The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on Sunday, as
November 30, 2025
British finance minister Rachel Reeves on Sunday denied she misled the public over official forecasts ahead of this month's budget, saying she had been honest
November 30, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he was naming Ukraine's former ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, as his new adviser on reconstruction and investment.
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South Korea's biggest online retailer, Coupang, apologised on Sunday over the breach of personal information from 33.7 million customer accounts through
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OPEC+ agreed to leave oil output levels unchanged for the first quarter of 2026 at its meetings on Sunday as the
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was once critical of English
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Eight more wild boar with suspected cases of African swine fever were discovered near Barcelona, La Vanguardia newspaper reported on Sunday, as Spain struggles to limit the
November 30, 2025
Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ a deal can be reached to end the war after US-Ukraine talks in Florida
November 30, 2025
Swiss voters have decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms as men must do already
November 30, 2025
Australian home prices jumped in November but gains in Sydney and Melbourne slowed, as expectations there would be no interest rate cuts anytime soon undermined sentiment in
November 30, 2025
Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected a proposed 50% tax on inherited fortunes of 50 million Swiss francs ($62 million) or more, with 78% of votes against the plan,
November 30, 2025
White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Sunday that he would be happy to serve as the next chairman of the U.S.
November 30, 2025
Greek farmers clashed with police on Sunday during protests in central and northern regions over the delayed payment of European Union subsidies prompted by an
November 30, 2025
U.S. and Ukrainian officials held what both sides called productive talks on Sunday about a Russia peace deal, with Secretary of State Marco
November 30, 2025
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UnitedHealth Group has agreed to sell its last South American business Banmedica to Brazilian private equity group Patria Investments for $1 billion,
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“Zootopia 2" broke box office records with a massive Thanksgiving weekend opening
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Data analytics firm Databricks is in talks to raise $5 billion at a valuation of $134 billion, which is roughly 32 times this year's expected sales of about $4.1 billion, The
November 30, 2025
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dismissed on Sunday U.S.
November 30, 2025
Australia's Treasury Wine Estates said on Monday it expects to write off A$687.4 million ($449.56 million) from the value of its U.S. assets due to
November 30, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was proud of last week's budget, defending not only what he described as the "fair
November 30, 2025
Oil prices rose more than 1% on Monday following drone attacks by Ukraine, the closure of Venezuelan airspace by the United States, and OPEC's decision to
November 30, 2025
Embattled stock exchange operator Australian Securities Exchange is facing fresh pressure to enact its turnaround plan, after its announcements platform suffered an
November 30, 2025
Revenues at China's giant military firms fell last year as corruption purges slowed arms contracts and procurement, according to a study released on Monday
November 30, 2025
Italian cultural officials are offering digital copies of Italian masterpieces as part of a new project to help museums raise money
November 30, 2025
Japan's manufacturing activity shrank for the fifth consecutive month in November, weighed by sluggish demand, though the outlook improved slightly, a private-sector survey
December 01, 2025
Maduro resurfaces in Caracas, as Trump says he has spoken to Venezuelan president
December 01, 2025
South Korea's exports rose in November for a sixth consecutive month, beating market expectations, as chip sales hit a record on strong technology demand while autos also
December 01, 2025
South Korea's factory activity contracted for a second straight month in November, as demand remained subdued, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, though a finalised
December 01, 2025
Japanese corporate spending on factories and equipment rose 2.9% in July-September against the same period the year before, Ministry of Finance data showed
December 01, 2025
Optimism in Britain's services sector declined at the fastest pace in three years in the three months to November, hurt by ongoing cost pressures that have eroded profits,
December 01, 2025
Shoppers scoured for deals everything from electronics to clothing on Cyber Monday, delivering strong sales for online retailers and capping a five-day spending spree that kicked off on Thanksgiving
December 01, 2025
The governor of Indonesia's central bank said on Monday that Bank Indonesia would next year bring the rupiah to trade at 16,500 per U.S. dollar, or even 16,400, adding he is
December 01, 2025
Manufacturing was weak in the U.S., Europe and Asia's biggest economies in November, business surveys showed on Monday, as subdued domestic demand and
December 01, 2025
The Bank of Japan will consider the "pros and cons" of raising interest rates at its next policy meeting, Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday, giving the
December 01, 2025
BEIJING, Dec 1 - China's new home prices rose at a faster pace in November, but prices in the secondary market declined further in a sign that the crisis-hit property sector has yet to bottom out,
December 01, 2025
Global shares fell and U.S.
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Six thousand Black Angus cattle chew on rolled barley, silage, cottonseed and molasses, fattening up in three rows of shaded pens under the hot
December 01, 2025
The dollar slipped against the Japanese yen on Monday following Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's strongest indication to date that
December 01, 2025
Commodity trader Gunvor has held active talks to invest in U.S. oil- and gas-producing assets, which could smooth over ties with the Trump administration
December 01, 2025
China's factory activity in November contracted slightly as production growth came to a halt and new orders slowed, a private-sector survey showed on Monday.
