Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said failure to avoid a looming federal government default would undermine Washington’s ability to provide international leadership and defend US national security.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Washington intends to crack down on Russia’s ability to skirt sanctions imposed by the US and allies after its invasion of Ukraine.
On the morning of October 19, a storm swept across the Irish Sea. Intense rains battered the country with flash flooding, and just over 100 miles south of the Irish east coast, a bolt of lightning struck one of the seven turbines at the Arklow Bank wind farm, setting it ablaze.
China is warning domestic brokerages not to spread information that compromises national security, reinforcing a campaign that has roiled consulting firms and providers of financial data.
A Hong Kong news outlet will no longer publish submissions from a prominent political cartoonist after authorities criticized his work, the latest example of declining press freedoms in the financial hub.
Malaysia is exploring laws to protect the country from what Law Minister Azalina Othman termed as “ridiculous” lawsuits such as the territorial claims made by the self-styled descendants of Sulu sultanate.
Vodafone Group Plc said that the chief executive officer of Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC, its biggest shareholder, will join the board as its Emirati backers gain more sway over the company’s strategy.
A summer laced with economic strains looms for the world’s richest economies.
Turkey’s tightly controlled lira is set for a jolt, regardless of the outcome of Sunday’s election between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition contender Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
A wind turbine in southern Sweden caught fire early on Thursday, the local Fire and Rescue service said.
