US judge OKs Visa, Mastercard $38 billion swipe fee settlement
A U.S. judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to Visa's and Mastercard's revised $38 billion settlement with merchants who accused the card
June 10, 2026A U.S. judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval to Visa's and Mastercard's revised $38 billion settlement with merchants who accused the card
June 10, 2026
Common shares of Chilean lithium producer SQM rose more than 3% in Santiago on
June 10, 2026
For the first time since the war on Iran began on February 28, the Republican-led U.S.
June 10, 2026
Social Security retirement trust fund will run dry in 2032 unless Congress acts
June 09, 2026
China has reported that its exports picked up pace in May, rising 19.4% from a year earlier
June 09, 2026
Colombia has enacted a law aimed at preventing cattle linked to deforestation from entering beef supply chains by connecting livestock traceability, land ownership and forest monitoring systems
June 10, 2026
Soccer fever builds in Philadelphia as fans, restaurants count down to FIFA World Cup
June 10, 2026
Unless Congress acts, 1 in 5 Americans who receive Social Security could see an across-the-board benefit cut of roughly 22% starting in 2032.
June 10, 2026
The Trump administration is telling European nations that they need to step up their travel restrictions for people from Ebola-hit countries in Africa
June 10, 2026
Pope Leo had a brief private meeting with Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny at Madrid's Bernabeu stadium on Monday evening as both were touring Spain, the Vatican said on
June 09, 2026
(Corrects paragraph 13 to clarify that it was lawmakers who had concerns about telecommunications companies, not the Brennan Center experts who cited those concerns; adds dropped word 'teams' in
June 09, 2026
A federal immigration detention center in Texas erected by the Trump administration failed to issue use-of-force reports, did not give medicine to
June 10, 2026
A longstanding political stalemate in the U.S.
June 10, 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes fell on Tuesday as a rebound in technology shares faded and as President Donald Trump said the U.S. must
June 09, 2026
Cuba’s top diplomat to the United States says recent sanctions targeting the island's leadership and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for the Trump administration to persuade the American people to support a U.S. military intervention in Cuba
June 10, 2026
MSCI's global equities gauge managed a small gain on Tuesday with little support from Wall Street where heavyweight technology
June 09, 2026
High energy costs are squeezing grain and soybean growers across the U.S. farm belt, as the Iran war chokes fuel supplies through
June 10, 2026
NASA named three U.S. astronauts and an Italian astronaut on Tuesday to serve as the crew for its next Artemis mission, a spacecraft docking demonstration in
June 09, 2026
The European Commission has urged Albania to act without delay to ensure it is aligned with EU environmental legislation if it wants to accede to the bloc, a Commission
June 09, 2026
New Hampshire man charged after allegedly forcing woman into marriage, performing satanic ritual
June 10, 2026
Pope Leo XIV has been caught in two of Spain's major culture debates during his visit to Barcelona
June 09, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is presiding over a youth rally in Barcelona
June 10, 2026
Murder or self-defense? Jury swiftly decides verdict in Texas track meet stabbing trial
June 09, 2026
A new report alleges that mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas produced unsafe conditions that contributed to detainees’ deaths and suffering even as millions of tax dollars were wasted on contractors
June 10, 2026
Female bystander alleges attack in her yard by Fort Worth police dog
June 10, 2026
NASA has revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission, the next step in eventually landing astronauts on the moon
June 09, 2026
Family violently assaulted while fishing in Placer County; bystanders tackle and restrain suspect
June 10, 2026
A federal judge has ruled that the man charged in the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train cannot currently stand trial due to mental illness
June 10, 2026
After nearly four years away from professional tennis, Serena Williams has made a winning return at Queen’s Club
June 09, 2026
Algeria national team making Lawrence home before first World Cup match
June 10, 2026
A U.S. trade judge on Tuesday urged Trump administration officials to speed up refunds of more than $10 billion in revenue from tariffs that were
June 09, 2026
A U.S.
June 09, 2026
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Iran shot down a U.S.
June 09, 2026
Oil prices fell about 3% to a seven-week low on Tuesday after Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other following an appeal from U.S.
