Germany's manufacturing sector accelerated in August, as a jump in new orders drove the strongest production growth since January 2022, a business survey showed on Tuesday.
September 01, 2026France's manufacturing sector grew in August, albeit slightly less than initially forecast, a survey by S&P Global showed on Tuesday.
September 01, 2026British finance minister John Healey told The Times newspaper he would set out a "clear path" to higher defence spending at the government's spring spending review, amid
September 01, 2026Iran has sufficient foreign currency reserves despite U.S. sanctions, Central Bank Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Tuesday, after U.S.
September 01, 2026Japan's benchmark 10-year bond yield hit 3% on Tuesday for the first time since September 1996, pushed higher by investor concerns about
September 01, 2026Shares in fast-fashion giant Shein fell in their Hong Kong market debut on Tuesday, hurt by numerous setbacks that delayed its listing and undermined the foundations of its
May 28, 2025Thailand's coastal city of Pattaya is preparing for a visit by the USS Abraham Lincoln, as the aircraft carrier makes its way back to the U.S. following a grueling deployment in the Middle East
September 01, 2026Japan's benchmark bond yield hit the 3% level for the first time since 1996 on Tuesday amid a broad-based global bond selloff, underscoring how inflation, fiscal concerns
September 01, 2026France started imposing fees on the extreme end of fast fashion on Tuesday to try to curb a surge in sales of cheap clothing sold by e-
September 01, 2026Japan and the United States agreed to continue coordinating to achieve "orderly" yen moves, which were crucial for global market stability
September 01, 2026By Deepa Seetharaman SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 31 - OpenAI denied Apple's allegations of trade secret theft on Monday, saying the iPhone maker failed to show any confidential information was stolen by former
September 01, 2026Shares in fast-fashion online retail giant Shein have begun trading on Hong Kong’s stock exchange after a long delay
September 01, 2026As Poland builds Europe's biggest army, it is pivoting toward domestic and other central European defence
September 01, 2026Global factory activity was humming last month as surging demand for AI hardware kept Asian factories busy while new orders in
September 01, 2026India's manufacturing sector expanded at its slowest pace in five years in August as demand remained soft, leading to job losses for the first time in more than two years
September 01, 2026A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Europe enters autumn with benchmark gas prices at 3-1/2-year highs and stocks at their lowest ever for the time of year on
September 01, 2026WPP is cutting up to 1,000 more jobs by year-end as Britain's biggest advertising group accelerates a restructuring programme under new chief Cindy Rose, the Financial Times
September 01, 2026When the U.S. joined Japan's efforts to shore up the yen, it wasn't for nothing. This week, U.S.
September 01, 2026South Korea on Tuesday unveiled its most aggressive fiscal spending plan on record, setting total government expenditure for 2027 at
September 01, 2026China on Tuesday objected to Taiwan's presence at the Pacific Islands Forum saying the democratically ruled island was not
September 01, 2026China's manufacturing sector expanded at a faster pace in August as output, new orders and exports all accelerated, a private-sector survey
September 01, 2026New Zealand and the U.S. will jointly fund a major upgrade of a World War Two port on a Cook Islands atoll, the three governments said on Tuesday, in a
September 01, 2026Shares in fast fashion giant Shein were set open flat in their Hong Kong market debut on Tuesday, hurt by numerous setbacks that have long delayed its listing and
September 01, 2026Japanese companies increased their pace of spending on plant and equipment in April-June, a sign of business confidence that could prompt an upgrade to
September 01, 2026Freedom Fuel won praise from Trump for selling cheap gas. Now a supplier claims it got gas it didn’t pay for
September 01, 2026Brazilian billionaire Joesley Batista, one of the owners of meatpacker JBS, met U.S.
September 01, 2026The White House on Monday released terms of the U.S.-Venezuela oil deal with North American Blue Energy Partners.
September 01, 2026Japan's manufacturing sector picked up in August as new business grew at the fastest pace since January 2018 on solid demand for semiconductors and AI-related products, a
September 01, 2026South Korea's factory sector recorded a ninth consecutive month of activity growth in August, underpinned by robust export demand, a survey showed on Tuesday.
