Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank echoes attacks on Jews during the Holocaust and poses an “existential threat” to Israel, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo has said.
Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank echoes attacks on Jews during the Holocaust and poses an “existential threat” to Israel, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo has said.
LONDON — U.K. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has vowed to work more closely with other “middle powers” to reduce the concentration of power in the AI market — arguing that doing so is in the interest of the United States, too.
In a world shaped by supply chain disruption, shifting geopolitics and rapid technological change, economic resilience is an immediate necessity. Countries today are rethinking how they secure their future, what they produce, where they invest and how much they rely on others.
Chuck Byrd puts away a fuel nozzel after filling two tanks for a truck at a gas station on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, in Aurora, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
The World Bank said that war in the Middle East is expected to push energy costs this year to their highest since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Palestinian medical staff are expected to begin strikes in the West Bank this week, after failing to reach an agreement with the Palestinian Authority, the Medical Association – Jerusalem Center (PMA) announced on Monday.
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was quitting Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and OPEC+, dealing a heavy blow to the oil exporting groups and their de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Iran war has caused a historic energy shock and unsettled the global economy.
Adding further intrigue, SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI are all actively preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), with reports suggesting potential listings as early as this year. (SpaceX, which is expecting an evaluation of over $1.75 trillion could go public as early as June, and a number of Musk’s closest fr…
Global energy prices are expected to rise by 24 per cent this year to their highest level in four years, as markets continue to reel from the Iran war, which has now entered its third month, the World Bank has said.
A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has said that settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank reminds him of the Holocaust.
A gas price is displayed as a customer holds a fuel pump nozzle before filling up her vehicle’s gas tank at a gas station, in Lincolnshire, Ill., Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, file)
US equity futures are lower, dragged by tech, following a report that OpenAI missed revenue and user targets and there growing internal pushback against Sam Altman's notorious aggressive spending (the company has $1.5 trillion in commitment it won't be able to meet), which is hitting semiconductors and the broader s…
The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it quit OPEC and OPEC+, dealing a heavy blow to the oil exporting groups and their de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Iran war has caused a historic energy shock and unsettled the global economy.
The International Monetary Fund has approved 266 million US dollars for Liberia under a new 21-month Resilience and Sustainability Facility, aimed at helping the country strengthen its economy against climate-related shocks.
Trump's blockade is having a predictable effect on Iran's economy and oil industry, with reports that the regime is scrambling to repurpose old and rusty tankers as floating storage. Kharg Island is hitting capacity and the results could lead to disaster for Iran's oil wells.
Tiina Lee, the CEO of Citi U.K., expects global growth to remain resilient this year, telling CNBC that a "recessionary environment" is "not our base case."
The war in Iran is beginning to weigh on China’s economy, with car sales plunging, toy factories shutting down, and thousands of workers taking to the streets following a surge in plastic and energy prices.
Since 2017, I have covered South Korea’s political and economic landscape as a reporter, with a focus on foreign affairs, inter-Korean relations and security.As a foreign affairs reporter, I closely follow developments from the Ministry of Unification, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry, tracking shifts i…
PARIS — Ryanair, Transavia, Volotea and other low-cost airlines are feeling the financial pain from high jet fuel prices as a result of the Middle East war and are cutting flights.
Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama says Tokyo stands ready to take "strong measures" against speculative market moves. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Kazuho Fujiwara and Ken Suzuki)