ACCRA – Ghana on Monday suspended payments on most of its external debt, effectively defaulting as the country struggles to plug its cavernous balance of payments deficit. Its finance ministry said it will not service debts including its Eurobonds, commercial loans and most bilateral ...

MONTREAL – A United Nations summit approved on Monday a landmark global deal to protect nature and direct billions of dollars toward conservation but objections from key African nations, home to large tracts of tropical rainforest, held up its final passage. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, reflecting the joint leadership of ...

LOS ANGELES – Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape and two other sexual assault counts by a Los Angeles jury on Monday, marking the second conviction of the onetime Hollywood kingmaker who became the face of #MeToo sexual abuse allegations five years ago. The jury found Mr. Weinstein guilty of rape, forcible oral copulation and sexual ...

SEOUL – North Korea on Tuesday denounced Japan’s new security strategy as fundamentally changing the regional security environment and warned it will show how “wrong” and “dangerous” Japan’s choice is with unspecified actions, official news agency KCNA reported. A North Korean foreign ministry spokesperson made the remarks in a statement carried by KCNA, days after Japan ...

WASHINGTON/CIUDAD JUAREZ – The US Supreme Court on Monday said COVID-era restrictions at the US-Mexico border that have prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum should be kept in place for now, siding with Republicans who brought a legal challenge. ...

Bond prices plummeted, yields increased, and U.S. indexes fell again Monday. The major U.S. indices have fallen for the past two weeks, and, on Monday, most markets closed near their lows. The S&P 500, represented by the SPY ETF above, closed ...

Coming to the end of the year on this week’s edition of StockCharts TV‘s Halftime (presented by Chaikin Analytics), Pete’s focus is primarily on the market and the mechanics of the market in general. Another sell off is in progress today, as ...

On this week’s edition of The DecisionPoint Trading Room, Carl reignites his discussion on watershed events, showing us how the Hunt Brothers’ attempt to corner the market in Silver also raised Gold prices to historic levels. Of course, we know ...

PPC (pay-per-click) is a marketing method, which involves using online adverts to promote brands and organisations and the products and services they sell. Companies that want to advertise on platforms pay a fee when a web user clicks on the ...

If you and your former partner were cohabiting prior to Splitting Up and you also had a business together, your next steps may feel uncertain. Business interests and their division are more clear cut when you are married, so in ...