It’s been rare for a string of positive economic news to emerge out of the U.K. in 2025 — but this week in particular has given Britain three reasons to…

Iran and the United States made modest progress during talks in Rome over the future of Iran’s nuclear program, an intermediary said on Friday after the fifth round of discussions.…

A suspect is in custody after two staff members of Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, police said. The suspect, identified…

With the start of hurricane season a little more than a week away, federal forecasters say the United States will likely experience an “above-normal” Atlantic hurricane season. On Thursday, the National Oceanic and…

A Paris court on Friday found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the robbery of Kim Kardashian at her residence in the French capital in 2016. But none…

U.S. singer-songwriter and pianist Billy Joel said Friday he is cancelling all of his scheduled concerts — including a stop in Toronto — after he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus, a…

It’s reliably one of the biggest events for style (and film!) each year, and the 2025 Cannes Film Festival once again delivered standout red carpet looks — from floor-sweeping gowns to more…

Oaktree Capital Management, the Los Angeles-based investment firm known for distressed-debt turnarounds, is in advanced talks to take control of Superior Industries International Inc., the aluminum wheel manufacturer battered by…

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sent Media Matters for America a letter demanding communications between the progressive media watchdog and advertising entities as the commission probes whether the watchdog…

AI can perform tasks such as writing, coding, reasoning, and researching with great accuracy — all tasks that are key to starting your own company. That begs the question: can AI…

As the Federal Reserve continues to wind down its balance sheet and navigate a changing interest rate landscape, the central bank’s standing overnight lending tool—the Standing Repo Facility—is poised to…

For President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, the meeting in the Oval Office was meant to be a chance to hit the reset button. He did everything to get the…

Today’s newest AI models might be capable of helping would-be terrorists create bioweapons or engineer a pandemic, according to the chief scientist of the AI company Anthropic. Anthropic has long…

This week saw one of the most important — and perhaps surprising — events in corporate Britain’s annual calendar: the gala night of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show.…

Hong Kong passed a stablecoin bill on Wednesday to expand its cryptocurrency licensing regime as more governments recognize the digital asset. Unlike volatile digital assets like bitcoin, the value of stablecoins is…

Tom Cruise had a major request. He wanted IMAX to show his latest “Mission: Impossible” movie — and only his movie — on its giant screens for three weeks. It…

Moody’s decision to join other major ratings agencies in downgrading the U.S.’s once-pristine credit rating could have a tangible impact on Americans’ wallets. The agency has dropped the U.S. sovereign…

Barings LLC has raised $950 million for a new private-equity and infrastructure fund, underscoring growing investor appetite for mid-market and niche strategies amid a turbulent global investment environment. The Charlotte-based…

The summer reading list tucked into a special section of The Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer seemed innocuous enough. There were books by beloved authors such as Isabel Allende…

David Lazer, who as an IBM executive in the mid-1960s hired Jim Henson’s Muppets to star in a series of short films that injected laughs into sales meetings — and…

Black Spade Capital, the family office of Macau casino billionaire Lawrence Ho Yau-lung, has invested in IFCX, a Hong Kong-based real estate brokerage group that aims to pool at least US$5…

Two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot and killed by a gunman who later yelled “Free Palestine!” while being arrested in Washington, DC, Wednesday night, authorities said. The slain staffers,…

Michael Dell is pitching a “decentralized” future for artificial intelligence that his company’s devices will make possible. “The future of AI will be decentralized, low-latency, and hyper-efficient,” predicted the…

Wolfspeed Inc., a once high-flying U.S. semiconductor company known for its silicon carbide technology, is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection within weeks after months of failed out-of-court negotiations with…

The president of CBS News, Wendy McMahon, was forced out of her post on Monday, the latest shock wave to hit the news division amid an ongoing showdown involving President…