As maritime rows resurface, Duterte readies to raise ruling with China
When Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte visits China this week, he’ll need to salvage something from a “pivot” to Beijing that has left him empty-handed, and...
Ukraine frees jailed Russian journalist amid prisoner swap talks
A court in Ukraine ordered jailed Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky to be freed on bail and released from custody, as Moscow and Kiev hold behind-the-scenes...
Global stocks under pressure as bond markets ring recession alarms
World stocks slipped on Wednesday as a deepening inversion of the U.S. bond yield curve a day earlier reignited worries over the possibility of recession,...
Steak-crazy Argentines keep buying beef even after peso crash inflates prices
Times are hard in recession-hit Argentina and the peso currency’s latest crash has jolted food prices higher....
Why wildfire prevention is igniting a new fight
The Trump administration is moving fast to thin out forests ahead of the wild fire season and that’s igniting a fight with some environmentalists. Here’s...
At least 23 killed in suspected attack on bar in Mexico
At least 23 people died in a bar fire in the southeastern Mexican port of Coatzacoalcos late on Tuesday after a suspected attack, authorities said,...
Tiffany beats profit estimates on lower marketing spend
Tiffany & Co beat quarterly profit estimates on Wednesday, as the luxury retailer cut marketing spending, sending its shares up nearly 3% in trading before...
Let it burn: U.S. fights wildfires with fire, backed by Trump
It was the kind of fire that has terrified communities across the drought-ridden U.S. West in the past few years: a ponderosa pine forest ablaze...
Aviation industry labor shortage hits Canadian companies trying to replace grounded Boeing jets
A global shortage of pilots and mechanics is preventing some Canadian aviation service companies from meeting the needs of airlines and other customers scrambling to...
Finance Minister Scholz appoints critic of Germany’s balanced budget policy as new deputy: sources
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has chosen an outspoken critic of Germany’s balanced budget goal as his new deputy for parliamentary affairs, government sources told Reuters...