Powell’s speech support U.S. rate-cut bets
U.S. interest rates futures rose on Friday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank will do what it can to preserve the...
Iran’s Zarif says nuclear talks with Macron were ‘productive’: ILNA agency
Iran’s foreign minister said talks he held on Friday with French President Emmanuel Macron about a landmark 2015 nuclear deal were “productive”, according to the...
France, Britain aim to show unity on Iran as G7 looms
France and Britain aimed on Friday to present a united front on how to deal with Iran, where they have been at odds with the...
Israeli teenager killed by bomb near settlement: Israeli officials
An Israeli teenager was killed and her father and brother were injured by a Palestinian bomb near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on...
Russia extends detention of ex-U.S. Marine accused of spying
A court on Friday extended by two months the pre-trial detention of a former U.S. Marine who has been held in Russia on suspicion of...
Amid global pressure, Brazil’s Bolsonaro looks to send army to fight Amazon fires
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he may mobilize the army to help combat fires sweeping through the Amazon rainforest, as international condemnation and...
Wall St drops 1% after Trump’s China salvo
Wall Street’s three main indexes lost about 1% on Friday after President Donald Trump said U.S. companies should “immediately start looking for an alternative to...
Worldpay charges, disclosed in fine print, anger small U.S. merchants
Mark VenHuizen, the comptroller of a family business which sells parts for boat engines in Florida, says he has complained three times to Worldpay Inc...
David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79 – The New York Times
David Koch, Billionaire Who Fueled Right-Wing Movement, Dies at 79 The New York Times David H. Koch, who amassed a multibillion-dollar fortune with his brother Charles...
Erdogan tells Putin Syrian offensive is causing humanitarian crisis
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Friday that Syrian army attacks in northwest Syria are causing a humanitarian crisis and threaten Turkey’s...