December 01, 2025
India's robust growth numbers for the September quarter are raising questions about the need for lower rates even as record-low inflation gives the central bank
December 01, 2025
U.S. stocks gave back some of last week’s rally, as bitcoin fell sharply again
December 01, 2025
Taiwan is aiming for tariffs on its exports to the United States to be cut to 15% from 20% now, though help in training U.S. workers is not among the "conditions" figuring in
December 01, 2025
Star Entertainment has elected Bruce Mathieson Jr. as chairman, cementing the billionaire Mathieson family’s grip on the embattled casino firm after the family and U.S. gaming group
December 01, 2025
Indonesia posted a smaller-than-expected trade surplus in October after exports unexpectedly fell, official data showed on Monday,
December 01, 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) was hit by an outage to its announcements platform on Monday, the latest setback for the stock exchange operator that is already
December 01, 2025
Australia will reorganise its defence department, forming a Defence Delivery Agency and appointing a national armaments director to improve defence spending and delivery,
December 01, 2025
The first job for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's new chief as she starts work on Monday is to make the central bank boring again, following a
December 01, 2025
Missouri has become the latest state to launch sports betting
December 01, 2025
Hong Kong authorities say some of the netting on buildings that caught fire last week did not meet codes for fire resistance
December 01, 2025
European shares ended lower on Monday, with defence and Airbus-led industrial stocks weighing heavily on the main index, kicking off the new
December 01, 2025
Thailand's central bank is planning measures to ease the upward pressure on the baht, including having banks tighten their controls on gold-related foreign exchange
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December 01, 2025
Standard Chartered revised its forecast for China's 2026 gross domestic product growth to 4.6% from 4.3%, citing the country's resilient exports and continued gains in
December 01, 2025
Rescuers in Sri Lanka were scrambling on Monday to clear roads and deliver aid to more than half a million people hit by a cyclone last week, as the
December 01, 2025
Honduran presidential candidates Nasry Asfura and Salvador Nasralla were practically tied in the latest vote count on Monday, with both holding just under 40% of the
December 01, 2025
The chief of South Korea's financial market watchdog said on Monday authorities would review protection measures for retail investors regarding foreign exchange risks amid
December 01, 2025
Russia's manufacturing sector witnessed a steeper decline in output in November, as supply shortages and reduced new orders continued to weigh heavily on production, a survey
December 01, 2025
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HSBC said on Monday it had signed a multi-year deal with French start-up Mistral AI to integrate generative artificial intelligence tools across the bank, aiming to speed up
December 01, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee The year that started with a rate hike in Japan might just end with another after the clearest signal yet from Bank of Japan
December 01, 2025
Amazon and Google introduced a jointly developed multicloud networking service on Sunday to meet growing demand for reliable connectivity the companies said in a statement, at a
December 01, 2025
Taps may run dry in this country, where the water crisis is so severe it can be seen from space
December 01, 2025
OSCE election observers said on Monday that a weekend parliamentary election in Kyrgyzstan had been efficiently run, but stifled by a restrictive campaign
December 01, 2025
Bitcoin slumped on Monday, with the world's largest cryptocurrency down about 6% and on track for its biggest daily
December 01, 2025
Norway's Labour government failed to win backing for its 2026 draft budget by an end-November deadline but talks will resume in parliament
December 01, 2025
Britain's manufacturing sector recorded its first increase in activity since September 2024 last month, bolstered by improved domestic demand and less of a slowdown in orders
December 01, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will pay his first official visit to Ireland on Tuesday, the government said in a statement.
December 01, 2025
Hong Kong's retail sales by value rose 6.9% in October from a year earlier, the sixth month of gains, as recovery in retail sales gathered strength and sales of most broad
December 01, 2025
Fund managers are picking Chinese industrial stocks and holding volatile tech shares, betting a two-year-old equities rally
December 01, 2025
Euro zone manufacturing activity slipped back into contraction territory in November on weakening demand that forced firms to cut jobs at the quickest rate in seven
December 01, 2025
A monthly gauge of South African manufacturing sentiment saw its sharpest drop of the year in November, a purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey showed on Monday.
December 01, 2025
German consumer sentiment has slumped to its lowest point of the year, just as shoppers should be flocking to stores for Christmas gifts, raising concerns
December 01, 2025
Germany's manufacturing sector experienced a marked deterioration in business conditions in November, as new orders fell at the fastest rate in ten months,
December 01, 2025
French manufacturing contracted further in November as a drop in production and slower demand for goods hit the sector, a survey from S&P Global said on Monday.
December 01, 2025
Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar, a new report showed
December 01, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about government finances before last week's tax-hiking budget
December 01, 2025
The UK is poised to agree on a major pharmaceuticals deal with the U.S., which will mean zero import tariffs on pharmaceutical products into the U.S. and lead to an increase in NHS
December 01, 2025
Tesla registrations in several key European markets plunged in November from a year earlier as the U.S.
December 01, 2025
Airbus confirmed on Monday it faced an industrial quality issue with metal panels on some A320-family jets, in its latest challenge after a recall to fix a
December 01, 2025
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December 01, 2025
U.S. stocks closed modestly lower on Monday, weighed down by a jump in Treasury yields and economic data that showed tariffs remained a drag on the
December 01, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week's budget had retained market confidence which was key to providing stability for investors and businesses, and would in
December 01, 2025
Analysts are expecting Canadian banks to report strong fourth-quarter results this week, benefiting from business at their investment banking and wealth
December 01, 2025
The residents came in camouflage hats and red shirts signaling unity, more than 300 of them packing into a rural
December 01, 2025
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December 01, 2025
Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is facing mounting criticism over his government’s slow response to deadly
December 01, 2025
Blue Owl's turnabout decisions in the last two weeks – to merge, and then not merge, and then maybe merge two of its private credit funds at a later time –
December 01, 2025
Spain, which is mobilising to contain an outbreak of African swine fever in Barcelona, received confirmation from major pork importer
December 01, 2025
Ruling party lawmakers in Italy are backtracking from assertions that the central bank's $300 billion in gold reserves belong to the state, a document showed, in a bid to avoid
December 01, 2025
Pope Leo gathered leaders of Lebanon's religious communities next to the old frontline of the country's sectarian civil war on Monday and urged peaceful
December 01, 2025
Organizers say that interest in local, grassroots initiatives to meet community needs has been growing
December 01, 2025
BofA Global Research on Monday said it now expects the U.S.