September 01, 2026South Korea's exports surged 68.7% in August from a year earlier, extending their winning streak to a 15th consecutive month and outpacing analysts' forecasts
September 01, 2026The Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its examinations of firms behind so-called special purpose vehicles (SPVs) that claim to offer exposure to private company
September 01, 2026UCLA has fired athletic director Martin Jarmond after six years and is replacing him with former Los Angeles Lakers executive Tim Harris
September 01, 2026U.S. companies Chevron and GE Vernova, India's ONGC, Italy's Eni and Colombia's GeoPark are on track to sign final agreements
August 31, 2026FTC sues Amazon, alleging it overcharged advertisers
September 01, 2026The United Arab Emirates' Defense Ministry says that an Iranian drone has been intercepted over the UAE’s territorial waters
August 31, 2026British retailers raised prices by the most in more than two years last month, as higher energy prices pushed up the cost of some processed food and the artificial
September 01, 2026Bond yields rose and stocks fell on Monday as oil prices jumped more than 2%, with a resumption of military clashes
August 31, 2026Negotiators from Boeing and the union representing engineers and technical workers in Washington and other states will resume contract talks on September 8, the union
September 01, 2026Ares Management, a U.S.-based investment firm, said on Tuesday its real estate arm has raised 612 billion yen ($4 billion) for its fifth Japan
September 01, 2026A divided Supreme Court has allowed the White House to continue construction on a $400 million ballroom project as lawsuits play out
August 31, 2026The United States' move to welcome Russia back to a meeting of G20 countries on Monday while denying some
August 31, 2026The Supreme Court is allowing the White House to continue construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project while his administration appeals a judge’s order halting the work
September 01, 2026A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to force fossil fuel companies to contribute
September 01, 2026The benchmark 10-year U.S.
September 01, 2026JPMorgan Chase has hired investment banker Ward Jones as head of Mid-Cap Basic Materials Investment Banking, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters
September 01, 2026Brazilian and U.S. officials spoke virtually on Monday to discuss tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, and agreed to hold further meetings at a later date,
September 01, 2026State Farm was sued on Monday by Los Angeles County, which accused the largest U.S. home insurer of mishandling claims by victims of the January 2025 wildfires
September 01, 2026U.S.
September 01, 2026I feel your pain vs. ‘let Data Reign’: How Trump and his VP are out of step on data centers
September 01, 2026Oil prices rose and U.S. stocks fell after American forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first military action in a month
August 31, 2026The U.S.
August 31, 2026U.S. stocks weakened on Monday, with Wall Street turning the page on a volatile month as a war-related jump in crude prices revived
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026Amazon.com illegally raised prices for advertisers by surreptitiously raising the minimum price required to place ads that promote their products, the U.S.
September 01, 2026DEA makes kratom-related compounds Schedule I substances on an emergency basis
September 01, 2026The Trump administration will soon announce sharply lower vehicle fuel-economy standards, reversing a push by the prior administration to force
September 01, 2026‘OH SNAP!’ proposal would let families use benefits toward water bills
September 01, 2026Augusto Cury, a psychiatrist and best-selling author with no previous elected office experience, has emerged as a surprise contender in Brazil's
September 01, 2026(This Aug 27 story has been republished to change the image with no changes to text.)
August 28, 2026The highest-ranking officer in the U.S. military says there are no plans to send troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections
August 31, 2026Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday that the war in Ukraine needed to end for humanity's sake and that New Delhi would
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026Prediction market company Kalshi said on Monday it imposed a penalty of more than $71,000 on former U.S.
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026A U.S. judge said the former parent of Silicon Valley Bank cannot pursue a $1.71 billion claim against the FDIC stemming from the bank's March 2023 collapse, one
August 31, 2026An L.A. neighborhood was terrorized by a warehouse inferno. The big cleanup is done, but the suffocating stench remains
August 08, 2026Peru has entered the race to lead the International Labour Organization, its website showed on Monday, as the body grapples with a financial shortfall that may
August 31, 2026Kalshi permanently banned former U.S. congressman George Santos from its platform on Monday and imposed a penalty of $71,356, citing insider trading.
August 31, 2026Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday told Russian President Vladimir Putin that under their "strategic guidance and joint efforts", the foundations of bilateral ties will
August 31, 2026Aon said on Monday it will buy rival USI Insurance Services in a $17 billion deal from private equity firm KKR, in one of the biggest
August 31, 2026A massive long-term oil deal expected to grant the U.S. access to a fifth of Venezuela's crude reserves has energy experts and lawyers questioning its legality and
August 31, 2026President Donald Trump has accused U.S. oil refiners of gouging Americans, called for a Justice Department investigation and urged companies to use their bumper
August 31, 2026A decade ago, Hallie Shoffner quit a career in non-profits to help her aging parents run the family farm.
