European shares inch higher as oil prices ease; earnings in focus
European shares edged higher on Tuesday as reports of U.S.-Iran mediation efforts pushed oil prices lower, while investors assessed a…
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admin Japan bond jitters overshadow Takaichi’s first economic policy roadmap
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi vowed to boost investment in growth areas in her first economic blueprint finalised…
Father, son charged with kidnapping Forest Service workers at gunpoint
A father and son have been charged with kidnapping two U.S. Forest Service employees who were held hostage during a…
First sets of watches issued for South Mississippi as tropical system brews in Gulf
Tropical Storm Bertha may form Monday; watches cover the Florida Panhandle to the Mississippi/Alabama border with heavy rain and localized…
Canada’s annual inflation rate cools below forecast on cheaper fuel
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate cooled more than expected to 2.8% in June, data showed on Monday, as gasoline…
Some kids come here for vacation. Others come to die. Either way, parents are grateful
SAN LEANDRO, CA − Daniel Lockwood's parents say he squealed with enthusiasm the whole last hour of their four-hour drive…
Analysis-Portugal’s migrant curbs hit construction firms working to solve housing crisis
LISBON - Jose Simao arrived in Portugal from Angola in 2022 to work as a bricklayer, part of a wave…
European shares inch lower as Middle East jitters lift oil; tech earnings loom
European shares edged down on Monday, as an escalating U.S.-Iran conflict drove oil prices higher, stoking concerns over inflation ahead…
Oil jumps 3% as US, Iran expand strikes in the Middle East
SINGAPORE - Oil prices jumped about 3% on Monday, with Brent oil prices surpassing $90 per barrel, as escalating U.S.-Iran…
VP Vance announces birth of son
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, welcomed their fourth child, a boy, on Sunday.