Foreigners bought an estimated $103 billion of U.S. long-term securities in April while boosting their holdings of Treasury securities by $4 billion, the
June 19, 2026
Baseball owners proposed banning high school players from signing with major league teams, raising the age for international amateurs and slashing the money spent on signing bonuses in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday
June 19, 2026
The Department of Education has announced a reduction in interest rates for federal student loans, describing it as part of a plan to make higher education more affordable
June 19, 2026
Trump’s Iran agreement draws rare reproach from powerful Republicans
June 19, 2026
Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, taking back most of their losses from a day earlier that were driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year in an effort to fight inflation
June 18, 2026
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are voicing strong reservations —- and some outright condemnation — of the Trump administration’s agreement to end the fighting in Iran
June 19, 2026
More than $350 million from President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has been quietly directed to White House security
June 19, 2026
Federal regulators have ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system
June 18, 2026
The top U.S. energy regulator ordered the country's electric grid operators on Thursday to consider new protocols to quickly connect very large energy
June 18, 2026
Slovakia's parliament backed the government on Thursday in a confidence vote triggered by a breach of the country's legal debt limits, but the move sharpened debate over fiscal
June 18, 2026
U.S. stock indexes rallied on Thursday, with the Nasdaq's 1.9% advance boosted by gains in semiconductor shares, while inflation fears eased
June 18, 2026
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange sued the U.S.
June 18, 2026
Shares of SpaceX dropped more than 6% on Thursday, as the post-IPO frenzy that briefly placed Elon Musk's rockets-to-AI firm among the
June 18, 2026
The agreement struck between the United States and Iran aims to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease sanctions on the Islamic Republic and relaunch nuclear talks with a 60-day deadline
June 19, 2026
A second drone attack this week on Gazpromneft's Moscow refinery has damaged processing units and sparked multiple fires across the site, industry sources said.
June 18, 2026
Vice President JD Vance has embraced the role of being the chief defender of the agreement he and President Donald Trump signed with Iran over the weekend
June 18, 2026
Major stock indexes climbed on Thursday as semiconductor shares jumped, while Brent oil touched its lowest level in weeks before finishing
June 18, 2026
The interim deal to end the Iran war will include a waiver on sanctioned oil sales but the country still faces a complex web of international restrictions on its activities
June 18, 2026
The White House provided a copy of the interim U.S.-Iran agreement to the U.S.
June 18, 2026
Maritime data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence says major shipowners have begun moving vessels through the Strait of Hormuz
June 18, 2026
Ukraine's allies have announced contributions to NATO's Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List programme for $1 billion at a meeting of the Ukraine
June 18, 2026
JPMorgan has tapped insider Ben Walter to oversee the bank's workplace solutions business, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Thursday.
June 18, 2026
The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Lebanese officials it said were aligned with Hezbollah and members of the previously sanctioned Alaa Hassan
June 18, 2026
The U.S.-Iran agreement — the first signed by an American and an Iranian president since Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution — is being hailed by its backers as
June 18, 2026
Kardigan's shares rose 31% above their initial public offering price on Thursday after the heart drug developer raised $400 million in an
June 18, 2026
European Union leaders debated on Thursday new and tougher measures that could be needed to curb the bloc's growing trade deficit with China and its
June 18, 2026
SpaceX's bankers are preparing to meet investors as early as next week to discuss a bond offering of at least $20 billion, two sources familiar with
June 18, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron's effort to court U.S. President Donald Trump culminated in a surprise moment at the Versailles Palace
June 18, 2026
The Supreme Court has ruled against a broad federal ban on gun ownership by marijuana users
June 18, 2026
RFK Jr. visits Michigan to announce $700M plan to fight drug addiction and homelessness
June 18, 2026
Cuba's Communist Party has approved an emergency economic package with unprecedented free-market measures
June 18, 2026
Easing tensions with Iran push mortgage rates lower — but a potential Fed rate hike clouds the outlook
June 18, 2026
Pastor helped launch safe parking sites at churches for homeless residents
June 18, 2026
The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but remained at slightly higher levels, suggesting some moderation in
June 18, 2026
A recovery in oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and oil production following the U.S.-Iran interim peace deal will take time, potentially several months, analysts at two banks
June 18, 2026
Emmerson Mnangagwa's political skills may have earned him the nickname "The Crocodile", but it still took half a century of working under Robert Mugabe
June 18, 2026
India's markets regulator on Thursday proposed new measures to better manage risks and broaden funding avenues, as margin trading facility (MTF) volumes show an increase.Here are
June 18, 2026
The trade deal between the United States and India was a major subject of discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S.
