California Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of a bill that would have banned caste discrimination was seen as “heartbreaking” by the legislation’s advocates while being welcomed by those who felt such a law would have stigmatized a minority in the state. The bill itself, as well as the buildup to its passage by ...
DALLAS – The outbreak of military conflict in the Middle East may leave central bankers battling new inflationary trends as well as deal a blow to economic confidence at a time when they had expressed growing hope about containing the price surge sparked by the pandemic and Russia’s 2022 invasion of ...
LIVERPOOL, England – Britain‘s opposition Labour Party will promise on Monday to get the country building again if elected to government, saying the way to spur much-needed economic growth is to smooth the path for the construction of new infrastructure. In a speech to the party’s annual conference ...
The fear on Wall Street is rising to a fever pitch, as put option buyers recently accelerated their bets against the market while sentiment surveys reached levels of bearishness not seen since last October. As I’ve noted recently, fear is often ...
One thing I repeatedly talk about is ignoring the talking heads and following the charts. If I had to provide a chart as the “poster child” for this, I might start with the following RRG chart: We’re downtrending, right? We’re ...
ANKARA — Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not “recognize LGBT” and vowed to combat “perverse” trends which he said aimed to destroy the institution of family in the country. Turkey’s government, led by Mr. Erdogan and ...
THE SUPREME Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports. Ms. Suu Kyi, in detention since the military toppled her government in a 2021 ...
NEW YORK — Investors are closely watching events in Israel as a geopolitical risk to markets, with some expectation the violence could prompt a move into safe-haven assets. Gunmen from the Palestinian group Hamas entered Israel in an unprecedented attack ...
DUBAI/GAZA/WASHINGTON — When Islamist group Hamas launched a spectacular attack against Israel, it also took aim at efforts to forge new regional security alignments that could threaten Palestinian aspirations for statehood and the ambitions of the group’s main backer Iran. ...
The Institute of International Finance (IIF) has circulated a report on the European Commission’s proposed legislation on the digital euro. The group looked at seven different areas where digital euro legislation is lacking and rated the bill. The IIF is ...