 2026
Czech and Slovak leaders backed Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday on the eve of Hungary's parliamentary election, saying he was the best choice for the country's
April 11, 2026
For Chinese ice cream and beverage chain Mixue, which already has more stores than Starbucks or McDonald's, a cheerful snowman mascot on Sao
April 11, 2026
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States
April 15, 2026
Ukraine and Russia exchanged 175 prisoners of war each on Saturday in their latest swap, officials from both countries said, as they prepare to start a ceasefire to mark
April 11, 2026
Pope Leo https://www.reuters.com/world/pope/ on Saturday urged world leaders to end what he called the "madness of war," in an impassioned appeal
April 11, 2026
U.S. intelligence indicates China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, CNN reported late on Friday, citing three people familiar
April 11, 2026
Police said on Saturday they had arrested 523 people at a protest in London's Trafalgar Square opposing Britain's banning of the Palestine Action group.
April 11, 2026
At least 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in the northern countryside of Haiti, authorities said, warning that the death toll could
April 12, 2026
Costa Rica on Saturday received the first group of migrants from other countries deported from the United States under an agreement signed in March
April 12, 2026
Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar says the country's president has assured him that his new government could take power in the first week of May
April 15, 2026
The top U.S. diplomat in Taiwan said China should abandon its threats and military pressure against Taiwan and talk to the island's leaders as that would avoid
April 12, 2026
Bank of Japan monetary policy could be an option to tame rising prices by boosting the yen, Japan's trade minister said on Sunday, as the central bank weighs raising
April 12, 2026
South Korea is close to securing crude oil supplies from Kazakhstan, the industry minister said on
April 12, 2026
Saudi Arabia has restored full oil pumping capacity through the East-West pipeline L1N40S100 to about seven million barrels per day, it said on Sunday, days after providing
April 12, 2026
China on Sunday unveiled 10 new incentive measures for Taiwan, including easing tourist curbs, allowing in "healthy" television dramas and facilitating food sales,
April 12, 2026
Hungarians will write history at an election on Sunday when they choose "between East and West" and the opposition Tisza party will win the vote, party leader Peter
April 12, 2026
Iran expects to restore most damaged refining and distribution facilities to 70–80% of their pre-attack capacity within one to two months, a senior oil official said, as
April 12, 2026
Top finance officials from around the world will convene in Washington this week under the shadow of the war in the Middle East, which has delivered a
April 12, 2026
Chery is looking to expand car production in Europe through partnerships with other automakers allowing it to use existing factories, top executives at the Chinese carmaker
April 12, 2026
Israel's far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday, saying he was seeking greater access for
April 12, 2026
The Philippines said on Sunday that any decision to pursue oil and gas cooperation with China would be made strictly in line with its constitution and respect its
April 12, 2026
IMF sees global oil shortfall this year and warns Iran war could tip world into recession
April 15, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Brunei and Malaysia this week, continuing diplomatic efforts to secure fuel supplies from Asian allies after
April 12, 2026
Australia and the U.S. have committed more than A$5 billion ($3.5 billion) to back a range of critical mineral projects, nearly double the amount pledged when the two
April 12, 2026
At 12 years old, Naia Butler-Craig decided she wanted to be an astronaut. Each time she walked into St.
April 11, 2026
India's Asha Bhosle, known for her versatile repertoire and high-energy singing in countless Bollywood movies, has died at the age of 92 in
April 12, 2026
Investors will seek evidence in the coming week that the U.S. corporate profit engine is humming along, and whether threats to that upbeat business
April 10, 2026
A second flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza was due to set sail on Sunday from the Spanish port of Barcelona, aiming to try to break the Israeli
April 12, 2026
The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth's atmosphere and safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on
April 10, 2026
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had summoned Iraq's ambassador over what it described as threats targeting the kingdom and other Gulf states from drones launched from Iraqi
April 12, 2026
The dollar jumped against other major currencies in thin trading late on Sunday, as investors sought the relative safety of the U.S. currency after
April 13, 2026
U.S.
April 12, 2026
President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S.
