IBT Staff Reporter

Horn-blaring demonstrations demanding an end to Canadian COVID-19 vaccine mandates have caused gridlock in the capital Ottawa since late January.

Trucker uprising hits key artery in US-Canada car industry

Bank of America Corp is facing a lawsuit seeking class action status filed on Thursday by two customers who say the bank refused to honor promises to refund overdraft fees to clients who faced financial hardship during the pandemic.

Tens of Syrian protesters gathered on Thursday in the mainly Druze city of Sweida to protest against worsening economic conditions and subsidy cuts that came into force last week, residents, activists and local officials said on Thursday.

The United States is seeking the first-ever consultations with Mexico over its environmental obligations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, including protection of the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, U.S.

Climate change, COVID and China's "coercion" in the Indo-Pacific top the agenda as foreign ministers of the Quad grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States meet in Melbourne on Friday, with talks also covering an escalating crisis between the West and Russia over Ukraine.

The United States, Australia, Japan and India pledged on Friday to deepen cooperation to ensure the Indo-Pacific region was free from "coercion", a thinly veiled swipe at China's economic and military expansion.

U.S. mortgage rates increased to a two-year high last week and could keep rising, a trend which may further squeeze first-time buyers struggling to overcome higher home prices and limited housing supply.

OnlyFans, an online subscription platform known for adult content, has launched a feature for users to display verified NFTs as profile pictures, it said on Thursday.

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Thursday that three people previously arrested by U.S.

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo said on Thursday that three people previously arrested by U.S.

A Canadian research note calling ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a possible "savior" of Brazil's sluggish economy has stoked debate in financial markets over increasingly bullish foreign investors eyeing a return of the left-wing leader.

The United Nations aims to kickstart this month a system to swap millions of aid dollars for Afghan currency in a plan to stem humanitarian and economic crises and bypass blacklisted Taliban leaders, according to an internal U.N.

France is considering withdrawing its troops from Mali, but adapting its strategy to prevent Islamist militancy spreading south may prove complex and contribute to uncertainty in the region.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday and charged with calling in bomb threats at seven predominantly Black schools in Washington a day earlier, the city police department said.

The unexpectedly large surge in U.S. consumer prices last month has bolstered the view that the Federal Reserve is late to the fight against the strongest inflation since the early 1980s and needs to take quick action to begin to make up the lost ground.

The unexpectedly large jump in U.S. consumer prices last month has bolstered the view that the Federal Reserve is late to the fight against the strongest inflation since the early 1980s and needs to take dramatic action to make up lost ground.

Pressure increased on the Federal Reserve on Thursday to take a stronger stand against inflation after an unexpectedly large jump in U.S.

Worried about record-high inflation, the European Central Bank may have significantly raised the threshold where it might staunch bond market sell-offs in Italy and other weaker euro bloc countries.

Worried about record-high inflation, the European Central Bank may have significantly raised the threshold where it might staunch bond market sell-offs in Italy and other weaker euro bloc countries.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday his country needed fundamental change to revive economic growth, by tackling corruption and the endemic poverty, inequality and unemployment deepened by chronic power cuts and COVID-19.

Euronext's integration of Borsa Italiana is reaping savings faster than expected for potential acquisitions, though no "actionable" target has been identified, the pan-European exchange's CEO Stephane Boujnah said on Thursday.

Sarah Palin said at her defamation trial against the New York Times that she felt "powerless" after the newspaper published a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican U.S.

Sarah Palin said at her defamation trial against the New York Times that she felt "powerless" after a 2017 editorial incorrectly linked the former Alaska governor and Republican U.S.

Sarah Palin said at her defamation trial against the New York Times on Thursday that she felt "powerless" after a 2017 editorial incorrectly linked the prominent Republican to a mass shooting six years earlier

Sarah Palin said at her defamation trial against the New York Times on Thursday she felt "powerless" after a 2017 editorial incorrectly linked the prominent Republican to a mass shooting six years earlier

The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would ban companies from forcing employees who allege sexual assault or harassment to settle their claims with an arbiter without the option of filing a lawsuit.

NATO seeks new chief and women top candidates' list

Investors were bracing for more market volatility after a sharper-than-expected rise in consumer prices ramped up expectations for how aggressively the Federal Reserve will need to move as it fights to tame soaring inflation.