June 09, 2026
Britain, Canada, France and Norway announced new coordinated sanctions on Tuesday against Israeli networks involved in
June 09, 2026
A study that found even low levels of drinking alcohol can increase health risks was published in full on Tuesday in an independent journal after a draft
June 09, 2026
Cities and towns across Pakistan-administered Kashmir were brought to a standstill on Tuesday after protesters clashed with security forces ahead of a
June 09, 2026
Oil stockpiles in the world's largest economies are headed toward the lowest levels since at least 2003 as inventories are drawn down at a record pace due
June 09, 2026
A Tunisian court sentenced prominent journalist Khaoula Boukrim to four years in prison in absentia, she said on Tuesday, in a ruling critics say highlights a growing crackdown on
June 09, 2026
The European Union should discuss the option of temporarily limiting some voting rights of the bloc’s future new members and creating more rule-of-law safeguards, Germany,
June 10, 2026
For the first time in a decade, New Zealanders see the United States as more of a threat than China, a survey by the Asia New Zealand Foundation found, as concerns over
June 10, 2026
The U.S.
June 09, 2026
Pope Leo spoke in Catalan, a language key to the region's identity, as he arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday for the second stop of a week-long tour of
June 09, 2026
A certain dam-building rodent is taking center stage in a World Cup-themed contest in Toronto
June 10, 2026
Crew members safe after Trump says Iran shot down US helicopter
June 09, 2026
French woman walks America to honor the flag discovered in her father's pocket
June 10, 2026
The World Cup is offering the 16 host cities a chance to take action against one of the biggest problems they face — homelessness
June 09, 2026
Europe faces a widening €1.4 trillion ($1.62 trillion) annual investment gap that risks holding back its economic objectives including energy transition, the European
June 09, 2026
JPMorgan Chase is keeping a close watch on consumer health as worries about inflation persist, Marianne Lake, CEO of the bank's consumer and
June 09, 2026
Britain said on Tuesday that a law to crack down on proxies acting for states deemed to be hostile such as Iran was expected to come into force next month, as it steps up
June 09, 2026
President Donald Trump's approval rate held near the lowest levels of his political career in recent days as most Americans said they expected gasoline
June 09, 2026
The Iranian soccer federation claims FIFA has revoked its ticket allocation for fans at the team’s three World Cup games in the United States
June 09, 2026
Boeing said on Tuesday that it delivered 60 jets in May, a 33% increase over the same period last year, though fewer than the 81 delivered by European
June 09, 2026
Amazon has issued C$14 billion ($10.04 billion) of Canadian dollar-denominated notes, a final pricing term sheet filed with the SEC on Monday showed,
June 09, 2026
Bulgaria's newly appointed defence minister, Dimitar Stoyanov, said on Tuesday his country would no longer provide arms to Ukraine and urged Moscow and Kyiv to sit down at
June 09, 2026
The dollar edged lower against peers on Tuesday amid a fragile Middle East truce and with investors looking ahead to key U.S. data later in the week. U.S.
June 09, 2026
Meta Platforms has been ordered by EU antitrust regulators to give rival AI chatbots such as OpenAI free access to WhatsApp while they continue to
June 09, 2026
Several candidates running to be the next head of the United Nations called for a strengthening of human rights and respect for international law and
June 09, 2026
In a first, a Navy surface drone found and rescued two crew members from an Army Apache attack helicopter that went down in waters near Oman's
June 09, 2026
The White House's South Lawn has hosted many sports over the decades but never a UFC fight like the one President Donald Trump is organizing for his 80th birthday
June 09, 2026
European Union regulators have ordered Meta Platforms to restore access to WhatsApp for rival AI chatbot makers
June 09, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon
June 09, 2026
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli government and its people to come to the negotiating table to end the war, warning in a CNN interview
June 09, 2026
A private credit fund managed by Blue Owl Capital, which earlier this year imposed limits on investor redemptions, has raised $500 million through an investment‑grade bond offering,
June 09, 2026
A Miami federal judge on Monday ordered Donald Trump's lawyers to explain why they should not be penalized for missing a Friday deadline to respond to the BBC's motion to dismiss
June 09, 2026
Salt Lake City and its county have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Homeland Security’s plan to open a giant warehouse in the city that would be used to detain up to 10,000 immigrants
June 09, 2026
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended pending a vote by member states on his fate, the court's
June 09, 2026
The International Monetary Fund's Executive Board approved reviews of Papua New Guinea's lending arrangements, unlocking about $163 million in combined disbursements, the fund said
June 09, 2026
Foreign investors increased purchases of two- and five-year U.S.
