Iran immediately shut down President Donald Trump’s claim that it had “agreed to everything” the United States demanded, including handing over its enriched uranium. Instead, Iran’s foreign ministry ...

The global energy crisis caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is only the beginning of the economic cost of the war with Iran. I study how institutions affect businesses and supply chains, ...

About a third of the world’s fertilizer supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, and its effective closure is causing shortages and price spikes for fertilizer during the crucial spring planting ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 : Artificial intelligence lab Anthropic is exploring the possibility of designing its own chips, three sources said, as the company and its rivals respond to a shortage of AI ...

SINGAPORE – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is working with the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and banks to strengthen safeguards in using GIRO, said Minister of State for National ...

The 25th Amendment talk is back. Lawmakers have repeatedly floated the method for removing a president, as laid out in the Constitution, in recent years. And Donald Trump’s Cabinet apparently ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil has put China's BYD on a registry of employers who have subjected workers to conditions similar to slavery, after a 2024 scandal in which Chinese workers were said to have been ...

The directive came amid a surge of suspiciously well-timed trades on oil and prediction markets just ahead of crucial moments in the conflict. By Chris Cameron Reporting from Washington The White ...

Even as the status of the Strait of Hormuz remained unclear and U.S. and Iranian officials issued dueling threats to resume attacks if the cease-fire fell apart, both countries had reason to hope it ...

Major banks are set to close even more branches across the UK this year. In the first half of 2026, close to 100 NatWest, Halifax and Lloyds branches will close up and down the country. A number of ...

The price of oil rose Monday, as a U.S. blockade of Iran’s ports and coastal areas came into effect and President Donald Trump threatened to eliminate any Iranian “fast attack ships” that approached ...