June 18, 2026
Brazil's debt yield curve reacted sharply on Thursday to a central bank decision considered dovish, as policymakers cut interest rates and left the door
June 18, 2026
Accenture forecast quarterly sales below Wall Street estimates on Thursday as the Iran war hampers its consulting business in the Middle East and beyond, sending
June 18, 2026
BMW is "on the right track" with its next-generation models, supervisory board Chairman Nicolas Peter said on Thursday, days after a shock profit warning
June 18, 2026
Apple said on Thursday it will allow developers in Brazil to distribute iOS apps through alternative marketplaces and process payments outside its system, following an
June 18, 2026
The Italian government will take a neutral stance regarding merger and acquisition moves targeting bailed-out bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), the
June 18, 2026
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June 18, 2026
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, who is fighting an effort by U.S.
June 18, 2026
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week, tracking Treasury yields that have retreated since a deal to end the war with Iran was announced
June 18, 2026
A snowballing graft scandal crept closer to Brazil's president on Thursday with a federal police raid targeting his top ally in Congress, adding to the
June 18, 2026
Ukraine launches largest attack on Moscow since start of full-scale war
June 18, 2026
The Bank of England left interest rates on hold at 3.75% on Thursday after a split 7-2 vote by its Monetary Policy Committee.
June 18, 2026
Britain's FTSE 100 fell on Thursday, pressured by miner and technology shares, while the Bank of England left interest rates unchanged, as
June 18, 2026
Riccardo Orcel, a former senior banker at Russian state-backed bank VTB Group and brother of UniCredit CEO
June 18, 2026
Brazil's Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Thursday that there was still room for further interest rate cuts in Brazil, but emphasized that it was the
June 18, 2026
Wall Street's major indexes advanced on Thursday with technology shares leading gains as optimism about a Middle East peace deal offset worries about a hawkish Federal Reserve
June 18, 2026
Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer and businessman with no political experience, burst onto the political scene last year and is now favored to be
June 18, 2026
The early Chinese backers of AI startup Manus are planning to buy the company back from Meta at the $2 billion price that the Facebook parent paid, The Information reported on
June 18, 2026
The blast was so powerful that the huge disc-shaped lid of an oil storage tank was launched into the sky over Moscow like a frisbee.
June 18, 2026
Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George’s opponent concedes in DC mayoral race
June 17, 2026
Sunken wreck of WWII ‘hell ship’ used to transport POWs discovered after more than 80 years
June 18, 2026
Workers are facing a preventable and incurable lung disease from a material being used to renovate kitchens in millions of American homes.
June 18, 2026
Spain's economy likely expanded by 0.5%-0.6% in the second quarter from the preceding three months, when it grew at a similar pace of 0.6% to outperform other large euro
June 18, 2026
The number of Americans applying for jobless aid fell modestly last week as layoffs remained in the same historically low range of recent years
June 18, 2026
Large U.S. banks on Thursday formally pitched the central bank on tweaks to a regulatory proposal aimed at reducing funds they must
June 18, 2026
Pfizer said on Thursday that finance chief Dave Denton will leave on August 15 to return to the consumer goods industry, after helping the U.S. drugmaker
June 18, 2026
Spain's housing market is expanding strongly, but without presenting the financial stability risks seen in past property booms, the Bank of Spain said in its 2025 annual
June 18, 2026
The U.S. government signed a $725 million conditional loan commitment on Thursday with Energy Fuels to boost domestic processing of rare earth
June 18, 2026
The Iran war-induced inflation surge is becoming too much for central banks around the world to simply look past and a string of
June 18, 2026
The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 3.75% in June, as it has since the start of the U.S.-Iran war, judging it would be
June 18, 2026
U.S. supermarket-chain operator Kroger stuck to its annual forecasts on Thursday but warned of rising inflationary pressure in the back half of the year,
June 18, 2026
The U.S.
June 18, 2026
Leftist senator and activist Ivan Cepeda, whose youth was marked by exile and the political assassination of his father, is vying for Colombia's
June 18, 2026
The agreement between the United States and Iran to end their war, and the subsequent fall in oil prices, are good news for central bankers worried that high
June 18, 2026
Tim Cook says iPhone prices will rise. Trump says Apple will make US chips with Intel
June 18, 2026
Keir Starmer's future as Britain's prime minister is on the line in a special election in Makerfield in northwest England
June 18, 2026
The Bank of England is holding its main interest rate at 3.7% as the inflation pressures on the British economy have become more benign after the U.S. and Iran signed a deal to sign deal to end their war
June 18, 2026
Chinese automakers are speeding into right-hand-drive markets from Australia to
June 18, 2026
Three Saudi-flagged supertankers with 6 million barrels of crude onboard and other ships sailed through the Strait of Hormuz hours
June 18, 2026
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme on Thursday appealed for $202 million to help protect 8.8 million people across 22 high-risk
June 18, 2026
Taiwan's central bank on Thursday raised its growth outlook for the year thanks to the AI boom, while keeping its policy interest rate steady
June 18, 2026
A top Kremlin aide said on Thursday that European leaders had probably pumped Donald Trump with harmful ideas at this week's G7 summit, but that the U.S. president was a
June 18, 2026
A rise in Russian attacks on Ukrainian seaports and vessels could cut monthly grain shipments by as much as a third and have left terminal operators facing
June 18, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Anna Szymanski, Editor-in-Charge, Reuters Open Interest Markets bristled at the Federal Reserve’s hawkish tilt -
June 18, 2026
Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog on Thursday asked a major petrol retailer in Moscow for an explanation after it hiked prices for 95-octane petrol by 19% in the last week.