June 09, 2026
The global vaccine group Gavi said on Monday it hopes to use $600 million in soon-to-be-restored U.S. funding to boost malaria and other vaccination
June 08, 2026
A historically strong earthquake struck off Cuba's northwest coast on Monday, according to official reports, shaking parts of Cuba, Mexico and Florida that are
June 09, 2026
Is this already the ‘World Cup of Chaos’?
June 09, 2026
A strike at a major supplier for General Motors' trucks entered its second week on Monday with the United Auto Workers and Dauch Corp still unable to reach a
June 09, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said confirmed Ebola deaths had climbed to 101 and that the presence of armed groups was continuing to hinder the response in the
June 09, 2026
U.S.
June 09, 2026
Consumers in Britain increased their spending in May after reducing it in April, but their expenditure on travel dropped for a third month in a sign of caution over the
June 09, 2026
Global ratings agency S&P said on Monday it had downgraded JetBlue Airways to "CCC+" from "B-," pushing the carrier further into junk territory as high jet fuel costs hamper its
June 09, 2026
Spending on nuclear weapons by the world's nine nuclear-armed states rose by almost a fifth in 2025 to $119 billion, a report by the International
June 09, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had a "positive" conversation with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and praised what he called their
June 09, 2026
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rebounded on Monday from Friday's tech-led rout, on news of an Israel-Iran detente and as investors bought back cheapened
June 09, 2026
South Korea's economy grew in the first quarter at a stronger pace than previously estimated in April, revised central bank data showed on Tuesday.
June 09, 2026
The Confederation of British Industry cut its forecast for the country's economic growth on Tuesday and predicted unemployment would rise to its highest in more than a
June 09, 2026
U.S. wholesale inventories increased more than initially thought in April, likely reflecting stock building to hedge against shortages and high prices stemming from the
June 09, 2026
Knicks coach Mike Brown criticized the officiating in Game 3 of the NBA Finals after the San Antonio Spurs shot 24 free throws in the second half to New York’s eight
June 09, 2026
A measure of Australian consumer sentiment fell back in June as rising borrowing costs and higher petrol prices squeezed family finances, a survey showed on Tuesday, while
June 09, 2026
(Corrects name of agency to U.S.
June 09, 2026
Kenyan police shot dead a protester as hundreds of people staged new demonstrations on Tuesday against a quarantine centre in Kenya for Americans
June 09, 2026
Dubai's Emirates expects to receive its long-delayed first Boeing 777X by June next year, but has yet to see progress on Rolls-Royce engine improvements
June 09, 2026
Australian business conditions steadied in May as sales strengthened a little, a survey showed on Tuesday, while confidence stayed gloomy as cost pressures squeezed profit
June 09, 2026
Ukraine has signed a drone deal with Latvia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday as he met with Latvian Prime Minister
June 09, 2026
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday issued a decree ordering federal workers in the capital to work from home on June 11 and suspending school classes to
June 09, 2026
South Korea's cabinet approved on Tuesday a presidential decree as part of the process to allow $350 billion of strategic investments in the United States to proceed under a
June 09, 2026
Vietnam has ordered its major airlines to review the progress of multibillion-dollar agreements signed with Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, and explore new import deals with American
June 09, 2026
A few months ago, India's economy was humming along nicely.
June 09, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
June 09, 2026
Bonds have failed to shield investors during the Iran war.
June 09, 2026
European shares surrendered early gains on Tuesday to close lower for a third straight session, led by declines in commodity-
June 09, 2026
Maine oyster farmer and Marine veteran Graham Platner was projected to win the Democratic nomination for the U.S.
June 09, 2026