Thanksgiving is a battleground these days, huh? A holiday meant for gratitude and family bonding has somehow turned into a test of political patience. Let’s break it down: 1. Is this healthy?…
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund’s executive board is poised to approve on Wednesday $1.4 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine to help it respond to Russia’s invasion, IMF Managing Director Kristalina…
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK – The chief of New York state’s pension fund said on Thursday that McDonald’s Corp, PepsiCo and other companies with a large footprint in Russia “need to…
MOSCOW – The Russian central bank on Friday told lenders to consider postponing dividends and bonus payments to managers, as it announced measures to ease regulatory requirements for the sector. The central…
By Isla Binnie MADRID – The European Union will consider whether to require member states to fill their natural gas storage to prescribed levels, a senior official said as the bloc seeks…
MOSCOW – Russia’s finance ministry on Monday said it would take proposals on cryptocurrencies from the country’s central bank into account so long as they do not contradict its own approach, paving…
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS – NATO defence ministers are expected this week to set in motion a plan that could establish four multinational battlegroups in southeastern Europe in response…
– Members of the billionaire Sackler family that owns Purdue Pharma are weighing whether to add $1 billion to the OxyContin-maker’s faltering opioid settlement bid in an effort to win over holdouts,…
By Jan Wolfe – The detained founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, obtained a court order on Thursday that bolsters his effort to remain in a Texas jail while he…
– Private equity firms Blackstone Inc and Carlyle Group Inc are in talks about potentially teaming up on a bid for Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ generics unit, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO – The Bank of Japan should consider further steps to make its ultra-easy monetary policy more sustainable, such as steepening the yield curve by targeting a shorter maturity…
WASHINGTON – A trade group representing Chevron, General Electric and other big U.S. corporations that do business in Russia is asking the White House to consider giving U.S. companies time to fulfill…
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider limiting the scope of a landmark federal environmental law as it took up for the second time an Idaho…
An article in The Washington Post Wednesday argued that climate change could result in replacing Thanksgiving staples with lab grown meat, plant-based meat alternatives and crickets. Hot summers, wildfires, droughts and flooding…