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Diesel prices are hitting record highs as the Middle East conflict intensifies, affecting American farmers and rural residents

Pressure from the U.S. bond market hit a new level on Wall Street after a surprisingly strong report on the economy raised worries about inflation, while oil prices halted their slide

McDonald’s said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally

The Gap, a clothing brand that has featured everything from swing-and-jump blues to hip-hop and rap in commercials, is now tapping into the boy-band business

Former President Bill Clinton opened this year’s Clinton Global Initiative conference, calling on attendees to promise to “step into the void created by retreating governments” following cuts by the United States and other nations to foreign assistance

Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him as he responded a question about the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House by affirming the importance of journalists covering public figures

Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, calling it a temporary emergency measure

Governments across Europe are using subsidies, taxes, and policy changes to help their economies, companies and aggrieved citizens weather an energy crisis caused by wars in Ukraine and the Middle East

Asian shares are mixed following another bond sell-off that has brought U.S. Treasury yields to their highest in years

A new $100 million philanthropic fund for wildfire prevention in South America, home to the Amazon rainforest, is being launched during New York Climate Week, as fires race across the Amazon

The U.S.-created Board of Peace has said the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees has no place in Gaza

Argentina’s poverty rate rose sharply in the first half of 2026, marking the first significant setback after more than a year of declines under President Javier Milei

Nearly everyone will feel the impact of what’s going on in the bond market, no matter how far away and abstract it may seem

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week above 7% for the first time since January 2025, the latest affordability setback for prospective homebuyers following a five-week run of rate increases