April 12, 2026
‘Remigration’ and Russian lessons: German far-right party promises radical measures if elected
April 15, 2026
Hungary's centre-right Tisza party was projected to win 135 mandates in Hungary's 199-seat parliament, ahead of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party, in a poll
April 12, 2026
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that any military vessels attempting to approach the Strait of Hormuz will be considered a violation of the two-week U.S.
April 12, 2026
Irish police on Sunday cleared tractors and trucks that had been blocking traffic and blockading oil infrastructure across the country during a wave of
April 12, 2026
Djibouti's President Ismael Omar Guelleh nL8N3W50Q9 has won re-election with 97.8% of the vote, state-owned Radio Television Djibouti said on Saturday, handing him a
April 11, 2026
Dearborn, Michigan, home to the nation's largest Arab American community, is grappling with ongoing crises
April 15, 2026
Israel approved the appointment of Roman Gofman as the new Mossad intelligence agency head, a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office said on Sunday.
April 13, 2026
Hungary's opposition centre-right Tisza party appeared on track to win Sunday's national election https://www.reuters.com/world/hungary/elections/, partial results
April 13, 2026
The U.S.
April 13, 2026
Officials say crashes involving about 70 vehicles have bottlenecked a section of a snowy Colorado highway and sent eight people to the hospital
April 15, 2026
Right-leaning candidate Keiko Fujimori is leading Peru's presidential vote with 16.6%, an early exit poll by Ipsos Peru showed on Sunday.
April 13, 2026
When Peter Magyar was a child, he taped a photo of Viktor Orban nL8N3ZL0R8, then an anti-Communist firebrand, on his bedroom wall, thrilled by Hungary's
April 13, 2026
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a key opponent of European Union efforts to help Ukraine fend off Russia's invasion, lost power after 16 years on Sunday
April 13, 2026
U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell said on Sunday he is suspending his campaign for California governor as he deals with sexual assault allegations.
April 13, 2026
Peter Magyar's landslide victory in Sunday's Hungarian election has handed his centre-right Tisza party a sweeping mandate that
April 13, 2026
The sharp hit to global oil production from the Iran war is poised to flip the oil market into a supply deficit this year, analysts say, a huge
April 11, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez begins his fourth visit to China in as many years on Monday, underlining his determination to steer an independent course that has
April 13, 2026
Right-leaning candidate Rafael Lopez Aliaga is leading Peru's presidential race with 23.4% of the votes, early results of the official vote count showed Sunday.
April 13, 2026
Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb's hedge fund Third Point will not pursue a proxy fight at real estate data company CoStar Group and sold its
April 11, 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te will visit Eswatini next week, his office said on Monday, the island's last remaining diplomatic ally in Africa.
April 13, 2026
The Bank of Korea's governor nominee said it would be necessary to respond properly if the won fell excessively, in written remarks he submitted on Monday to parliament
April 13, 2026
Once seen as a strong possibility, a Bank of Japan rate hike in April is turning into a fainter prospect as fading hopes of an end to the Middle East
April 13, 2026
TSMC, the world's largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, will likely notch up a fourth consecutive quarter of
April 13, 2026
U.S.
