The stock market entered the final hour of trading on Friday deep in a hole in the wake of a too-hot December jobs report. The Dow was down 640 points, or 1.5%. The S&P 500 was down 1.3%. The Nasdaq ...

The first symptoms of disinformation are emerging on the social media network Bluesky, with echoes of the pro-Russian ...

The UK government on Friday announced sanctions against Russian oil giants Gazprom Neft and PJSC Surgutneftegas, saying their profits were "lining Putin's war chest and facilitating the war".

The United States announced widespread sanctions against Russia's energy sector Friday, designating more than 180 ships and two major oil companies just days before outgoing President Joe Biden leaves ...

Aging populations, as Japan taught us, are inherently deflationary. Folks in their 70s don’t spend the way 20-somethings do.

Payrolls: 256,000 jobs added in December vs. 153,000 expected, according to economists surveyed by FactSet. Unemployment rate ...

Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in on Friday to a third six-year presidential term after elections he is widely accused of having stolen, amounted to a "coup d'etat," the country's opposition said.

California Fires Have Caused Billions of Dollars in Losses. Why Insurance Stocks Have a Brighter Future. Watching Pacific ...

A 28-year-old Cambodian man died from bird flu on Friday after eating sick chickens, the health ministry said.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday for a third six-year term in office, shunned internationally over claims of voter fraud and repression, but bolstered by a loyal military.

A gauge that measures the expected inflation in the next five and 10 years jumped to its highest levels since 2023 today. The 10-year breakeven inflation rate, which reflects the market’s expectation ...

Brazil closed 2024 with annual inflation at 4.83 percent, pushed above target by higher food prices after a year in which crops were hard hit by floods and drought, official data showed Friday.