August 31, 2026Germany's largest union, IG Metall, on Monday warned of maximum resistance to any efforts by Volkswagen to unwind a previously
August 31, 2026Imagine a world where AI-powered trading is so prevalent, fast and effective that the Federal Reserve must give two news conferences, one for
August 31, 2026Australian home prices fell for a fifth month in August as the housing downturn spread to more cities and regional areas, data showed on Tuesday, with the risk of more
August 31, 2026Meta on Monday removed dozens of advertisements after India flagged a pattern of Facebook and Instagram ads using sexually explicit content to lure
August 31, 2026Israeli airstrikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said.
August 31, 2026Volkswagen's workers, management and political leaders must work together to minimise the impact of job and capacity cuts at
August 31, 2026Some ground crew at Australia's largest airline, Qantas Airways, on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over pay and job conditions.
August 31, 2026Oil jumped on escalating Iranian tensions, including an AI-generated post by U.S.
March 18, 2026Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Monday after military strikes between the U.S. and Iran drove up oil prices, fanning inflation worries as the interest-rate outlook turns
August 31, 2026Six months into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, Washington may find it harder to calm jittery oil
August 31, 2026German inflation rose in August on higher energy prices due to the Iran conflict, but the increase was less than expected and core inflation stabilised,
August 31, 2026Turkey has prepared a plan for the safe passage of grain via the Black Sea and is in contact with both Russia and Ukraine regarding it, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said
August 31, 2026Higher food inflation could squeeze spending on non-food discretionary items by absorbing a larger share of household disposable income, the Indian government said in its
August 31, 2026Italy's population will shrink by almost 4 million by 2050, undermining the sustainability of its economy and welfare system as the proportion of elderly people increases,
August 31, 2026A G20 gathering, key U.S. jobs data and central bank meetings in Canada and New Zealand all suggest there's not much downtime for traders catching up on that post-summer
August 28, 2026As rescuers in Nepal struggle to find hundreds of workers in the tunnels that were buried in last week's flooding, attention has focus on where to rebuild crucial hydropower projects
August 31, 2026India must uphold a water-sharing treaty with Pakistan it suspended amid bilateral tensions and must limit work on an hydroelectric plant it is building in the Kashmir
August 31, 2026Yorkville America, the asset manager behind President Donald Trump's Truth Social exchange-traded funds, is close to completing an
August 31, 2026Advanced AI threatens the world’s financial system, watchdog says
August 31, 2026How Tim Cook made Apple one of the world’s most valuable companies
August 31, 2026Japan’s Defense Ministry has disclosed details of an 8.9 trillion yen ($55.6 billion) budget request for the next fiscal year that officials say will increase significantly after the government adopts new security and defense plans later in the year
August 31, 2026Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is due to set a record as leading Italy's longest-serving administration on September 4.
August 31, 2026Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government took office in October 2022 and will become the longest-serving administration in the history of the Italian Republic on September 4
August 31, 2026European shares fell on Monday as fresh U.S.-Iran military strikes drove oil prices and bond yields higher, though the benchmark STOXX 600 marked
August 31, 2026Traders will return from their August breaks to a host of risks for markets, including rising concern about high government
August 28, 2026Financial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey said on Monday that the impact of AI on cyber risk was the most immediate concern for the global financial
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026Colleges around the country are seeking approval for a new federal grant program, Workforce Pell, to aid students enrolled for short-term job training
August 31, 2026Leaders from some of the world’s least populous states are gathering in Palau for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
August 31, 2026China's factory activity improved in August on stronger demand but remained in contraction, while services activity stayed weak, underscoring
August 31, 2026Russia sees NATO activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an article published on Monday, as the alliance
August 31, 2026Iran's energy hub of Kharg Island is being blown to smithereens, U.S.
August 31, 2026The dollar held steady near a two-week high on Monday as markets ramped up bets on a rate hike after hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh,
August 31, 2026The U.S.
