BRASILIA – Brazilian central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said markets are showing less concern about the possible victory of ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in this year’s presidential…
By Iain Axon BEIJING – The United States could prosecute the Russians involved in figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case under the American Rodchenkov Act, the head of the U.S.…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – US Foods Holding Corp said on Friday it has split its chief executive officer and chairman roles after coming under pressure from an activist investment…
(Corrects typographical error in Tesla, adds RIC; paragraph 6) By Steve Gorman -Elon Musk said on Thursday he was “highly confident” his new SpaceX Starship, designed for voyages to the…
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON – Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren criticized the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday for delays to its landmark climate change risk disclosure rules…
– Volkswagen’s works council chief Daniela Cavallo said the carmaker must do more to understand the Chinese market in order to capture greater market share, after missing its electric vehicle…
By Elizabeth Culliford -Spotify’s chief content officer Dawn Ostroff told advertisers at a conference on Wednesday that the backlash around popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan’s podcast had been a “real…
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON – Portugal’s government can return to a balanced budget between 2022 and 2023, if it wants, taking advantage of a robust economic recovery from the COVID-19…
ZURICH – The head of the World Health Organization said on Saturday he had discussed with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang the need for stronger collaboration on the origins of COVID-19,…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has appointed Germany’s former Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann to lead a new external panel to strengthen institutional…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – The head of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday said an agreement reached in principle with Argentina on a new standby loan was “pragmatic” but…
In a video leaked to The Washington Examiner, border agents openly aired their frustrations over the Biden administration’s policies in a heated exchange with Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz in…
-Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc named Microsoft executive Chris Suh as its new chief financial officer on Monday, replacing Blake Jorgensen. Suh is currently serving as corporate vice president…
LONDON – NATO has no plans to deploy combat troops to non-NATO member Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday. Asked on…
By David Lawder and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON – U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told South Korea’s trade minister on Thursday the United States was focused on “existing conversations” on steel…
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING – Most fans at an ice hockey game devote their attention to the whizzing puck and crunching body checks. Rick Ragan fixates on the frozen white…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to testify before a Feb. 3 U.S. House of Representatives hearing on new C-Band 5G…
By Greg Torode and Jessie Pang HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s security chief said on Wednesday that his government would strengthen laws against espionage as part of extra national security…
LOUISVILLE, Ky – A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment last week charging a former city official with embezzling over three-quarters of a million dollars from the City…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Donna Osowitt Steele, 52, of Taylorsville, N.C., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer today and pleaded guilty to wire fraud, for embezzling more than $15…
The chief executive of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said at a conference Tuesday that to address the record high job vacancies, the U.S. should seek to double the nation’s…
Ten firefighters resigned from an Illinois fire department after a man once convicted of arson was named the department’s acting chief, The Washington Post reported. Jerame Simmons, the fire department’s…
FAIRVIEW, NJ – Mye Johnson, 27-year-old New York City school safety agent was gunned down and killed outside an Astoria bar while celebrating her birthday with her friends. The three…
WASHINGTON – An indictment issued by a federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, was unsealed charging former Amite City Police Chief Jerry Trabona and current Amite City Councilmember Kristian…
An indictment issued by a federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, was unsealed charging former Amite City Police Chief Jerry Trabona and current Amite City Councilmember Kristian Hart with…