VATICAN CITY — Transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop. The department, known as the Dicastery of ...

KUALA LUMPUR — In September, amid a shortage of white rice in Malaysia, rice mill operator and wholesaler Allen Lim started receiving calls from supermarkets asking for additional supplies. But he had to turn them down. Mr. Lim said his ...

WASHINGTON — Palestinians should govern Gaza once Israel ends its war against Hamas, the United States (US) said on Wednesday, pushing back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s idea that Israel would be responsible for security indefinitely. Hamas gunmen from Gaza ...

TOKYO – The Bank of Japan may end its negative interest rate policy as early as January, and keep raising short-term borrowing costs if the economy can weather risks from overseas uncertainties, said former central bank executive Eiji Maeda. The BOJ last ...

MEXICO CITY – Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was hospitalized in Mexico City on Wednesday due to a possible stroke, Mexican media outlets reported, but a TMZ report citing sources suggested the illness was potentially a less serious bout of vertigo. The 73-year-old ...

SYDNEY – Pacific Islands nations that want closer economic ties with Beijing will benefit from improved relations between Australia and China, Papua New Guinea’s minister for state Justin Tkachenko said on Thursday. Attending the Pacific Islands Forum on the Cook islands, Mr. ...

The president of military-ruled Myanmar has said the country is at risk of breaking apart due to ineffective management of recent violence in its border regions with China. The Myanmar junta is facing the biggest challenge to its authority since ...

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Fort Myers, Florida, 4 November 2023. Special thanks to Murray and Florence M. Sabrin for making this event possible. ...

If there were one thing that was surprising about the stock market, it would be how quickly the charts changed in November. Equities trended higher, yields fell, and crude cracked. Treasury yields dropped—the 10-year yield dropped from close to 5% ...

In this week’s edition of Trading Simplified, Dave shows his methodology in action with two open trades, explaining why you must “cherry-pick” all setups and see subsequent positions through their fruition, even during less-than-ideal conditions. He also shows the recent TFM ...