August 31, 2026General Motors workers in Canada on Sunday approved an agreement that would build a new heavy-duty truck in Ontario, part of a pledge by the automaker to invest in a country now
August 31, 2026At least five heads of government were absent from talks at the annual Pacific Island Forum that began on Monday, as China-Taiwan tensions weighed
August 31, 2026Plans in one of Texas’ largest counties to use dozens fewer polling location than previous years is drawing protests from Democrats who say the reductions could create confusion in the November midterm elections
August 31, 2026U.S.
August 31, 2026Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the Trump administration plans to impose sanctions on another bank this week in effort to clamp down on Iran transactions
August 31, 2026The U.S. Treasury Department is preventing certain journalists from covering a finance meeting among the world’s most powerful countries
August 31, 2026Yemeni coffeehouses have gained culinary prominence in recent years, offering brews of coffee and tea seasoned with cardamom, ginger, cloves and other ingredients.
July 20, 2026Google Maps changes Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ in US searches
August 31, 2026Aon Plc is close to an agreement to acquire insurance brokerage USI Insurance Services from private equity firm KKR for about $17 billion, including debt, the Wall Street Journal
August 30, 2026Ukraine's new defence minister said he would outline a "clear vision" for Kyiv's partners of how his country plans to fight Russia, as the government tries to
August 30, 2026Iceland's voters have rejected a referendum to restart negotiations to join the European Union
August 30, 2026Brazil’s black market for weight-loss drugs is booming. Smugglers are cashing in
August 30, 2026Young Massachusetts voters agree that 80-year-old U.S. Sen. Ed Markey stumbled when asked during a debate how he uses artificial intelligence
August 30, 2026Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has thrown his weight behind a new global defence bank intended to help allies
August 30, 2026Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday introduced measures to address rising living costs and support businesses, including restoring higher quotas for
August 30, 2026Europe's central bankers are leaving an annual getaway with their U.S. counterparts far from reassured that
August 30, 2026Six months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, the direst economic predictions haven't come true
August 30, 2026Volunteers rescued a climber who was stranded on a ledge in the Sierra Nevada in an operation that spanned more than 15 hours
August 30, 2026Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the U.S. would remain in force for 25 years, target an increase in crude output
August 30, 2026The U.S. government plans to take a 35% passive stake in Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt’s North American Blue Energy Partners, the Wall Street Journal reported on
August 30, 2026In Puerto Rico, even when it doesn’t rain, it pours
August 28, 2026General Motors plans to assemble a heavy-duty pickup at an Ontario plant as part of a tentative deal with a key union that would pump C$1.1 billion ($791.31
August 30, 2026Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York’s LaGuardia Airport about an hour early on the night that an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots
August 29, 2026Voters in Iceland are deciding whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union
August 29, 2026U.S.
August 29, 2026Trump is letting in 300,000 tons of beef duty-free. Don’t expect cheaper burgers
August 29, 2026A new CNN analysis reveals young people in the U.S. aged 18 to 21 have placed wagers worth $5.4 billion on the Kalshi prediction market so far this year. Marshall Cohen breakdowns the numbers, and the backlash.
August 28, 2026Six months into the Iran war, Iranian Americans remain divided over what comes next
August 29, 2026Trump is staking out extreme positions on White House secrecy, legal experts say
August 29, 2026Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh provided his most detailed insights yet on how he views the central bank's fight against inflation in a high-profile speech an at annual economic conference in Jackson Hole Friday
August 29, 2026Mayor Robert Morris of Cave Creek, Arizona, is worried about more water shortages from the severely depleted Colorado River
August 29, 2026Climate change has become a less prominent election-year issue for Democrats as voters say concerns such as affordability are more pressing
August 29, 2026One of the main players in a struggle to agree a restructuring plan for Volkswagen AG, Lower Saxony state Premier Olaf Lies, said there was heavy pressure on all sides to
August 29, 2026Wall Street will get several important updates this week about the health of the U.S. jobs market
August 27, 2026President Donald Trump on Friday announced an unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela's vast oil reserves, betting that American companies
August 29, 2026Can Trump actually change Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’? Here’s what to know
August 28, 2026President Donald Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that, if realized, could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country’s untapped oil reserves, at cost
August 29, 2026Trump says US reaches deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of country’s oil reserves
August 29, 2026The Tampa Bay Rays have secured county approval for a financing plan to build a new stadium
August 29, 2026Investors were heartened on Friday by new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's stated resolve to tame high
August 29, 2026(Fixes name of podcast to Rapid Response in paragraph 16) By Michael S.
