(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW – Consumer prices in Russia declined 0.03% in the week to July…
By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO – The rising cost of living is turning into a thorny political issue ahead of Japan’s upper house election this weekend, as opposition…
By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN – Scandinavian airline SAS began last-ditch wage talks with pilots on Tuesday, negotiators said, hoping to avert a major strike after midnight that could paralyse much…
By Gloria Dickie and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI – With only two days left to hash out a U.N. draft agreement to protect global biodiversity, organizers on Friday urged delegates in…
LONDON – President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday to establish temporary procedures aimed at fulfilling Russia’s foreign debt obligations as the country teeters on the brink of default.…
By John Irish and Lucien Libert VILLEPINTE, France – Next to Ukraine’s stand at the world’s largest arms fair for ground forces on Monday, U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin proudly displays…
By Henriette Chacar MASAFER YATTA, West Bank – Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for…
GENEVA -United Nations officials warned on Friday that a protracted war in Ukraine threatened a hunger crisis in the country and around the world. Marking 100 days since Russia invaded…
By Sujata Rao and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON – Worsening economic data may force central banks to blink and take a less aggressive rate-rise stance, money markets are betting, having steadily…
Countries Are Hoarding Food Supplies As Prices Spike, Hunger Crisis Looms Laurel Duggan on May 25, 2022 Countries are imposing export restrictions on food in light of shortage concerns sparked…
By Josh Smith SEOUL – South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, used a largely successful summit with U.S. President Joe Biden over the weekend to lay the foundation for his…
By Pamela Barbaglia and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON – European dealmakers are struggling to finance corporate takeovers as concern that the region’s economies may dip into recession is prompting debt investors…
BEIJING – China’s daily coal output in April jumped 11% from the same month a year earlier, boosted by Beijing’s order to increase supply to ensure security of the country’s…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – A surprising lack of panic in the U.S. stock market as measured by Wall Street’s “fear gauge” is keeping some investors from calling…
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – A jump in U.S. real yields back into positive territory is a sign that a hawkish Federal Reserve is succeeding in tightening some financial…
By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON – British lender NatWest posted a 41% jump in first-quarter profit on Friday, as rising rates boosted income even as they threaten to…
By Carolina Mandl and Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Neb. – Warren Buffett will face pressure to improve Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s environmental and social policies as well as governance when he meets…
From the desk of Marlyn Piperno and Kimm Eulner TRENTON, NJ – Two New Jersey legislators are calling on Governor Phil Murphy to move along when it comes to requiring…
By Leigh Thomas PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron risks seeing high inflation eroding economic gains achieved during his presidency as he seeks a second term. Macron was elected in…
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – U.S. credit markets saw some respite after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates last week, but the relief is expected to be short-lived as…
By William Schomberg LONDON – British finance minister Rishi Sunak must decide next week whether to spend billions of pounds more to ease the growing cost-of-living squeeze for households and…
Iran Frees Detained British Nationals As Potential Iran Nuclear Deal Resurrection Looms Sebastian Hughes on March 16, 2022 Two British-Iranians who spent years detained in Iranian custody have been allowed…
From the Desk of Senator Anthony Bucco TRENTON, NJ – Less than two weeks before Governor Phil Murphy’s deadline requiring health care workers to have their second COVID vaccine shot,…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – As the Bank of Canada prepares to shrink its bloated balance sheet, investors say the move could enable expected interest rate hikes to have more…
Congress reached a deal on Thursday morning to fund the government through Feb. 18, the first step in avoiding a shutdown set to begin at midnight Friday. House Appropriations Committee…