April 13, 2026
Haiti declared three days of national mourning on Sunday, a day after a deadly stampede killed 25 people during an annual celebration thronged by students and
April 13, 2026
Taiwan's engagement with China on looser controls proposed by Beijing for trade and tourism should be led by the government rather than private party-to-party contacts, a
April 13, 2026
Italy's economic vulnerabilities are being laid bare by war in the Middle East, with Rome's heavy reliance on imported energy and the threat of rising
April 13, 2026
People who show violent extremist tendencies on ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence platforms could be directed in the future to human and chatbot‑based
April 02, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk agreed on Monday to upgrade ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership, with the leaders
April 13, 2026
Benin's finance minister Romuald Wadagni was expected to coast to victory in a presidential election on Sunday, buoyed by strong economic growth and the absence of a
April 12, 2026
Sanoj Weeratunge thought this would finally be the year his tour firm put Sri Lanka's spate of crises
April 10, 2026
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico congratulated Hungary's incoming leader, Peter Magyar, on Monday, offering "intensive cooperation", while expressing gratitude to outgoing Prime
April 13, 2026
Hungary's veteran nationalist leader Viktor Orban lost power to the upstart centre-right Tisza party in Sunday's national election
April 12, 2026
Russia and Ukraine accused each other L1N40U064 on Sunday of breaching the 32-hour ceasefire L1N40S124 in their four-year war, reporting more than a thousand drone
April 12, 2026
Indonesia and the United States are discussing a proposal to give U.S. military aircraft access over Indonesian
April 13, 2026
Millions of people in Sudan are surviving on just one meal a day, as the country's food crisis deepens and threatens to spread, according to a report
April 13, 2026
Chinese AI agent StepFun is unwinding its offshore incorporation structure to pave the way for a planned Hong Kong initial public offering, three sources said, as
April 13, 2026
The Middle East war will dominate global finance officials' talks this week in Washington, but World Bank President Ajay Banga is sounding the alarm
April 13, 2026
Hungary's election shows that Europe is not on an inevitable path toward authoritarian rule, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, after the center-right Tisza
April 13, 2026
The United States and Australia joined the Philippines for their second joint maritime exercises in the South China Sea this year, amid tensions with China in the disputed
April 13, 2026
China's economy likely regained some momentum in the first quarter on solid exports, but growth is expected to cool over the rest of 2026 as the Middle East
April 13, 2026
China's export engine likely slowed in March as
April 13, 2026
Money market traders expect the European Central Bank to lean hawkish, keeping rates higher for longer and offering little prospect of easing even in the medium
April 13, 2026
Worried about the midterms, Republicans mobilize rural Virginia voters against redistricting
April 15, 2026
Gonzalo Martinez, a 37-year-old teacher, hopes that one day when he opens his bank account, he'll have no more debt looming over him.
April 13, 2026
Volkswagen's premium brand Audi on Monday said its first-quarter deliveries fell 6.1%, weighed down by weaker demand in China and North America.
April 13, 2026
Nearly two-thirds of Israelis oppose the Iran https://www.reuters.com/world/iran/ ceasefire but the public is divided over whether Israel should respect
April 13, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday that whatever the pressure, Britain would not be dragged into the Iran war nor be involved in a blockade of the Strait
April 13, 2026
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday he hoped two former Polish ministers who were granted political asylum in Hungary would be sent home to face justice
April 13, 2026
Private-sector members of Japan's key economic advisory panel proposed a new multi-year budget framework on Monday to ensure stable funding for
April 13, 2026
A separatist alliance in Cameroon's English-speaking regions said it would observe a three-day "safe travel passage" later this week to allow
April 13, 2026
Ghana said France was open to having discussions with a coalition of countries that are calling for reparations for transatlantic slavery, following a meeting
April 13, 2026
ASEAN foreign ministers called on Monday for the United States and Iran to continue negotiating a permanent end to their conflict, and to implement the ceasefire fully and
April 13, 2026
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April 12, 2026
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sparked a diplomatic row with Israel and criticism at home after comparing Israeli military actions against
April 13, 2026
Polling station delays and early uncertainty over the runoff contenders marked Peru’s general election on Sunday, as voters chose a new
April 12, 2026
Hedge funds last week piled into bets that stocks would rise, on expectations of a ceasefire in Iran, said two Goldman Sachs client notes on Saturday and
April 13, 2026
Britain and France will this week co-host talks aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including discussions on what President Emmanuel
April 13, 2026
Turkey's foreign minister raised concerns on Monday about Iran or the United States proposing any new regulations for transiting the Strait of Hormuz, and said he saw
April 13, 2026
Morgan Stanley left its Brent crude oil price forecasts unchanged on Monday, at $110 a barrel for the second quarter of 2026 and $100 a barrel in the third quarter, falling to $80
April 13, 2026
By Mike Dolan April 13 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan https://www.reuters.com/authors/mike-dolan/, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Oil prices zoomed back above
April 13, 2026
New bank lending in China jumped less than expected in March, while broad money and financing growth remained sufficient to support
April 13, 2026
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday uncertainty over the Middle East conflict was keeping markets unstable and could hurt factory output,
April 13, 2026
Turkey said on Monday that NATO allies should use their July summit in Ankara to reset ties with U.S.
April 13, 2026
China said a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would go against the international community's interests and urged calm and restraint by all sides.