August 29, 2026Pinterest said on Friday Chief Financial Officer Julia Donnelly will leave on October 30, and the company has launched an external search for
August 29, 2026Iran condemned the United States' new economic sanctions on Friday as "state terrorism" while its supreme leader
August 28, 2026Hundreds of protesters have rallied on the National Mall for a march in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm election
August 28, 2026U.S.
August 28, 2026Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold military’s ban on transgender service members
August 29, 2026American diplomats and at least some of their family members are beginning to return to U.S. embassies in the Middle East
August 29, 2026California on Friday sued the Trump administration and an offshore wind developer over a deal that canceled a planned project off the state's Central Coast in exchange for a $120
August 29, 2026The bond market swung as investors built bets that the Federal Reserve may hike interest rates soon to get the nation’s high inflation under control
August 28, 2026Woman dies after tree falls on camper during severe storms
August 29, 2026E-cigarette maker Juul Labs has received U.S. permission to sell an updated version of its vaping device
August 29, 2026Argentina's booming beef exports to the United States could face a new test after Washington moved to widen tariff-free access for suppliers, potentially increasing
August 29, 2026Brazil's central bank is studying measures to curb the rising debt burden of the country's consumers but plans first to
August 29, 2026Wall Street's main indexes ended lower on Friday, with investors turning cautious after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh
August 28, 2026The Trump administration on Friday appealed a court order requiring it to make payments for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel project after losing its
August 28, 2026Brazil's economy created a net 58,568 formal jobs in July, data from the Labor Ministry showed on Friday, below the 112,000 net openings expected by economists in a
August 28, 2026Stablecoins do not credibly function as a means of payment at scale and tokenized deposits offer a more compelling case to harness the benefits of this new
August 28, 2026A federal judge on Friday declined to immediately block U.S.
August 28, 2026(Corrects last paragraph to say it is the Navy's longest deployment, not the longest deployment for the USS Gerald R.
August 27, 2026The Trump administration is limiting an Egyptian bank's operations in the United Arab Emirates and accusing the financial institution of supporting Iran's leadership
August 28, 2026Trump says he’ll make it easier for ranchers to process their own food after blowback over his beef policies
August 28, 2026Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh says inflation is still too high and suggested the central bank may have to raise interest rates in the coming months to bring it down, a clearer signal than he has sent before about his economic outlook
August 28, 2026Aggressive efforts by the U.S.
August 28, 2026Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Friday that he still saw little sign that the surge in energy prices caused by the U.S.-Iran conflict was creating serious longer-term
August 28, 2026The European Central Bank should embrace blockchain technology to safeguard its role at the heart of the financial system, ECB board member Isabel Schnabel
August 28, 2026The Federal Reserve will "have work to do" if policymakers are not confident that underlying inflation is returning to its 2% target, Chair Kevin Warsh said on Friday in
August 28, 2026An Israeli strike killed a Hamas operative and two of his accomplices in the West Bank on Friday, the military said, in a rare use of deadly air power in the
August 28, 2026Canada recorded a sharply lower C$370 million ($266.57 million) budget deficit for the first three months of the 2026/27 fiscal year as government expenditures grew
August 28, 2026Institutional investors are increasing allocations to private credit in Asia.
August 28, 2026Canada's economy rebounded sharply in the second quarter after six months of virtually no growth, aided by a strong jump in exports and solid domestic
August 28, 2026U.S. employment grew slightly less than previously estimated in the 12 months through March, the government said on Friday, suggesting the modest pace of job creation that has
August 28, 2026Cuban Gabriela Lopez runs a rescue center called Aldameros that would melt the heart of any cat lover.
August 28, 2026(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
August 28, 2026PayPal shares fell 12% in morning trading on Friday, after reports that a consortium of buyout firm Advent International and
August 28, 2026The U.S. dollar saw strong gains on Friday, putting it on track for its biggest daily climb in 2-1/2 months after U.S.
August 28, 2026MSCI's global equities gauge fell in a choppy session on Friday, while short-dated U.S.
August 28, 2026By Natalia A.
August 28, 2026The Cambodian government has claimed a milestone in its fight against the scam industry accused of stealing billions of dollars from victims around the world, with officials saying
August 28, 2026(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
August 28, 2026Oil prices settled lower on Friday, also down for the week as traders evaluated hints about the U.S.
