President Vladimir Putin approved a new Russian foreign policy concept that set out to confront the US and its allies, claiming an “era of revolutionary changes” was under way in international relations.
The European Union wants to make it easier to wind down medium-sized banks that fail by tapping national deposit guarantee systems for funding, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Biden administration’s requirements for electric vehicle tax credits will reduce the number of models eligible for incentives until tens of billions of new investment in US manufacturing by automakers and suppliers kick in.
Southern California’s garment factories are facing scrutiny for underpaying workers who make clothing for some of the nation’s top retailers, including Nordstrom Inc. and Dillard’s Inc.
The top trader at an alleged fraudulent City of London foreign exchange firm didn’t even know how trading actually worked, prosecutors said at a London trial.
Amancio Ortega, the billionaire founder of Inditex SA, has paid €100 million ($109 million) for a luxury apartment building in Dublin, his first deal in Ireland.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. will become the latest oil producer in Iraqi Kurdistan to cut production, as a legal spat between the region’s government and Baghdad that’s pushed up crude prices drags on.
South Africa has told rich countries backing its $8.5 billion energy transition deal that it wants to delay the closure of some units at its coal-fired power plants, people familiar with the situation said.
A senior Israeli cabinet minister fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for seeking a halt to a judicial overhaul is still on the job and may stay on as politicians grapple with the fallout of chaos that gripped the country this week.
Three major African major central banks surprised financial markets this week by raising interest rates more than expected in an attempt to cool inflation.
