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US oil giants' profits dip as Exxon deal nears fin...
ExxonMobil and Chevron both reported a dip in profits Friday on lower refining margins and natural gas prices, but ExxonMobil's bi...
Russia targets Ukraine railways as Western aid due...
Ukraine warned Friday that Moscow was ramping up attacks on railways in a bid to disrupt military supplies ahead of a fresh Russia...
Spanish PM keeps country guessing on his future
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has suspended all duties and gone silent while he considers whether to step down on Monday ov...
US stocks rebound on tech earnings, London hits ne...
US stocks rebounded Friday on the back of buoyant big tech earnings while London hit another record peak as investors tracked a se...
US Fed's favored inflation measure accelerates, di...
The US central bank's favored measure of inflation accelerated last month, according to government data published Friday, pushing...
London stocks hit new record peak on takeovers
London's stock market fired its way to another record peak on Friday, with investors gripped by a series of eye-catching takeovers...
Refugee voices take centre stage at UK theatre com...
In a darkly lit arts studio in London, five young actors highlight their scripts and go over their lines: the latest cast of "Phos...
China's EV execs bullish on Western pressure at Be...
Electric vehicle executives at a top car show in China were bullish on prospects for growth, despite a gruelling price war and mou...
Yen falls further as Bank of Japan stands pat on r...
The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-low interest rates unchanged Friday and stopped short of signalling another hike, pushing the yen...
ByteDance says 'no plans' to sell TikTok after US...
Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US law put it on a deadline to divest from the hu...
Weak yen pressures Bank of Japan rate decision
The Bank of Japan was widely expected to keep its ultra-low interest rates unchanged Friday but analysts say the tumbling yen is p...
End of the road? Philippine jeepneys face uncertai...
The first jeepneys rolled onto the streets of the Philippines just after World War II -- noisy, smoke-belching vehicles initially...
Microsoft expands its AI empire abroad
Microsoft, the tech titan most closely associated with AI, has announced nearly $10 billion in investments in artificial intellige...
United by grief, families of Boeing crash victims...
They can't bring back their children, siblings or partners, but five years on, the families of the 2019 Boeing crash victims want...
Strong pricing boosts Caterpillar profits
Caterpillar reported a jump in profits Thursday as strong pricing for industrial machinery made up for lower volumes, enabling rec...
Biden targets fossil fuel power sector with tough...
The United States on Thursday announced sweeping new rules requiring coal-fired plants to eliminate nearly all their carbon emissi...
Honda announces US$11 bn EV battery and vehicle pl...
Japanese auto giant Honda announced Thursday the largest automotive investment in Canada's history, worth Can$15 billion (US$11 bi...
American Airlines confirms 2024 forecast despite Q...
American Airlines reported a quarterly loss Thursday on an uptick in labor and other operating costs as the carrier confirmed its...
Stocks fall as tech shares sink, US economy slows
London's stock market reached a new record high but Wall Street and eurozone equities tumbled Thursday as tech shares sank after M...
Thousands of flights scrapped as French air traffi...
Thousands of flights were cancelled in France and Europe on Thursday as a strike by French air traffic controllers over pay caused...
Turkey central bank holds key interest rate steady...
Turkey's central bank held its key interest rate steady on Thursday but warned it could hike it again as the country's soaring inf...
Labour pledges to renationalise UK railways
Britain's main Labour opposition on Thursday vowed to renationalise the UK's much-maligned rail services within five years if it w...
US to give Micron $6.1 bn for American chip factor...
Micron is set to receive up to $6.1 billion in grants from the US government to help build its semiconductor plants in New York an...
BHP launches $38.8 billion takeover bid for rival...
Australian mining giant BHP confirmed on Thursday a $38.8 billion takeover bid for British rival Anglo American, a colossal deal w...
Blades of Paris landmark Moulin Rouge windmill col...
The blades of the Moulin Rouge windmill, one of the most famous landmarks in Paris, collapsed during the night, firefighters said...
The Myanmar 'water brothers' salvaging shipwrecks...
Diving into the darkness of the Yangon River, Than Nyunt starts another murky sortie in his months-long mission to salvage a sunke...
Asian markets mixed as global rally stalls, eyes o...
Asian equities were mixed Thursday as investors turned cautious after the past three days' sizeable gains, with Meta's warning tha...
The guardian angels of the source of the Seine
The river Seine, the centrepiece of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in July, starts with a few drops of water in a mossy grott...
As 'news deserts' spread, US journalism fights on
Baltimore Banner reporter Matti Gellman is first to leap in with questions during a recent press appearance by Maryland's state go...
Tough times for Argentine factories as consumers p...
Argentina's factories, like many economic sectors, are floundering as consumers hit by sky-high inflation and shrinking income buy...
Car giants vie for EV crown at Beijing's Auto Chin...
Chinese car giants locked in a cut-throat price war descend on the capital for the start of the Auto China show Thursday, vying to...
Strong fleet sales offset electric losses at Ford
Strong sales in Ford's fleet business offset deep losses in electric vehicles where the Detroit auto giant has delayed some invest...