June 18, 2026
Lithuania's reshuffled government will aim to secure a long-term presence of U.S. military units in the NATO country, which borders both Russia and Belarus, a coalition
June 18, 2026
Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Thursday he would ask the European Parliament (EP) to withdraw its 2024 lawsuit against the European Commission over the
June 18, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday heavy drone attacks on Russia were retaliation for a strike that damaged a historic monastery in Kyiv this week, and
June 18, 2026
The White House on Thursday sent Congress the text of an interim U.S.-Iran agreement to halt the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.
June 17, 2026
An initial agreement to end the war between the United States and Iran calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and would waive sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely
June 17, 2026
This city had a flooding problem. So it turned to an animal that had been extinct there for 400 years
June 18, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Thursday that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture its chips in the United States.
June 18, 2026
Middle Eastern crude oil prices are likely to fall if the Strait of Hormuz reopens on Friday following the U.S.-Iran
June 18, 2026
Taiwan's top diplomat in the U.S. says the island needs American weapons to bolster its self-defense against the growing threat from China
June 18, 2026
While a city is not a living organism, it behaves very much like one.
June 18, 2026
European shares slipped on Thursday as investors increased bets on a U.S.
June 18, 2026
The Kevin Warsh era at the Federal Reserve began with a jolt on Wall Street, with investors bracing for sharp moves as the central
June 18, 2026
Average US gas price drops below $4 - barely
June 18, 2026
Citigroup has pushed back its expectation for the U.S.
June 18, 2026
Surging Chinese trade with Africa and lifting of tariffs for most countries on the continent look set to boost yuan use, aiding Beijing's bid to build
June 18, 2026
China is expected to keep benchmark lending rates unchanged for a 13th consecutive month in June, a Reuters survey showed, as a K-shaped divergence in the broad economy
June 18, 2026
Switzerland has lost its top spot to Singapore in a world ranking of economic competitiveness published on Thursday, as rising global volatility hurt its
June 18, 2026
China's second-biggest shopping festival is drawing to a subdued close, underscoring weak consumer confidence and government pressure on e-
June 18, 2026
Sweden, Norway and Canada will announce a new Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) package to supply Ukraine with U.S. weapons, Sweden's Defence Minister Pal
June 18, 2026
British wages grew faster than expected in the three months to April and unemployment fell, according to official data that painted a
June 18, 2026
Germany's economy will grow less than previously expected this year and next as the Iran war and a resulting energy price shock weigh on consumption and
June 18, 2026
Switzerland's lower house of parliament has rejected an agreement with the South American trade bloc Mercosur amid opposition from both the right and left of the political
June 18, 2026
Drone incursions disrupting airports in Europe and strikes on oil fields in the Middle East are spurring a fast-growing market for
June 18, 2026
A jailed billionaire’s Birkin bags are going on sale. It won’t be enough to repay her victims
June 18, 2026
Electric vehicle giant BYD is interested in getting involved with the Formula One motor racing circuit as it aims to boost its brand outside its home
June 18, 2026
An Australian court has ordered HSBC's local unit to pay A$35 million ($24.61 million) after the bank admitted to failures in protecting customers from scams, the country's
June 18, 2026
Wall Street groups are warning US regulators that their plans to implement "Basel Endgame" global bank capital requirements will affect liquidity in Treasury markets, urging them
June 18, 2026
Japan is ready to respond appropriately to exchange-rate moves at any time, the government's top spokesperson said on Thursday as the yen's
June 18, 2026
The number of people employed in German industry in 2025 fell to a 10-year low of just 6.6 million workers, a study by the German Economic Institute (IW)
June 18, 2026
Chaiyaporn Arunrasamee hunched over his fishing nets, overlooking the waters of the Andaman Sea, where Thailand's government is proposing an
June 18, 2026
JPMorgan Chase has stopped its staff in Hong Kong from accessing Anthropic's AI models, in a sign of intense scrutiny on the technology's use outside the U.S., the Financial Times
June 18, 2026
Rising fuel prices driven by the Iran war are boosting demand for new and used electric vehicles across
June 18, 2026
(Corrects to delete extraneous words from paragraph 2) A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh seized the stage in his debut
June 18, 2026
Kansas City, Missouri, plans to boost security by installing facial recognition cameras on buses
June 18, 2026
By Hadeel Al Sayegh, Federico Maccioni and Yousef Saba DUBAI, June 17 - Saudi Aramco is considering the sale of a stake in its sulphur business, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters
June 17, 2026
The Australian government, in a major turnaround, announced on Thursday changes to its capital gains tax overhaul after critics warned the planned reforms would stifle
June 18, 2026
Apple plans to raise prices on its products to offset increasing memory and storage chip costs, CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal in an interview.
