IBT Staff Reporter

Russia attack conjures up fears of new Europe 'iron curtain'

US-Russia tensions spill into space, but ISS safe -- for now

Afghanistan is inching closer towards economic collapse six months after the Taliban seized power, the Red Cross said on Friday, with a paralysed banking system stymieing international efforts to get financial aid into the war-ravaged country.

A liquefied natural gas tanker that has been docked at Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass export terminal in Louisiana since early February is nearly loaded, according to gas supply data, and preparing join a stream of U.S.

Grain exporters are looking for alternative sources of wheat and corn as a Russian invasion cuts off Ukrainian supplies, with European Union producers Romania and France being used to cover some nearby loadings, traders said on Friday.

Moscow said on Friday it was partially limiting access to Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook, accusing it of "censoring" Russian media, announcing the measure a day after Russia invaded Ukraine and the latest in a series of steps against U.S.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has never made any secret of his desire for warm ties with Russia and President Vladimir Putin.

Russia is facing more resistance than Moscow anticipated in its invasion of Ukraine, including in its advance on the capital, Kyiv, and appears to have lost some of its momentum, a senior U.S.

Russia will use money from its rainy-day fund this year to replace shortfalls caused by a forced reduction in state borrowing, which has grown more costly due to new Western sanctions, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday.

President Joe Biden's selection on Friday of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman U.S.

Western economic sanctions to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine heap a new set of unknowables on a global economy already distorted by the coronavirus pandemic and a decade of ultra-cheap money.

Swamped by state media, Russians near Ukraine toe the line

Pre-tax profits for the world's largest copper producer Codelco surged to $7.4 billion in 2021 from $2.1 billion a year earlier, boosted by high global prices for the widely used metal, the Chilean state mining company said on Friday.

The Biden's administration's sale of offshore wind development rights off the coasts of New York and New Jersey continued to shatter all records on Friday, reaching over $3.8 billion with one single block fetching over $1 billion.

The Biden's administration's sale of offshore wind development rights off the coasts of New York and New Jersey continued to shatter records on Friday, reaching over $4 billion with one single block fetching over $1 billion.

The Biden administration's sale of offshore wind development rights off the coasts of New York and New Jersey drew a record $4.37 billion in high bids from developers that included major European energy companies.

Infopulse, one of Ukraine's biggest IT companies, had been planning to relocate hundreds of its staff to Poland for weeks, preparing for what was seen only as a worst-case scenario.

Biden joins emergency NATO session on Russia's Ukraine invasion

Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court

U.S. Treasury yields eased from earlier highs on Friday after the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge rose more than expected in January, but the market's reaction was muted as uncertainty reigned due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary can remain in bankruptcy, preventing plaintiffs from pursuing 38,000 lawsuits against the company alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause cancer.

A U.S. judge ruled on Friday that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary can remain in bankruptcy, preventing plaintiffs from pursuing 38,000 lawsuits against the company alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause cancer.

Johnson & Johnson can use the bankruptcy system to resolve multibillion-dollar litigation claiming its talc products cause cancer, a U.S.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine could derail President Tayyip Erdogan's new economic programme by slashing tourism revenues seen vital to reducing the gaping current account deficit and pushing up inflation via rising energy and grains costs.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has upended several popular trades, inflicting heavy losses on investors bullish on European stocks and the euro and also those bearish on the Japanese yen and government debt.

Soaring energy prices and a geopolitical crisis over Russia's invasion of Ukraine are looming over the European Union's attempts to agree a raft of tougher climate change laws, raising concerns that some could be delayed or scaled back.

Soaring energy prices and a geopolitical crisis over Russia's invasion of Ukraine are looming over the European Union's attempts to agree a raft of tougher climate change laws, raising concerns that some could be delayed or scaled back.

The Canadian dollar rallied against the greenback on Friday as traders walked back some of the large moves seen the day before in reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and awaited an interest rate decision next week by the Bank of Canada.

Stocks rebound, oil slips as traders weigh Russia sanctions