December 01, 2025
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December 01, 2025
Nvidia has invested $2 billion in chip design software maker Synopsys as part of an expanded multi-year tie-up to jointly develop new tools for
December 01, 2025
Goldman Sachs said on Monday it will buy active exchange-traded fund sponsor Innovator Capital Management in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $2 billion, as the Wall Street bank
December 01, 2025
The United States and Britain announced a deal on Monday to secure zero tariffs on British pharmaceutical products
December 01, 2025
Eli Lilly said on Monday it has lowered the price of single-dose vials of its popular obesity drug Zepbound to make the treatment more affordable for U.S. patients, as demand for
December 01, 2025
Trump holds Venezuela Oval Office meeting amid growing questions about his military moves
December 01, 2025
Omnicom said on Monday it will lay off more than 4,000 employees and fold several well-known advertising agency brands after its $13 billion acquisition of rival
December 01, 2025
Stellantis Chief Executive Antonio Filosa on Monday welcomed Berlin's call to soften European Union car emissions rules, saying Germany's proposals aligned with industry
December 01, 2025
India's current account deficit moderated in the July-to-September quarter on the back of a lower merchandise trade deficit, the Reserve Bank of India said on
December 01, 2025
Global commodity trading house Gunvor's CEO Torbjorn Tornqvist will step down and sell his shareholding in a management buyout, weeks after
December 01, 2025
Dec 1, 2025 - UK stocks dipped on Monday, dragged down by losses in industrials stocks, amid a general risk-off global sentiment across markets, with investors monitoring domestic data sets and the
December 01, 2025
India's current account deficit moderated in the July-September quarter on the back of a lower merchandise trade deficit, the Reserve Bank of India said on Monday.
December 01, 2025
The Moss Landing battery fire became an unintended experiment – showing how burning lithium-ion cells scattered nickel, cobalt and manganese over a protected marsh.
December 01, 2025
Iran’s sprawling cities and irrigated agriculture, along with tight market controls, have left the country vulnerable to drought. There are steps that would help.
December 01, 2025
Research on millionaire migration reveals that social and professional ties matter far more than marginal tax rates.
December 01, 2025
1 in 5 students in the US are living in rural areas.
December 01, 2025
The founders’ vision of the speaker of the House – a nonpartisan moderator and referee – has yielded to a far more powerful position. But has Speaker Mike Johnson given away his chamber’s power?
December 01, 2025
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December 01, 2025
First they lost their parents in a fire. Now, the city is billing them for the demolition costs.
December 01, 2025
Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Monday as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of fresh economic data and a closely watched speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome
December 01, 2025
Canada's manufacturing sector contracted at a steeper pace in November as trade uncertainty continued to hold back output and new orders, data showed on
December 01, 2025
Nigeria's economic growth slowed to 3.98% year-on-year in the third quarter, data showed on Monday, as inflation and tight monetary
December 01, 2025
Barrick Mining said on Monday it was exploring an initial public offering of a subsidiary that would hold its North American gold assets as bullion prices this
December 01, 2025
Accenture will equip tens of thousands of its IT professionals with ChatGPT Enterprise through a partnership with OpenAI, as the consulting firm looks to capitalize on the growing
December 01, 2025
Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe said on Monday it had agreed with union IG Metall to cut or outsource about 11,000 jobs, or 40% of its workforce, and reduce production capacity to a
December 01, 2025
Spanish carrier Iberia on Monday extended the suspension of its flights to Venezuela until December 31, citing a recommendation from Spain's aviation safety agency AESA, as
December 01, 2025
JPMorgan doubled its Swiss domestic private banking business between 2020 and 2024 and aims to do so again by 2030 as it targets the country's wealthiest
December 01, 2025
A Democrat who served four years as Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor and narrowly lost a 2022 U.S. Senate bid is running for governor in the battleground state
December 02, 2025
'We can adjust pricing quite quickly': MSU professor explains dynamic pricing on Cyber Monday
December 01, 2025
Trump commutes sentence of private equity CEO convicted of fraud
December 01, 2025
"The Big Short" investor Michael Burry took aim at electric automaker Tesla in a blog post, saying the Elon Musk-led company is "ridiculously overvalued", days
December 01, 2025
Top Russian banker Andrei Kostin said that Moscow would retaliate if the European Union used frozen Russian sovereign assets for a loan to Ukraine, and said
December 01, 2025
Blackstone is "seriously contemplating" abandoning its bid for British self-storage company Big Yellow Group ahead of the upcoming deadline for a firm offer, Sky News reported on
December 01, 2025
Remittances to Mexico declined 1.7% from a year earlier in October, the nation's central bank said on Monday, totaling $5.64
December 01, 2025
The U.S.