August 28, 2026Black lung rates soar in Appalachia, residents say more needs to be done
August 28, 2026President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to change the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” his latest escalation as he engages in a tense trade war with Canada. During the signing, he said, “We have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean."
August 28, 2026President Donald Trump marks an awkward moment in his second White House term as the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran reaches the six-month mark
August 28, 2026Congo government figures show that the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo
August 28, 2026Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh stays quiet on interest rates but calls inflation ‘concerning’
August 28, 2026Japanese authorities spent a record 15.4 trillion yen ($96.5 billion) intervening in foreign exchange markets over the past month to support the local
August 28, 2026The U.N. refugee agency has scaled back its budget by 16% and lowered its official headcount by around 3,500 as it adapts to new financial constraints at a
August 28, 2026India's industrial output growth slowed to 6.7% year-on-year in July, data showed on Friday, as mining activity contracted, with growth in manufacturing
August 28, 2026Global equity funds snapped a 13-week streak of inflows in the week ended August 26, as investors turned cautious ahead of an earnings report from AI heavyweight Nvidia and
August 28, 2026The Bank of Canada will keep its overnight rate at 2.25% on Wednesday and leave it unchanged for at least another year, according to a Reuters poll of
August 28, 2026Chip designer Marvell Technology's shares fell more than 8% to $221.6 in early trading on Friday as investors looked beyond the company's solid results in search of
August 28, 2026Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.
August 28, 2026A Chinese court on Friday handed Jiang Chaoliang, former party boss of the central province of Hubei, a suspended death sentence over corruption and said he took in bribes
August 28, 2026U.S. retailers, manufacturers and small businesses are paying hefty fuel surcharges to ship their goods, not only as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran
August 28, 2026A federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S.
August 28, 2026(This Aug 27 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
August 28, 2026The Iran war has reached its endgame: a costly stalemate.
August 27, 2026The Federal Reserve is much more powerful than it was 20 years ago, which has prompted calls for a reset in how it answers to Congress and the public.
August 28, 2026Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global expects to invest more than $200 million in Argentina this year to launch new services in smaller cities
August 28, 2026What's in a cheese name?
August 28, 2026Commodity trader Radiant World is under scrutiny as counterparties have stopped doing business with it following news that authorities are investigating a report it provided
August 28, 2026Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region that hit numerous buildings and storage depots
August 28, 2026After King Harald V’s death, what comes next for Norway’s scandal-prone royals?
August 28, 2026A political transition is underway during the late days of summer
August 28, 2026Young adults under 21 traded $5 billion on Kalshi this year, amid prediction market frenzy
August 28, 2026Italian business and consumer confidence rose in August, data showed on Friday, in a positive sign for the prospects of the euro zone's third largest economy.
August 28, 2026Germany's chemical industry saw a sharp improvement in business sentiment in August, with companies turning positive on current conditions for
August 28, 2026In the pre-dawn darkness on an island in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwanese troops earlier this month pulled long, gleaming 105mm shells from
August 28, 2026The rise in French consumer prices accelerated in August, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Friday.
August 28, 2026Sudanese welder Shannan Mohammed has been building furniture for a family in Omdurman little by little as constant blackouts interrupt his work.
August 28, 2026The number of unemployed people in Germany rose slightly less than expected in August, labour office figures showed on Friday.
August 28, 2026Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has unveiled plans for a national dialogue aimed at easing political tensions, which have risen over a bill that
August 28, 2026(This Aug 28 story has been repeated with no changes to text.)
August 28, 2026French growth flatlined in the second quarter, the national statistics agency said on Friday, revising down a preliminary reading and casting doubt on the outlook for the
August 28, 2026European shares rose on Friday, as French stocks rebounded from the previous session's selloff, while investors assessed Federal Reserve Chair Kevin
August 28, 2026Japan's government aims to keep new government bond issuance to around 40 trillion yen ($251 billion) for the fiscal 2027 budget,
August 28, 2026From the Editor U.S. President Donald Trump originally said the Iran war would last four to five weeks, but we’re now hitting the six-month mark.
August 28, 2026Far-right leader Marine Le Pen sought to woo France's business leaders on
August 27, 2026A tiny nordic nation weighs moving closer to Europe under the shadow of Trump
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