Factbox-Excerpts from G7 leaders' statement on economic coercion
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) agreed on Saturday to establish an initiative to counter economic "coercion",
2023-05-20 14:49
Group of 7 aim to project unity in Japan amid wide-ranging set of global issues
World leaders gathered in Japan will attempt to project unity on China during meetings Saturday, even as differences persist between the United States and Europe in how to confront Beijing's growing military and economic aggression.
2023-05-20 08:45
Latin America’s Inflation Is Hitting a Turning Point, Fueling Rate Cut Calls
Latin America’s top central bankers reinforced their inflation warnings at a high-profile event in Sao Paulo on Friday,
2023-05-20 07:47
Syria: Dismay and fear as Bashar al-Assad returns to Arab fold
Syrian's President Bashar al-Assad is coming out of diplomatic isolation - to the terror of refugees.
2023-05-20 07:22
Jim Brown, legendary NFL running back who left the game to become an activist and actor, has died at age 87
Jim Brown, the transcendent athlete-actor-activist who ran roughshod over the NFL and its record books in the 1950s and 1960s and won multiple MVP awards before retiring abruptly at age 30 to focus on the civil rights movement and a career in Hollywood, has died, his former team and his widow said Friday. He was 87.
2023-05-20 06:59
McCarthy Agrees to Resume Talks With Biden Team at Capitol
Debt-limit talks resumed in Washington on Friday hours after Republican negotiators stormed out in frustration that that their
2023-05-20 06:58
Japan's pacifism hangs in balance as China and North Korea threats loom
Each move to militarise leaves the country more divided over its post-war pacifist ideals.
2023-05-20 06:16
McCarthy Puts Debt-Limit Talks on ‘Pause’ as Clock Ticks Down
Debt-limit negotiations hit an impasse Friday as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the White House for resisting spending
2023-05-20 05:55
Giuliani Records Row in Election Suit a ‘Murky Mess,’ Judge Says
Rudy Giuliani fended off accusations he’s failed to fully comply with his legal duty to produce records and
2023-05-20 05:47
How tornadoes, crypto and mudslides pushed up the debt default deadline
The so-called X-date, or the day the US government can no longer pay its bills, may be on an accelerated timeline because the federal government collected less money on Tax Day in April than it had anticipated.
2023-05-20 05:24
Treasury's Cash Pile Shrinks Further as Debt-Ceiling Talks Stall
Yields on US Treasury bills that mature in early June have resumed climbing as the federal government’s coffers
2023-05-20 05:22
American-JetBlue Alliance Is Blocked as Anti-Competitive
American Airlines Group Inc. and JetBlue Airways Corp. must dissolve a partnership covering flights across the northeastern US
2023-05-20 05:19