Presidents can control monetary policy even without replacing the Fed chair, Benn Steil writes in a commentary essay.

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South African police and ambulances were at the site Thursday of an old gold mine shaft where around 4,000 illegal miners ...

The EU said Thursday that "unacceptable" attacks by Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev on the bloc, France and the Netherlands risked undermining the COP29 climate conference being held in Baku.

Plastics and cryptocurrencies could be taxed like flying and fossil fuels to plug the gap in climate finance and help developing countries, according to a task force led by France, Kenya and Barbados.

South Africa team to play England in a one-off rugby Test at Twickenham on Saturday (kick-off 1740 GMT): South Africa (15-1) Aphelele Fassi; Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Kurt-Lee ...

Seven Hong Kong men involved in a thwarted 2019 bomb plot to murder police officers were jailed on Thursday, with the plan's "mastermind" receiving a sentence of almost 24 years.

Typhoon Usagi slammed into the Philippines' already disaster-ravaged north on Thursday, as authorities rushed to evacuate ...

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn on Thursday reported a forecast-topping net profit for the third quarter and said it expected further strong growth in demand for artificial intelligence servers.

Air strikes hit the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Thursday after an Israeli warning to evacuate parts of the ...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are slightly higher in premarket trading. Short-term Treasury yields are lower, while longer-term yields are up. Bitcoin is just off a record high.

Simply Good Foods stock could deliver healthy gains if the company can breathe new life into Atkins, its older ...