IBT Staff Reporter

Walmart, Target and Kohl's were among major retailers that reported earnings this week that missed Wall Street expectations by the widest margin in at least five years, underscoring the wallop four-decade-high inflation is bringing to U.S.

Canada's federal government introduced a bill on Thursday to establish an oversight body for its border police and its national police service after two previous bills died when Parliament was dissolved.

El Salvador lacks credibility in managing its finances and would benefit from a program with the International Monetary Fund, an official at ratings agency Moody's said on Thursday.

Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would ban nearly all abortions and would allow private citizens to sue anyone who helps women terminate a pregnancy.

They didn't sing together but U2 frontman Bono and Pope Francis were in harmony about their concern for the planet and the power of women to change the world when they met in Rome on Thursday.

'Chariots of Fire' and 'Blade Runner' composer Vangelis dies aged 79

Germany school shooting injures one, suspect arrested

WhatsApp is introducing free cloud-based API services in a push to get more businesses using the app, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the company's messaging event on Thursday.

WhatsApp is introducing free cloud-based API services in a push to get more businesses using the app, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the company's messaging event on Thursday.

Emerging economies will face a "tough terrain" for the next few quarters due to the Russia-Ukraine war, Atsi Sheth, global head of strategy and research for Moody's Investors Service, said on Thursday.

The Canadian federal government and competition bureau should block Quebecor from buying Shaw Communications' wireless business, telecom operators Bell Inc and Telus said in separate letters to the government and the agency, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

Vangelis, the Greek composer whose rousing electronic theme music for the Oscar-winning 1981 film "Chariots of Fire" became one of the most loved movie scores, has died at the age of 79.

Boeing's Starliner spaceship docks with ISS in high-stakes test mission

President Joe Biden could sign off on $100 million of military aid to Ukraine as soon as Thursday, including additional artillery munitions and counter artillery battery radar, the latest in a series of transfers to help Kyiv repel Russia's invasion, according to two sources briefed on the matter.

President Joe Biden's administration authorized $100 million of additional military aid to Ukraine on Thursday, the latest in a series of transfers to help Kyiv repel Russia's invasion, U.S.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday issued new Hezbollah-related sanctions, designating Lebanese businessman and the Iran-backed group's financial facilitator, Ahmad Jalal Reda Abdallah, and his companies.

The Biden administration on Thursday accused Cuba of fueling controversy over its possible exclusion from the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas next month to portray Washington as the "bad guy" and distract attention from Havana's human rights record at home.

Twitter Inc will begin placing warning notices in front of some misleading content regarding the conflict in Ukraine and limit the spread of claims debunked by humanitarian groups or other credible sources, the social media company said on Thursday.

Even streaming services fall short on diversity: Viola Davis

British fund manager Ruffer Investment Management is in talks with institutional investors to expand a recently launched U.S.

Ukrainian evacuees fear they might never return home

Pakistan bans import of luxury items to boost economy

Abbott Laboratories and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are on track to reopen the company's Sturgis, Michigan, baby formula manufacturing plant within one or two weeks, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said on Thursday.

Abbott Laboratories and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are on track to reopen Abbott's baby formula manufacturing plant in Sturgis, Michigan, within one or two weeks, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said on Thursday.

Life sentence requested for Russian soldier in Kyiv war crimes trial

Rwanda expects the first group of 50 asylum seekers to be transferred from Britain by the end of May, a government spokesperson said on Thursday.

Ukraine war puts Indian diamond polishers out of work

Harley-Davidson Inc said on Thursday it will suspend vehicle assembly and shipments for a two-week period, excluding those from its electric-vehicle division LiveWire, due to a parts issue related to a supplier.

Harley-Davidson Inc said on Thursday it will stop assembling and shipping motorcycles for two weeks except for its electric models due to a problem with parts from a supplier.