April 13, 2026
Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending videos, British Prime Minister
April 13, 2026
Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, should create joint food reserves with fellow BRICS members and former Soviet neighbours to counter the risks
April 13, 2026
U.S.
April 13, 2026
Any European Central Bank rate rise will depend on how a war-fuelled surge in the cost of crude oil and some chemicals impacts other prices, ECB Vice President Luis de
April 13, 2026
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has postponed his upcoming show in Marseille
April 15, 2026
Volkswagen reported a 4% fall in global deliveries in the first three months of 2026, as weak demand in China and the U.S. weighed on the German automaker.
April 13, 2026
A diplomatic push is under way on a U.N.-led proposal to ensure safe passage for fertiliser shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, the U.N. said on
April 13, 2026
Pope Leo criticized violations of international law by 'neocolonial' world powers in a forceful speech on Monday during an Africa tour, hours after U.S.
April 13, 2026
Fifteen years after far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik detonated a bomb damaging much of Norway's government quarters, the prime minister and his
April 13, 2026
Pope Leo https://www.reuters.com/world/pope/ blasted violations of international law by "neocolonial" world powers in a forceful speech on Monday during
April 13, 2026
The murders of three young girls nL5N3OJ0WI at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in Britain in 2024 should have been prevented, but there was a "
April 13, 2026
Indian tankers that have transited through the Strait of Hormuz did not pay tolls to Iran, Tehran’s ambassador to New Delhi said on Monday, after U.S.
April 13, 2026
Baker Hughes said on Monday it will sell its unit, Waygate Technologies, to Sweden-based Hexagon for about $1.45 billion in cash, as the
April 13, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday said China should take on a more substantial role with issues including climate change, security, defense and the fight
April 13, 2026
A Nigerian airstrike at a village market in which more than 200 people are feared dead is the latest incident in which the military has hit civilian targets while pursuing
April 13, 2026
Argentina's consumer price inflation is set to cool this year by less than previously expected even as economic growth expectations have remained
April 13, 2026
OPEC on Monday lowered its forecast for world oil demand in the second quarter by 500,000 barrels per day, the producer group's monthly oil report showed in
April 13, 2026
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Monday after weekend talks between the U.S. and Iran failed to deliver a deal nL6N40V09S to end the war, threatening a nascent recovery
April 13, 2026
India's retail inflation rose modestly to 3.4% in March, government data showed on Monday, amid worries that a prolonged
April 13, 2026
The Philippines discovered cyanide on Chinese boats operating around a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, security officials from the country said on Monday.
April 13, 2026
European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is a clear point in favour of a "strong international
April 13, 2026
Budapest turned into a party zone well into the early hours on Monday with people dancing outside pubs and cars honking as supporters of the opposition Tisza party
April 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026
Medical scans and chips: the hidden fallout of the Iran war for China
April 15, 2026
Private credit defaults are relatively contained, with most of the stress in the sector being liquidity- and rate-driven, the head of Ares Management Corp
April 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026
Hungary’s election-winner Peter Magyar said on Wednesday he would need to hold talks with the leadership of oil company MOL, adding that ensuring fuel security would be
April 15, 2026
European shares slipped on Wednesday as the evolving situation in the Middle East kept investors cautious, while they also assessed a range of
April 15, 2026
Kering shares plunged as much as 10% on Wednesday after first-quarter sales at its Italian flagship brand Gucci dropped more than expected, underlining the challenges
April 15, 2026
Chinese officials have held initial talks with providers of equipment to make solar panels as they consider limiting exports of the most advanced technology
April 15, 2026
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha held a call with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Sa'ar to discuss a Russian vessel carrying what he described as grain stolen from Ukraine
April 15, 2026
Hezbollah adopts a new weapon: Fiber-optic drones, used widely in the war in Ukraine
The AP Interview: Ukraine bets on battlefield AI as the race for weapons autonomy intensifies
The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates on hold as it weighs the impact of Iran war
Royal recruits boost volunteers as the Netherlands builds up its military reservists
Schroder's halftime speech, 11 points in 4th quarter spark Cavaliers to victory over Raptors
Howden's short-handed goal gives Golden Knights 5-4 double-OT win over Mammoth and 3-2 series lead
Nathan Church steals another homer, this time giving the Cardinals a win over the Pirates