Economy

Real estate building under construction in Qingjiangpu District, Huai ‘an City, Jiangsu province, China, on July 15, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Top Chinese officials on Friday emphasized the country would focus on its own affairs in the face of rising trade tensions. “As long as we do our own […]

A medium close-up front view of a teenage girl who is sending text messages to a friend and checking her social media as she waits in the corridor of the high school she attends. Solstock | E+ | Getty Images Parents around the world are debating when to give their children smartphones, as evidence grows […]

Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s chief technology officer, said the company estimates that the excess reserve will increase by $700 million in the current quarter, which is not yet over.Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty ImagesCryptocurrency giant Tether is setting up a bitcoin mining operation in Uruguay using renewable energy, as the company looks to diversify the… […]

JPMorgan Chase and Company President and CEO Jamie Dimon testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on “Annual Oversight of the Nation’s Largest Banks”, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersJPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon on Wednesday called for “real engagement” between policymakers in Washington… […]

An aerial view of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory on March 29, 2021 in Shanghai, China.Xiaolu Chu | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFrom handshakes with Chinese officials to visits to China’s top ministries, Elon Musk’s visit to Beijing is putting the spotlight on China’s place in the global electric vehicle market.The Tesla CEO’s visit to China… […]

The Microsoft Bing App is seen running on an iPhone in this photo illustration on 30 May, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesArtificial intelligence may lead to human extinction and reducing the risks associated with the technology should be a global priority, industry experts… […]

A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on May 31, 2023.Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesNorth Korea’s first attempt at launching a military spy satellite resulted in failure on Wednesday, with South Korea’s military… […]

Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz (L) is welcomed by Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace on July 18, 2024 in Woodstock, England. Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images OXFORD, England — The U.K.’s new Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seeking to reset fractured […]

British Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a news conference in London, Britain, October 14, 2022. Daniel Leal | Reuters LONDON — The new U.K. government is on Thursday set to propose legislation to prevent “significant uncosted measures” from being announced without an analysis of their impact on public finances. The Labour government, which took power […]

Cattle graze at the Buffalo Gap Wind Power project in Taylor and Nolan counties just south of Abilene, Texas. Robert Daemmrich | Corbis | Getty Images Just off of Interstate 20, in the heart of West Texas, is a town of 125,000 people called Abilene. Once a stopping point along a cross-country cattle trail in […]