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Trafigura assesses Red Sea risks after tanker attacked by Houthis

Commodities trader Trafigura said on Saturday it was assessing the security risks of further Red Sea voyages after firefighters put…

Guterres: UN to punish staffers involved in ‘terror,’ urges UNRWA funding

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres vowed on Sunday to hold to account “any U.N. employee involved in acts of terror”…

Beijing intensifies military pressure on Taiwan as U.S.-China talks resume

Beijing sent dozens of military aircraft and naval ships toward Taiwan on Friday, the same day of a low-profile meeting…

Biden pauses approval of new LNG export projects in win for climate activists

President Joe Biden paused pending approvals of exports from new liquefied natural gas projects on Friday, a move cheered by…

Judge refused to let Binance founder Zhao travel to UAE despite his offer to use equity as security

A federal judge last month rejected a request by Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao to travel to his home in…

Former high-ranking FDIC attorney Mark Black pleads guilty in child sex exploitation case

A former high-ranking lawyer at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to conspiring to sexually…

Why that ‘last mile’ of the inflation fight may be more challenging

Inflation in the U.S. economy is on the retreat. But the road to ultimate victory may be harder than what’s…

No ‘economic collapse’: Top Citi strategist says healthier economic growth is coming

The global economy does not need a “collapse” in order to bring inflation back to target and return to sustainable…

Houthis embrace ‘direct confrontation’ with U.S. as Biden admits airstrikes aren’t working

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Yemen’s Houthi rebels are enthusiastically “confronting America directly,” the organization’s leader said in a televised…