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…
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,…
Everything you need to know about GCSE results day
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, In England, GCSEs are now graded using a numerical system from 9 to 1, rather than A to U, as was previously the case. By…
Al Jazeera Digital wins top Edward R Murrow Awards for Gaza war coverage
The Al Jazeera English website wins in the breaking news coverage, excellence in video and hard news categories. The Al Jazeera English website has won several Edward R Murrow Awards,…
Jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan applies to be Oxford chancellor
Chris Patten, the current chancellor of Oxford University, announced in February that he would be stepping down. Jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has applied to become the next…
The Human Cost of Coffee: Rescuing slave workers in Brazil’s farms
Witness From raids to rescues, a survivor of slave labour uncovers the exploitation of workers on Brazilian coffee farms. Jorge Ferreira’s life has been shaped by the coffee farms that…