The United Kingdom on Thursday confirmed plans to subsidize energy bills for households and businesses, joining other European governments in a costly race to protect their economies from freezing up this winter as Russia cuts off supplies of gas.Story Published at: September 08, 2022 at 01:44PM

Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14, despite the US tech company having left the country, thanks to Moscow’s parallel import scheme, a senior government official told the RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday.Story Published at: September 08, 2022 at 10:46PM

Digital World Acquisition Corp., the blank-check firm seeking to merge with former President Donald Trump’s media venture, announced Friday it will avoid an imminent liquidation.Story Published at: September 09, 2022 at 01:14PM

At a think tank conference Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell reiterated his pledge to stay the course on the central bank’s aggressive inflation-busting policy.Story Published at: September 08, 2022 at 09:24PM

China is beset by severe economic problems. Growth has stalled, youth unemployment is at a record high, the housing market is collapsing, and companies are struggling with recurring supply chain headaches.Story Published at: September 09, 2022 at 06:37AM

North Korea has passed a new law declaring itself a nuclear weapons state in a move leader Kim Jong Un says is “irreversible.”Story Published at: September 09, 2022 at 08:06AM

When Princess Elizabeth landed at Washington National Airport on the last day of October 1951, she emerged from her airplane in a raspberry red coat, a new velvet-brimmed hat and, some people observed, more makeup than usual.Story Published at: September 09, 2022 at 12:19AM

A noodle seller famous in Vietnam over a viral video that was widely viewed as mocking a top government official has been arrested, police said, the latest in a crackdown on critics of the country’s communist rulers.Story Published at: September 09, 2022 at 03:53AM

No firearm was found at the scene where a Black man was shot dead by police in south London this week, according to a watchdog office investigating the rare fatal police shooting in England.Story Published at: September 08, 2022 at 09:05PM

Big oil companies are spending millions to portray themselves as taking action climate change, but their investments and lobbying activities don’t live up to their planet-friendly claims, according to a new report. Story Published at: September 08, 2022 at 01:01AM