Australian corporate earnings have been a "positive surprise" amid investor euphoria over estimate-beating margins, but historical trends suggest results could take a turn as the earnings
August 19, 2024
South Korea and the United States kicked off annual summertime military exercises on Monday, seeking to boost their joint readiness to fend off North Korea's weapons and cyber
August 19, 2024
The union at Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, signed a deal on Sunday with BHP, ending a strike that could have threatened global supplies of the red metal.
August 19, 2024
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will attend the Democratic National Convention that begins on Monday in Chicago, Ardern's spokesperson said on
August 19, 2024
Outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday appointed new cabinet ministers with close ties to his successor Prabowo Subianto, in a
August 19, 2024
The Philippines and China accused each other on Monday of ramming vessels and performing dangerous manoeuvres in the South China Sea, the latest flare-up after the two
August 18, 2024
The Democratic National Convention, beginning on Monday, will celebrate the nomination of Kamala Harris as the party's presidential candidate.
August 14, 2024
Australia's Westpac Banking Corp said on Monday its third-quarter net profit was largely in line with a year ago, as increased earnings from capital and hedged deposits counterbalanced
August 18, 2024
Ernesto regained hurricane strength on Sunday and the storm was causing dangerous rip currents on beaches along the U.S. East Coast and Canada, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
August 18, 2024
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said it is time to consider adjusting borrowing costs from their current range of 5.25% to 5.5%, in an interview with the Financial
August 18, 2024
Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters on Sunday scrambled to put out a wildfire sweeping parts of the Atlantic island of Madeira's south coast, a popular tourist destination, with
August 18, 2024
Ukrainian air forces destroyed another strategic bridge over the Seym River in Russia's Kursk region, limiting the supply capacity of a Russian group opposing the Ukrainian advance,
August 18, 2024
An Israeli man died from wounds sustained in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to a spokesperson at Israel's Beilinson Hospital.
August 18, 2024Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said on Sunday that U.S. credit conditions are tight and are getting tighter, and that while there's no certainty the Fed will cut
August 18, 2024The union at BHP's giant Escondida copper mine in Chile said on Sunday in a memo to its members that it could relaunch a strike later in the day if the company does not "rectify
August 18, 2024
Israel is conducting a "robust investigation" of suspects accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian prisoner and is committed to upholding international legal standards regarding
August 18, 2024
Algeria will immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its power plants, Algerian state radio said in a statement on Sunday, after Lebanon's electricity company said the day
August 18, 2024
Sudan's government said it will send a delegation to Cairo for discussions with U.S. and Egyptian officials on Monday, keeping open the question of participation in peace talks aimed
August 18, 2024
Russia on Sunday denied a report that Ukraine's attack on the Kursk region had derailed indirect talks with Kyiv on halting strikes on energy and power targets, saying there had
August 18, 2024
Suggestions that Ukrainian authorities supported by Poland were behind planning and executing the sabotage attack on Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 are groundless, the Polish
August 18, 2024
Libya's Tripoli-based central bank said on Sunday it would shut down all operations and not resume work until a senior bank official kidnapped earlier in the day was released.
August 18, 2024
Heavy rains lashed Alpine regions of Austria and left parts of Vienna under water at the weekend, causing severe damage in parts of the country and disrupting road and rail transport,
August 18, 2024
Three peacekeepers on patrol were "lightly injured" when an explosion occurred near their clearly marked U.N. vehicle in the village of Yarine in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL
August 18, 2024Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that Ukraine had stationed more than 120,000 troops at its border with Belarus and Minsk had deployed nearly a third of its armed
August 18, 2024
Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage
Sisters of slain Israeli hostage: ‘They starved her before they murdered her’
Commerzbank shares fall 3% as German government retains stake
Hear from children living in makeshift homes on the shores of Gaza
Pope cancels his audiences due to slight illness days before a new trip
Alaska Airlines hit by IT outage causing ground stop in Seattle
As fast as it comes down, graffiti returns to DC streets. Not all of it unwelcome