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Israeli police say they found about 70 Palestinian men hiding in a garbage truck as they attempted to cross into Israel, apparently in search of work. The men were discovered late Monday at a West Bank checkpoint.
America’s biggest banks reported their strongest first-quarter profits in years, driven by a surge in trading — but JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned the US economy faces a growing list of global risks.
U.S. stocks rallied to the edge of their all-time high, and crude oil prices eased as hopes climbed that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war.
After Singapore last week, the PM visits supplier of 9% of Australia’s diesel as treasurer travels to Washington for G20 finance ministers’ meeting
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Hampshire College, which includes award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced on Tuesday that it was closing later this year.
The UAE has been elected to the World Food Programme's executive board for the 2026–2028 term, at a time when global hunger is rising and humanitarian agencies face increasing financial and operational pressure.
A strawberry farmer in Kumamoto prefecture says the cost of fuel to heat his greenhouse has climbed 20% since the start of the year. (Photo by Koichi Kitanishi)
The 90-year-old estate where famed fitness guru Richard Simmons lived for four decades before his death is returning to the market with a new asking price—and a “highly strategic” sales strategy that sees the property touted as a “development opportunity” and a chance to “create a world-class” dwelling.
The Australian sharemarket is expected to rally on opening, and follow global markets higher, as oil prices ease and hopes climb that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war and avoid a worst-case scenario for the global economy.
Asian refineries that provide the bulk of Australia’s petrol and diesel are paying up to $US140 a barrel for readily available crude oil cargoes – well above prices of around $US100 for months-ahead deliveries – in a sign of what experts warn is a worsening supply crunch gripping the market.
At the Semafor World Economy forum, USA Rare Earth CEO Barbara Humpton explained that the company is actively pursuing acquisition opportunities worldwide across the entire critical minerals supply chain. This includes everything from extraction and refining to magnet production.
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace bought a cheap, unregulated weight loss injection via WhatsApp. (ABC News: Adrian Wilson)
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If your laptop battery gets drained on a trip home from the office, it may not have been set up to go into stand-by when the lid is shut. (Adobe Stock)
America is minting millionaires at a remarkable pace — but for many households, that wealth exists more on paper than in the bank.
A 7-Eleven store is seen, Feb. 5, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Nvidia stock is on a tear, rising more than 18% over the past ten days. It's the longest winning streak the artificial intelligence chip giant has seen since another ten-day rise in 2023.
Prediction market volumes are booming in 2026, on pace to more than quadruple this year alone and reach an estimated $1 trillion in the next four years, according to Bernstein.
PayPay listed on the Nasdaq in March and has been working to expand beyond its original Japanese market. (Photo by Nikkei)
Invesco is the world's fourth-largest ETF provider, following BlackRock and others. (Invesco)
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The economies of Gulf countries like the UAE will persevere and continue to thrive despite the conflict between the US and Iran, Dina Powell McCormick, president of the social media giant Meta, said on Monday.
NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s biggest banks posted another quarter of strong profits, helped by a resilient economy and a flurry of dealmaking for their investment banking units.
The war on Iran has “abruptly darkened” the global economic outlook, and if it continues could trigger a worldwide recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.
The war on Iran has “abruptly darkened” the global economic outlook, and if it continues could trigger a worldwide recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) mounted the 2026 DTI–Bagong Pilipinas National Food Fair ( F) from April 8 to 12 at the Megatrade Halls of SM Megamall. The event featured over 320 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from across the country engaged in food manufacturing, processing, and related en…
MOST people are fixated by the wrong indicators. They track inflation, fuel prices, grocery bills, the slow suffocation of household budgets. They measure distress in pesos, dollars, liters, kilowatts. But history is rarely decided in supermarkets or at gasoline pumps. It is shaped in quieter rooms — through misjudg…
IN January and February, under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) with President Xi Jinping at its core, all regions and departments strictly implemented the decisions and arrangements made by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, adhered to the general pr…
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In this episode of UNAPOLOGETIC, we speak with Gideon Levy, one of Israel’s most outspoken and controversial journalists, who has spent decades documenting the occupation of Palestinian lands. We discuss Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Netanyahu’s political calculations, and how Israeli society has responded. We als…
Mustafa Barghouti, the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, reacts to US President Donald Trump plan to forcibly expel Palestinians from Gaza so Washington can "have" the enclave. In a wide-ranging interview, Barghouti also speaks about how ethnic cleansing has accelerated in the occupied West B…
Mustafa Barghouti, the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, reacts to US President Donald Trump plan to forcibly expel Palestinians from Gaza so Washington can "have" the enclave. In a wide-ranging interview, Barghouti also speaks about how ethnic cleansing has accelerated in the occupied West B…
The effect artificial intelligence will have on the labor market has left workers and job seekers alike worried about their future. Top executives, however, are optimistic that the technology can continue to augment workloads rather than entirely displace human employees.
Experts say ‘cautious consumption’ shows households bracing for return to extended period of financial pressure experienced during pandemic years
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said Tuesday that the global economy is headed toward a recession if the Strait of Hormuz stays shut for much longer.
Kevin Warsh could become the wealthiest Federal Reserve chairman in history, according to financial disclosures he filed as he heads toward a nomination hearing in the Senate.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its growth outlook on Tuesday due to Iran's war-driven energy price spikes and supply disruptions, warning that the global economy would teeter on the brink of recession if the conflict worsens and oil stays above $100 per barrel through 2027.
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday left its 2026 growth forecast for South Korea unchanged at 1.9 percent, with the government saying a supplementary budget and other policy support helped cushion the economy against mounting external shocks.
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One indie distributor’s alleged financial woes became a boon for Sony Pictures Classic which was given a chance to hawk its wares at day one of CinemaCon seemingly out of the blue.
The U.K. will suffer the biggest hit to growth of all of the world's richest economies because of the Iran war, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday.
One day after Goldman Sachs reported its highest profit in 5 years (despite an ugly miss in FICC revenues), this morning JPMorgan impressed with just as solid results, when it reported that its Q1 profits rose 13% as the bank benefited from soaring market volatility and frantic trading amid the war with Iran and the…
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Kevin Warsh, seeking to replace Fed chair, Jerome Powell, had to file financial disclosures for Senate approval
The IMF cut its 2026 global growth projection Tuesday, warning that the world economy could be "thrown off course" by the war in the Middle East - as the conflict roils commodity markets and sparks higher prices.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said this week that the fund would have upgraded its forecast for the global economy if not for the war in the Middle East. © Reuters
As treasurer Jim Chalmers weighs ‘extreme uncertainty’, one economic scenario sees global growth plunging to just 2% in 2026