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It’s hump day and rate cut day, so I tapped senior business correspondent Christine Romans to share her reporting from the briefing with Chairman Jermone Powell. Her takeaway? There seems to be no magic bullets for some of the economic issues affecting everyday people. But the Fed has to do something, so here we are….
Watch: Moment Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado appears on Oslo balcony Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has appeared in Oslo, Norway, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, waving from the balcony of a hotel after months in hiding. She made the covert journey despite a travel ban against her, and has mostly…
Washington — The U.S. has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, officials said Wednesday, escalating tensions between the two countries. President Trump said he assumes the U.S. will keep the oil. Bloomberg first reported the oil tanker seizure. Mr. Trump announced the seizure during a roundtable meeting at the White House,…
Storm Byron is threatening to heap new miseries on Palestinians in Gaza, with families making distress calls from flooded tents and hundreds of others fleeing their shelters in search of dry ground as the fierce winter storm lashes heavy rains on the besieged territory. Officials warned Wednesday that the storm was forecast to bring flash…
Larry Ellison, Oracle’s co-founder and chief technology officer, appears at the Formula One British Grand Prix in Towcester, U.K., on July 6, 2025. Jay Hirano | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Oracle shares fell 7% in extended trading on Wednesday after the database software maker reported lower quarterly revenue than expected despite booming…
The fundraising website GoFundMe saw a sharp uptick this year in the number of people using the platform for help covering the cost of housing, food and other day-to-day necessities, according to the company’s annual analysis of campaigns. GoFundMe’s self-published “Year in Help” report found that the number of campaigns launched to assist people with…
A daughter of María Corina Machado, winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, has said her mother is determined to live in a free Venezuela and will “never give up” as she accepted her mother’s award in Oslo. Just before the ceremony, the Venezuelan opposition leader, who has been in hiding, sent a voice message…
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and a series of millions-selling sequels, has died, her family said on social media. Kinsella, whose real name was Madeleine Wickham, had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in late 2022. She announced the diagnosis in April 2024. She said at the…
Sednaya, the Assad regime’s flagship prison, became Syria’s slaughterhouse, where thousands were tortured and killed
In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens on February 9, 2025 in Bath, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday became the first country to formally bar users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms, a move expected…