June 18, 2026
Russians President Vladimir Putin hosted leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, seeking to bolster business and other ties with members of the regional bloc
June 17, 2026
New York's LaGuardia airport said on Thursday it had reopened a runway that was closed the previous evening to address a pavement issue, the second time in less than a month it has
June 18, 2026
A House of Representatives panel will hold a June 24 hearing on the state of U.S. airline competition and regulation after the collapse of low-cost
June 18, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Wednesday he had spoken to U.S.
June 18, 2026
Private equity firm KKR on Wednesday disclosed a $1.4 billion fresh bet on aircraft leasing with partner Altavair, as persistent supply shortfalls at
June 18, 2026
Nippon Steel has seen positive results from efforts to improve operations at U.S.
June 18, 2026
The Bank of England looks on course to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.75% later on Thursday as it assesses what a tentative truce in the Iran war
June 18, 2026
Brazil's central bank cut rates at a third straight meeting on Wednesday and left its next steps open, acknowledging a tougher inflation outlook and
June 18, 2026
The U.S. and Iran released the text of an interim agreement their presidents have signed to end their
June 17, 2026
The United Nations’ food agencies warn that acute hunger is set to worsen across 13 global hot spots in the coming months, calling for urgent action
June 17, 2026
The man who died in this week's crash of a small jet in Texas was a well-known entrepreneur named Joshua Baer who was a successful investor in technology startup companies
June 18, 2026
When U.S. and Iranian negotiators sit down in Switzerland on Friday after nearly four months of war, the stakes couldn’t be higher as they face an
June 18, 2026
Wall Street stocks turned sharply lower on Thursday, the dollar extended its gains and Treasury yields crept higher after the U.S.
June 18, 2026
U.S.
June 18, 2026
China's DSC Holdings, which provides operating systems for used car dealers in China, is targeting a valuation of up to $901 million in its U.S. initial public offering, the auto
June 18, 2026
By Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir and Michael S.
June 18, 2026
President Donald Trump on Wednesday expressed confidence in Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh after the new central bank chief concluded his first rate-setting meeting with a
June 18, 2026
U.S.
June 17, 2026
Jamaica is discussing with the United States the acceptance of third-country deportees
June 18, 2026
The U.S. Open is bracing for a tough and windy Shinnecock Hills
June 18, 2026
The Trump administration says it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels
June 17, 2026
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh did not submit an interest-rate path projection as part of the central bank’s quarterly publication of economic projections on
June 18, 2026
Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was found not guilty of six bribery charges by a London jury on Wednesday, after a rare corruption trial of
June 17, 2026
The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet nearly half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year, an unexpectedly aggressive outcome that would disappoint President Trump and suggests heightened concerns about persistent inflation
June 17, 2026
By Michael S.
June 18, 2026
Iran and the United States will end fighting on all fronts, per MoU details published by Iran's official IRNA news agency on Wednesday, adding both countries to end naval
June 18, 2026
Activist investor TOMS Capital Investment Management has acquired a sizable stake in Devon Energy and is pressing the U.S. shale
June 18, 2026
Major stock indexes fell, bond yields rose and the U.S. dollar extended gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve held the benchmark interest
June 17, 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed down by more than 1% on Wednesday, as traders bet that the Federal Reserve's next move would be a rate hike after
June 17, 2026
German technology company Robert Bosch agreed to pay $36 million to U.S. authorities for shipping over $70 million worth of sensor products and software for cell
June 18, 2026
Oklahoma a win away from national title after roughing up North Carolina ace in Game 1 of CWS finals
Zelenskiy warns of impending massive Russian attack on Ukraine
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Report says UK PM Starmer ready to quit, but source says he is still focused on the job
Trump says no toll on Strait of Hormuz unless US imposes one
Ukraine's Zelenskiy confirms drone strike on refining facilities in Russia's Tyumen region
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