December 01, 2025
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it screened 3.13 million airline passengers on Sunday, the highest number for a single day.
December 01, 2025
Russian companies are eyeing expansion opportunities in the countries of the Global South and still have global ambitions despite
December 01, 2025
U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag
December 01, 2025
Newell Brands will cut 900 jobs, or 3.8% of its global workforce, and take up to $90 million in restructuring charges, the Sharpie maker said on Monday.
December 01, 2025
Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said on Monday she would need to see more signs of weakening in
December 01, 2025
Bitcoin and companies tied to cryptocurrencies have extended a nearly two-month swoon, tracking with a broader market sell-off in technology companies that many see as overvalued
December 01, 2025
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December 01, 2025
Airbus finds another issue affecting its best-selling A320 passenger planes
December 01, 2025
New York City officials say Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 New York City workers to settle claims it denied them stable schedules and arbitrarily cut their hours
December 01, 2025
U.S.
December 01, 2025
The U.S. on Monday assumed the 12-month presidency of the Group of 20 major economies amid a bitter feud with outgoing president South
December 01, 2025
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that attacks on commercial ships in the Black Sea
December 01, 2025
Shopify said it had fixed certain issues related to logging in to the online shopping platform that impacted thousands of customers and several small businesses on Cyber Monday.
December 01, 2025
Elliott Investment Management's affiliate Amber Energy plans to keep Citgo Petroleum's refineries, terminals and other connected assets once it takes
December 01, 2025
The head of Britain's fiscal watchdog resigned on Monday after the agency last week inadvertently released key details of the government's
December 01, 2025
Nippon Steel sees the weak performance at its newly acquired U.S.
December 01, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump held talks on Monday with top advisers to discuss the pressure campaign on Venezuela, among other topics, a senior U.S. official said.
December 01, 2025
U.S. liquefied natural gas exports hit an all-time monthly high in November for the second straight month, driven by cooler weather and robust output from
December 01, 2025
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December 01, 2025
December 2 is the date this year when nonprofit organizations will celebrate Giving Tuesday, a global movement encouraging philanthropy on the heels of
December 01, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to sign a peace agreement, the White House said.
December 01, 2025
Nearly 44% of the 16,000 truck driving programs listed nationwide by the government may be forced to close if they lose their students after a review by the federal Transportation Department found they may not be complying with government requirements
December 01, 2025
Canada has reached an agreement to join the European Union's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative, which will give Canadian defense companies expanded access to the
December 01, 2025
Citadel's flagship fund Wellington posted a 1.4% return in November, boosting the fund's performance for the year to 8.3%, according
December 01, 2025
A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday pleaded guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother struck a
December 01, 2025
The Transportation Security Administration has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID will face a $45 fee starting in February
December 01, 2025
A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Bristol Myers Squibb's bid to dismiss a $6.7 billion lawsuit claiming it cheated shareholders of the former Celgene by
December 01, 2025
By Daniel Wiessner Dec 1 - Starbucks has agreed to pay $38.9 million to settle claims by New York City that the coffee chain violated a local law requiring fast food businesses to give workers
December 01, 2025
The U.S. will lower import duties on South Korean autos to 15% effective retroactively to November 1 and match the reciprocal tariffs imposed on Japan and the EU, Commerce
December 01, 2025
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned that China poses "national security threats" to Britain, but defended his government's decision to step up
December 01, 2025
Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population, according to
December 01, 2025
Costco has sued the U.S. government to ensure it will receive refunds if the Supreme Court rejects President Donald Trump's bid for sweeping authority
December 01, 2025
Swiss food giant Nestlé is working with investment bank Morgan Stanley to review options, including a potential sale, of its Blue Bottle Coffee chain,
December 01, 2025
Ukraine launched an offer to investors to swap $3.2 billion of complex and costly GDP warrants for international bonds on Monday, the government said, as
December 01, 2025
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has taken a stake in Thrive Holdings as part of a partnership to embed artificial intelligence into traditional industries such
December 01, 2025
For travelers from the United States and Israel, visiting Bolivia has just become a little easier
December 01, 2025
President Donald Trump has announced plans to reconstruct Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia
December 02, 2025
The U.S.
December 01, 2025
Shoppers spent $17.3 billion online on Cyber Monday, Salesforce data showed, capping the Black Friday weekend. Global online sales were up 5.3% through 12 p.m.
December 01, 2025
Amazon.com said on Monday it is testing ultra-fast delivery of household essentials and fresh groceries in parts of Seattle and Philadelphia, as the company doubles down on efforts
December 01, 2025
New Zealand's new central bank governor said on Tuesday the bank's top priority would remain keeping inflation low and stable while
December 01, 2025
Global bond yields rose and stocks fell on Monday after Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda hinted that interest rates may rise later this month,
December 01, 2025
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday formally proposed slashing the core U.N. budget for next year by $577 million and
December 01, 2025
Thousands of people rallied in the Bulgarian capital Sofia and several other cities on Monday, protesting against the 2026 budget plan, the first drafted in euros before the
December 01, 2025
Trump turns to unconventional negotiating team heading to Russia in push for Ukraine peace deal
December 01, 2025
Venezuela’s Maduro lost two allies in a week. What regional partners does he have left?
