AMMAN — The economic cost of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on Arab neighbors Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan could rise to at least $10 billion this year and push more than 230,000 people into poverty, according to a United Nations ...
TOKYO — Japan’s political scandal looks set to wipe out heavyweights of the ruling party’s once-mighty faction favoring big monetary stimulus, easing the path for the Bank of Japan (BoJ) in pulling the economy out of decades of ultra-low interest ...
DUBAI — How to adapt to the impacts of climate change was one of the many difficult questions addressed at the Conference of the Parties (COP28) talks in Dubai — and how to pay for it has yet to be ...
Etsy is cutting about 225 jobs, or 11% of its workforce, as part of a plan to bring down its costs. As part of the move several executives will leave the online marketplace, including its chief marketing officer. Chief executive ...
Former BP boss Bernard Looney will forfeit up to £32.4m after the oil giant found he committed “serious misconduct” in failing to disclose relationships with colleagues. Mr Looney is to be dismissed without notice and will not receive further salary ...
Tesla will recall 193,000 vehicles in Canada to address concerns about safeguards for its driver assistance system Autopilot after announcing a recall of 2.03 million vehicles for the issue in the United States, Transport Canada said Wednesday. Tesla said in a filing with US regulators that it was deploying an over-the-air software update to “incorporate ...
WASHINGTON — General Motors CEO Mary Barra said Wednesday the Detroit automaker still plans on moving to all electric vehicle sales by 2035 even as it has recently delayed some EV production. “Our plan is to only be selling EVs, ...
HONG KONG — Every day, nearly 60 fully loaded very large crude-oil carriers sail between the Persian Gulf and Chinese ports, carrying about half of the oil that powers the world’s second-largest economy. As the vessels enter the South China ...
SHANGHAI — With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its households, scientists are worried a unique opportunity may be slipping away to study long COVID from possibly hundreds of millions of infections ...
For the first time in almost two years, most estate agents think they will be selling more homes in a few months’ time than they are currently. In the latest monthly survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a ...