Trading in global markets is mixed and muted ahead of a key Fed chair speech

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied close to their records Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve finally said out loud what Wall Street has been expecting for a…

How fast will interest rates fall? Fed Chair Powell may provide clues in high-profile speech

JACKSON, Wyoming — With inflation nearly defeated and the job market cooling, the Federal Reserve is prepared to start cutting its key interest rate from its current 23-year high, Chair…

South Korea blames deadly battery plant fire on safety failures

Aricell also accused of manipulating test samples from previous inspections and for hiring unskilled labourers. A deadly fire at a South Korean lithium battery factory in June broke out as…

Nepal lifts TikTok ban after blocking app over ‘social harmony’ concerns

Move comes weeks after Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was sworn into office following the collapse of the previous government. Nepal has lifted its ban on TikTok less than…

Volcano near Iceland’s Grindavik erupts for sixth time since December

Met office reports eruption does not ‘present a threat to life’, and Reykjavik’s Keflavik Airport says flights unaffected. A volcano in southwestern Iceland has erupted for the sixth time since…

Harris says ‘now is the time’ for Gaza ceasefire deal

NewsFeed Vice President Kamala Harris said that “now is the time” for a Gaza ceasefire deal and backed Palestinians’ right to self-determination, as she accepted the Democrats’ nomination for the…

Deadly floods leave millions stranded in Bangladesh

A woman and her child wade through floodwaters in Feni, one of the worst-hit areas. [Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/AFP] At least 13 people have been killed and 4.5 million affected by…

Kamala Harris with Beyoncé? Yes, but the star singer was only heard through loudspeakers

Kamala Harris introduced herself to the country she hopes to lead in the climactic moment of the Democratic national convention on Thursday — and despite chatter about potential mystery guests,…

US ambassador to Mexico calls proposed judicial overhaul a democracy ‘risk’ and economic threat

MEXICO CITY — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar said Thursday a judicial overhaul proposed by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador poses a “risk” to Mexico’s democracy and “threatens the historic…

Long-running battle over lucrative beach concessions between Italy and EU could be in final chapter

ROME — The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer. For almost two decades,…