December 02, 2025
British store chains last month reported lower inflation in the run up to Black Friday sales but higher costs in 2026 mean retailers might struggle to keep inflation on its
December 02, 2025
Britain's private sector expects output to slide over the next three months in their gloomiest outlook since May, as cautious consumer spending and cost pressures continue to
December 02, 2025
U.S. shoppers spent $9.1 billion online on Cyber Monday, Adobe Analytics said, capping a strong Black Friday weekend marked by splurges from wealthier consumers and deal-hunting by
December 01, 2025
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is running out of options to step down and leave his country under U.S.-guaranteed safe
December 01, 2025
South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.4% in November from a year earlier, driven by higher food and services costs, bolstering the case for the Bank of Korea to
December 01, 2025
Canada has joined a major European Union defense fund
December 01, 2025
CNN's Erin Burnett talks to Republican Congressman Mike Turner of the Armed Services Committee about the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats from Venezuela and whether the strikes were illegal.
December 02, 2025
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Tuesday she sees no gap between the government and the Bank of Japan on their assessment of the economy, after the central
December 02, 2025
The Trump administration has agreed to take a stake in xLight - a startup seeking to develop free-electron lasers viewed as key to making faster
December 02, 2025
Australia's government spending jumped in the third quarter to add to a long-awaited rebound in business investment, setting the stage for a solid economic performance.
December 02, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China this week for his fourth state visit, as Europe seeks to balance economic and security threats from
December 02, 2025
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said U.S. chipmaker Intel has announced an additional investment of 860 million ringgit ($208 million) in the country for
December 02, 2025
Australia on Tuesday unveiled a roadmap to ramp up the adoption of artificial intelligence across its economy but said it would rely on existing laws to manage
December 02, 2025
The dollar regained ground against the yen, recovering from Monday's selloff, even as expectations for a December rate hike by the Bank of Japan
December 02, 2025
Visiting Vientiane, the world’s youngest Communist capital
December 02, 2025
Global shares rose on Tuesday and both cryptocurrencies and global government bonds stabilised after the previous day's selloff, which
December 02, 2025
Oil prices declined 1% on Tuesday as markets weighed faltering Russia-Ukraine peace hopes against fears of oversupply.
December 02, 2025
The U.S. stock market held steadier as both bond yields and bitcoin stabilized
December 02, 2025
Entrepreneur Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, will deposit $250 in the individual investment accounts of 25 million American children in
December 02, 2025
A second influential proxy adviser has recommended institutional investors vote against re-electing Westpac non-executive director Peter
December 02, 2025
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December 02, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin met U.S.
December 02, 2025
A decade after it began working on a capital markets union, the EU is still struggling to agree a framework that encourages savers to
December 02, 2025
Costco is joining other companies that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes
December 02, 2025
U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology is in advanced talks to acquire chip startup Celestial AI in a cash-and-stock deal worth multiple billions of dollars, the Information reported on
December 02, 2025
A new report by the United Nations Development Program is urging governments to focus more on how artificial intelligence technologies might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world
December 02, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a two-day visit to India from Thursday, pitching for more sales of Russian oil, missile systems and
December 02, 2025
Pope Leo bade farewell to Lebanon on Tuesday with a fervent appeal to leaders across the Middle East to listen to their people's cries
December 02, 2025
However Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine pans out, Europe fears the prospect of a deal – sooner or later – that will not punish or weaken
December 02, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook There was relief in the Japanese government bond market on Tuesday, where a 10-year auction went off quite well and helped to
December 02, 2025
Apple does not plan to comply with a mandate to preload its smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app and will convey its
December 02, 2025
U.S.-operated flights returning deported migrants to Venezuela will continue despite President Donald Trump’s assertion to consider the country’s airspace closed
December 02, 2025
China has issued the first batch of new rare earth export licences that should accelerate shipments to certain customers, a source said on Tuesday, fulfilling a key outcome of the
December 02, 2025
The Bank of England said on Tuesday that threats to Britain's financial system had risen this year due to stretched valuations of companies investing in
December 02, 2025
U.S. activist investor Saba Capital has blocked a proposed merger of two London-listed Baillie Gifford-managed investment trusts, the firms said on Tuesday, in the
December 02, 2025
Exxon Mobil has approached the Iraqi oil ministry to express its interest in buying Russian firm Lukoil's majority stake in the giant West Qurna 2 oilfield, five Iraqi official
December 02, 2025
A Japanese regional assembly on Tuesday began deliberations on whether to partially restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the
December 02, 2025
British house prices rose slightly faster than expected in November, defying concerns about the impact of finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget, and higher wages were
December 02, 2025
By Lawrence White and Phoebe Seers LONDON, Dec 2 - Britain's central bank on Tuesday cut the amount of capital it estimates lenders need to hold, making its first reduction to bank capital demands
December 02, 2025
Germany's government must do more to save industry from the country's economic "free fall", said the BDI sector association on Tuesday, as it slashed its
December 02, 2025
An advisory panel to Japan's finance minister adopted a much softer stance in its budget recommendations on Tuesday, a change in approach to fiscal
December 02, 2025
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said China is more frequently projecting military power further into the Pacific, in a speech highlighting the challenges Australia
December 02, 2025
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December 02, 2025
Exxon Mobil has approached the Iraqi oil ministry to express its interest in buying Russian firm Lukoil's
December 02, 2025
Almost half of UK fund managers are planning to increase their currency hedging in 2026 due to volatility in the pound, a new report from FX and cash
December 02, 2025
Tennessee special election stirs Democratic hopes and GOP fears of an upset
December 02, 2025
The Prada Group has officially purchased Milan fashion rival Versace for $1.375 billion
December 02, 2025
Banks should increase their lending to boost the economy following a reduction in the amount of capital they need to set aside, the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey
December 02, 2025
Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev will meet U.S. special representative Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday, sources close to U.S.-Russia talks told Reuters.
