BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 04: Buildings and vehicles are seen in the central business district during the rush hour on September 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. Zhang Qiao | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Wednesday, after major Wall Street benchmarks declined ahead of key inflation data that could influence the…
A man shops at a Target store in Chicago on November 26, 2024. Kamil Krzaczynski | AFP | Getty Images A key economic report coming Wednesday is expected to show that progress has stalled in bringing down the inflation rate, though not so much that the Federal Reserve won’t lower interest rates next week. The…
SSE plans $28 billion investment in U.K. grid infrastructure Electricity pylons hold power cables leading away from the SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy) gas-fired Keadby Power Station near Scunthorpe in northern England on September 6, 2022. Lindsey Parnaby | Afp | Getty Images British energy company SSE said Tuesday that its electricity network subsidiary SSEN…
Statues of bulls in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets are trading mostly higher Tuesday, following losses on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite pull back from record highs ahead of key inflation data. Traders in Asia assessed Beijing’s announcement…
Traders works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., December 2, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures were little changed Sunday night after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posted their third straight winning week, ahead of key inflation data due out this week. Dow…
People march in heavy rain to protest against South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol, as strike and protests continue amid the martial law crisis, in Seoul, South Korea, on December 05, 2024. Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images South Korea’s leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a…
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testifies before a U.S. House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on President Biden’s proposed budget request for the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2023. Michael A. McCoy | Reuters The United States unveiled a $988 million aid package of new arms and equipment to Ukraine for…
HOMS, SYRIA – DECEMBER 06: Anti-regime armed groups advancing in Syria’s strategically important province of Homs, the gateway to the capital Damascus, on Dec. 06, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Syrian rebels said they seized control of the southern city of Daraa on Saturday, the birthplace of a 2011 uprising against President Bashar…
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face an effective ban in the United States. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., rejected TikTok’s argument that the ban, signed into law by President Joe Biden in April, is…
Nadia Milleron, whose daughter Samya Stumo was killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, holds a sign with photos of the crash victims during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on aviation safety and the future of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the Hart Building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29,…
