U.S. job openings dip to 9.8 million but remain high, showing resilience in labor market
U.S. job openings slipped in May but remained at levels high enough to show the American labor market remains resilient in the face of sharply higher interest rates
2023-07-06 22:15
Greece welcomes deescalation in the eastern Mediterranean without directly referring to Turkey
Greece’s newly appointed defense minister has welcomed a de-escalation of tensions in the eastern Mediterranean
2023-07-06 21:53
George Soros' Open Society Foundations to lay off 40% of staff under son's new leadership
Several human rights organizations are concerned about Open Society Foundations plans to lay off 40% of their global staff as billionaire investor George Soros hands over leadership to his son
2023-07-06 21:26
German government puts off vote on a contentious heating plan until September
Germany’s governing coalition has put off until September a vote on contentious legislation to encourage the replacement of fossil fuel heating systems after the country’s top court shot down plans to push it through parliament this week
2023-07-06 20:51
More Americans apply for jobless benefits, but layoffs are not rising significantly
The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose last week, but remains at healthy levels despite the Federal Reserve’s attempt to cool the labor market by raising interest rates
2023-07-06 20:47
Stock market today: Wall Street drifts lower again with new jobs data arriving over the next 2 days
Wall Street headed lower for a second day and markets in Europe and Asia fell as well with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in China attempting to lower tensions between the world’s two largest economies
2023-07-06 20:29
Tesla's Autopilot driver-assist system gets closer look as US seeks details on recent changes
U.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects
2023-07-06 19:45
US seeks details on changes that Tesla made to Autopilot driver-assist system as part of crash probe
U.S. automobile safety regulators are zeroing in on changes that Tesla has made to its Autopilot partially automated driving system including how it makes sure drivers pay attention and how it detects and responds to objects
2023-07-06 19:19
Shell CEO calls it 'irresponsible' to cut oil production now
The head of global energy giant Shell says it would be “irresponsible” to cut oil and gas production at a time when the world economy is still dependent on fossil fuels
2023-07-06 19:18
Glitches in Japan's unpopular MyNumber digital ID cards draw a flood of complaints
The minister charged with an overhaul of this nation’s digitized system to assign a number to all Japanese has apologized, as doctors protested glitches with health insurance and local governments begged for clarity on how to go about handling the problems
2023-07-06 18:49
Climate talks chief urges oil producing states to slash emissions
The president of this years United Nations’ climate talks has urged the oil and gas industry to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by or before 2050 at a speech Thursday to oil producing states
2023-07-06 17:54
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen visits China as part of efforts to sooth strained relations
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leaders as part of efforts to revive relations that are strained by disputes about security, technology and other irritants
2023-07-06 17:50