December 02, 2025
Euro zone inflation unexpectedly ticked up last month, likely solidifying bets that no further European Central Bank rate cuts are coming anytime soon, data from Eurostat
December 02, 2025
Global growth is holding up better than expected as an artificial intelligence investment boom helps offset some of the shock from U.S. tariff hikes, the OECD
December 02, 2025
Britain's economy will grow faster than previously expected next year, the OECD said on Tuesday, citing the impact of finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget
December 02, 2025
Indonesian Reliwati Siregar gestured angrily at deforestation around her home on the island of Sumatra, where landslides and floods
December 02, 2025
Nawaz Nashra recalls grabbing her three-year-old daughter, wrapping her in a bedsheet and running out of their home in central Sri Lanka
December 02, 2025
Major milestone: US gas prices drop below $3 a gallon for first time since May 2021
December 02, 2025
The world economy has proven surprisingly durable in the face of President Donald Trump’s trade wars, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Tuesday, upgrading its outlook for global and U.S. economic growth this year
December 02, 2025
Tesla's China-made electric vehicle sales rose 9.9% in November from a year earlier, as the U.S. automaker grapples with intense competition in China and Europe.
December 02, 2025
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul will visit China from December 8 to 9, two sources familiar with his plans said, after he abruptly cancelled a planned
December 02, 2025
Automated digital wealth management firm Wealthfront is targeting a valuation of up to $2.05 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, it said on Tuesday,
December 02, 2025
Germany's antitrust authority said on Tuesday it is testing Apple's proposed changes to its app tracking rules, seeking feedback from publishers, media
December 02, 2025
India's imports of Russian oil may decline for only "a brief period" as Moscow plans to boost supplies, using sophisticated technology to avert the impact
December 02, 2025
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party narrowed the gap on opposition rival Tisza in November, an opinion poll showed on
December 02, 2025
U.S. stocks closed higher to record their sixth gain in seven sessions in muted trading on Tuesday, buoyed by gains in technology shares as
December 02, 2025
Inflation in the euro zone is practically at the European Central Bank's 2% target and will fluctuate around it despite a tariff-induced price rise in the United States,
December 02, 2025
A task force of EU vets began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain, one of the world's
December 02, 2025
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children
December 02, 2025
Artificial Intelligence could widen gaps between developed and developing countries, a U.N. report said on Tuesday, calling for policy measures to limit the impact.
December 02, 2025
Brazil's economy is predicted to have expanded modestly in the third quarter, weighed down by a seasonal drop in agricultural output, a Reuters poll
December 02, 2025
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December 02, 2025
Amazon is cutting the fees it charges sellers in Europe as it responds to competition from marketplaces like Shein and Temu that sell clothes, homeware and
December 02, 2025
Low-cost U.S. carrier JetBlue Airways said on Tuesday it had completed the required software updates on its A320 and A321 fleet, in relation to Airbus' recall of the same last week,
December 02, 2025
Bulgaria's government on Tuesday withdrew its 2026 budget plan, the first drafted in euros before the European Union member state adopts the currency on January 1, following
December 02, 2025
The Russian rouble will be stronger than previously expected, which represents a challenge for the economy, with several major export-
December 02, 2025
The BlackRock Investment Institute said on Tuesday it is turning bearish on long-term U.S.
December 02, 2025
Lumexa Imaging is aiming for a valuation of more than $1.89 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe-backed company said on Tuesday.
December 02, 2025
Switzerland may need to get used to U.S. tariffs, a top Swiss trade negotiator was quoted as saying on Tuesday after the country reached a tariff deal to get parity with the
December 02, 2025
Airbus is assessing the impact on year-end deliveries of a fuselage quality issue on some A320 jets after the newly discovered snag led to "weak" November
December 02, 2025
By Mike Dolan Dec 2 - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Last month showed that 'buy the dip' stock market behavior is alive and well,
December 02, 2025
With the federal EV tax incentives gone, you might not have the budget for the luxury electric SUV you wanted
December 02, 2025
Lethal domestic violence is persistent, despite a statewide decline in overall homicides.
December 02, 2025
Economic warning sign: Holiday jobs are tougher to find
December 02, 2025
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to fund ‘Trump Accounts’ for millions of American kids
December 02, 2025
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.
December 02, 2025
Although some high-speed rail has been built in the northeastern US, the rest of the country has almost none.
December 02, 2025
Boeing expects positive cash flow in 2026, lifted by higher deliveries of its commercial jets, the company's finance chief said on Tuesday,
December 02, 2025
U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday, steadying after Wall Street's first pullback in more than a week in the previous session, on growing bets of rate cuts ahead of fresh inflation
December 02, 2025
U.S. shoppers spent $14.25 billion on Cyber Monday, pushing total online sales over the Thanksgiving weekend to $44.2 billion, according to an Adobe Analytics report, as consumers
December 02, 2025
RTX said on Tuesday it has secured a $1.6 billion sustainment contract related to its F135 engines, which power variants of Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jets.
December 02, 2025
OPEC+ members will undergo an annual assessment of their oil production capacity starting next year for use in 2027,
December 02, 2025
France's ageing population will drive public spending to pandemic-era highs in coming decades while eroding tax income, the public audit office warned on Tuesday.
December 02, 2025
In a labour market where artificial intelligence is quickly transforming and sometimes replacing jobs, student Maryna Yaroshenko wanted
December 02, 2025
CVS Health will pay $37.76 million to settle allegations it dispensed too many insulin pens to patients, and then obtained improper reimbursements from
December 02, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that a fall in output in some sectors of the economy was not acceptable, and a transition to balanced growth remained a goal
December 02, 2025
Romania's government sought fast-track parliamentary approval on Tuesday for a bill raising the retirement age for judges and prosecutors and capping their pensions after
December 02, 2025
Wall Street's chief regulator said on Tuesday the U.S.
December 02, 2025
President Vladimir Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of
December 02, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Tuesday to sever Ukraine's access to the sea in response to drone attacks on tankers of Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Black
December 02, 2025
The Trump administration has renamed one of the country's energy laboratories to remove the word 'renewable' in the latest effort to downplay
December 02, 2025
Ford Motor Co and Hyundai Motor on Tuesday reported marginal declines in U.S. auto sales in November, as sales of electric vehicles fizzled following the end of tax credits.
December 02, 2025
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December 02, 2025
Walmart said on Tuesday it had opened a second milk processing facility in the United States at an investment of $350 million, as the U.S. retailer seeks to strengthen its supply
December 02, 2025
Hermes heir Nicolas Puech has sued Bernard Arnault and his LVMH luxury conglomerate, among other parties, in a civil case related to
December 02, 2025
Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meeting
December 02, 2025
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine
December 02, 2025
Government ends TPS for Haitians: What this means for 300,000 immigrants
December 02, 2025
Tyson Foods plant closing could spell broader trouble for beef industry in Nebraska
December 02, 2025
Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner has announced he’ll seek reelection in what will be a critical race for a narrowly divided Senate
December 02, 2025
The real estate industry is pressuring Zillow and other sites to nix extreme weather risk data buyers have come to rely on
December 02, 2025
Trump’s push for health care plan stalls ahead of looming subsidy expiration
December 02, 2025
The financial system risks undermining global trade if it fails to adapt to the economy's needs, with developing countries likely to suffer the most, the
December 02, 2025
Leveraged exchange‑traded funds (ETFs) linked to bitcoin hoarder Strategy are among the biggest casualties of this year's crypto slump, as falling bitcoin price
December 02, 2025
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would be announcing his choice to succeed Jerome Powell as head of the
December 02, 2025
FedEx driver crashes into creek
December 02, 2025
Fabergé egg fetches record $30.2 million at rare auction
December 02, 2025
Gunvor's new CEO, Gary Pedersen, said on Tuesday there were no immediate plans to rebrand the Swiss-based commodities trader, a day
December 02, 2025
Citigroup has hired Bank of America executive Jillian Snyder as its head of capital introductions for North America, a person familiar with the
December 02, 2025
The Trump administration is set to propose a significant rollback of fuel economy standards finalized by former President Joe Biden last year, its
December 02, 2025
By Pratima Desai LONDON, Dec 2 - Citigroup will move most of its lead stocks from Singapore to Malaysia or Taiwan at an estimated cost of $5 million due to limited storage space and a lack of
December 02, 2025
Venezuelan Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez said on Tuesday the South American country rejects the 'fraudulent' and 'forced' sale of the parent company of refiner
December 02, 2025
Developing countries which host most of the world's refugees could close their borders if Western states persist with aid cuts, the head of the Danish Refugee
December 02, 2025
Conservative legislators in Germany voted by a large majority in favour of a contested pension reform package in what had been billed as a trial ballot ahead
December 02, 2025
Nvidia's agreement with ChatGPT parent OpenAI to invest up to $100 billion in the startup is still not finalized, the chipmaker's chief financial officer Colette Kress said on
December 02, 2025
A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution has sold for more $30 million
December 02, 2025
Global smartphone shipments are expected to decline by 0.9% in 2026 as rising memory chip prices are pushing average selling prices to record highs, according to research firm IDC.
December 02, 2025
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday that the Trump administration will announce a “bridge payment” for
December 02, 2025
Russia's second-largest bank VTB is in talks to buy a major agricultural producer, CEO Andrei Kostin said on Tuesday, as part of its drive to create a
December 02, 2025
Instacart sued New York City on Tuesday to block enforcement of five laws affecting the grocery delivery company, including rules governing minimum pay
December 02, 2025
Brazilian police have launched a major operation to dismantle a tax evasion and money-laundering scheme in the fuel sector
November 27, 2025
Teen’s free food pantry becomes lifeline for neighbors in need
November 27, 2025
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November 27, 2025
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November 27, 2025
European nations agreed on Thursday to increase spending on space over the next three years by about 30% to 22.1 billion euros, part of an effort to try to catch
November 27, 2025
Germany said on Thursday that it would seek to persuade Donald Trump to reverse his decision to exclude
November 27, 2025
The new head of the Bank for International Settlements has said reining in hedge funds' ability to make highly leveraged bets in government bond markets should be a key
November 27, 2025
British government budget measures to cut household energy bills by 150 pounds ($199) a year may help lower the public's inflation expectations, but it is too soon to draw a clear
November 27, 2025
Brazil's economy created a net 85,147 formal jobs in October, data from the Labor Ministry showed on Thursday, below the 105,000 expected by economists in a Reuters poll.
November 27, 2025
Families of deployed Iowa soldiers have National 'Guard-ians' looking out for them
November 27, 2025
Coast Guard suspends search for missing Mississippi pilots after plane crash in New Orleans
November 27, 2025
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents
November 27, 2025
Online sales in the U.S. on the Thanksgiving holiday are expected to rise 6% compared with last year to reach $8.6 billion, data from Salesforce showed on Thursday, suggesting shoppers were
November 27, 2025
Canadian Identity and Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault resigned from cabinet on Thursday over a disagreement with a deal Prime Minister Mark Carney's government signed with the oil
November 27, 2025
UPS Airlines says a fleet of planes grounded after a deadly crash is expected to miss the peak holiday season due to inspections and possible repairs
November 27, 2025
Core consumer inflation in Japan's capital stayed well above the central bank's 2% target in November as firms continued to pass on rising costs mainly for food, data
November 27, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the premier of Canada’s oil rich province of Alberta have agreed to work toward building a pipeline to the Pacific Coast to diversify the country’s oil exports beyond the United States, in a move that has caused turmoil in Carney’s inner circle
November 27, 2025
Hong Kong's anti-graft body on Friday said it had arrested eight people in connection with a fire that ripped through a high-rise apartment complex
November 28, 2025
U.S. stocks ended higher in a truncated, post-holiday session on Friday that was complicated by an outage at an exchange operator as investors closed the book on a
November 28, 2025
The U.S. dollar was heading for its worst weekly performance since late July on Friday as traders increased bets that the Federal Reserve will cut rates again
November 28, 2025
Crude futures fell marginally on Friday as investors considered oil's geopolitical risk premium amid drawn-out Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while keeping an eye
November 28, 2025
Australian home prices will rise more than previously expected in 2026, thanks to tight supply and resilient demand, according to a Reuters poll of analysts who said a lack of
November 28, 2025
China's leading telecommunication firms Huawei and ZTE have won a string of contracts this year to supply 5G equipment in Vietnam, in another sign of Hanoi's
November 28, 2025
India's economy likely stayed resilient in the July–September quarter, driven by consumer demand and front-loading of production and
November 28, 2025
THC-infused drinks and snacks have soared in popularity as alcohol sales have declined in recent years
November 28, 2025
Wall Street rose for a fifth straight day to put the wraps on a volatile month
November 28, 2025
Honduras’ homicide and unemployment rates have both improved during the past four years under outgoing President Xiomara Castro
November 28, 2025
The economic picture hasn’t looked very rosy
November 28, 2025
A rare Fabergé egg crafted for Russia’s ruling family before the revolution is going up for auction
November 27, 2025
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has met Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks at the Kremlin
November 28, 2025
The global AI race is supercharging Taiwan’s economy. But many don’t feel better off
November 28, 2025
Could this finally be Sears’ last Black Friday?
November 28, 2025
Amazon is preparing to offer loans to small businesses in India, while Walmart-owned Flipkart is looking at buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) products
November 28, 2025
The Louvre museum has approved a ticket price increase for non-EU visitors, raising it from 22 to 32 euros starting in January
November 28, 2025
Wall Street's main indexes climbed on Friday, while futures trading came back to life following a CME Group outage that had temporarily frozen
November 28, 2025
Global futures markets were disrupted for several hours on Friday after CME Group, the world's largest exchange operator,
November 28, 2025
Taiwan's tech-heavy economy is expected to grow at its fastest pace in 15 years, riding the wave of demand for artificial intelligence (AI) technology,
November 28, 2025
Euro zone growth and inflation remain on a benign path, a slew of fresh data suggested on Friday, supporting economists' bets that no further European Central Bank rate cuts are
November 28, 2025
The "big three" credit rating agencies have given a cautious thumbs up to Britain's budget this week, regarding it as an ongoing push for fiscal consolidation by the
November 28, 2025
German inflation accelerated more than expected in November, reaching the highest level since February, while the number of people out of work rose and retail sales
November 28, 2025
South Korea's ruling and opposition parties agreed on Friday to lower income tax on dividend payouts to a maximum of 30%, from the government's proposal of 35%, domestic media said.
November 28, 2025
Italy's economy posted marginal growth of 0.1% in the third quarter from the previous three months thanks mainly to exports, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Friday, revising
November 28, 2025
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said the European Union's plan to use frozen Russian state assets to fund Ukraine could endanger the chances for a
November 28, 2025
Bulgaria's government will resubmit to parliament for approval its 2026 budget plan, the first drafted in euros before the country adopts the currency on January 1, the prime minister
November 28, 2025
Hundreds of volunteers are rushing to deliver emergency supplies to victims of Hong Kong's worst fire
November 28, 2025
Spanish retail sales rose 3.8% in October from a year earlier on a calendar-adjusted basis and excluding the effects of inflation, after falling from a revised 4.1% in September, the
November 28, 2025
Chaos erupts at Indian airports as country's largest airline cancels flights
Putin and Modi to discuss Russia-India trade and defense ties amid US pressure
Shops empty in a Hispanic neighborhood as immigration crackdown comes to Louisiana
Rory McIlroy's late birdie burst means he'll be playing on the weekend at the Australian Open
World shares mostly advance after Wall Street inches closer to its all-time high