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Building collapse in Gaza kills 16 as perilous conditions persist for Palestinians during truce

A building collapse in Gaza City overnight has killed sixteen people, including at least twelve women and children

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

Smaller phone and laptop makers dig in for years of memory scarcity

Independent phone and laptop makers are redesigning products, testing incoming chips for fakes and passing on costs as a memory shortage they

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Technology|World

US, Vietnam firms to sign agreements as To Lam travels to New York, documents show

A string of agreements is expected to be announced next week by U.S. and Vietnamese corporations involving energy, tech, aviation

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

US court accepts airBaltic Chapter 11 filing, Latvian prime minister says

A U.S. court judge has accepted Latvian carrier airBaltic's request to enter Chapter 11 under the U.S. bankruptcy code and restructure its debt, Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said

September 16, 2026

Asia|Business|Economy|Finance

Indonesia finance minister ousted after clash with Prabowo's ex-army colleague, sources say

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto sacked Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa after he clashed with a top ministry official who served on

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets

European shares rise as oil rally pauses; all eyes on Fed

European shares staged a recovery on Wednesday after two sessions of declines as a rally in oil prices paused, lifting risk appetite ahead of the U.S.

September 16, 2026

War-damaged Gaza building collapses killing 12 people seeking shelter inside

Gaza rescuers on Wednesday combed through the wreckage of a bombed-out apartment building that collapsed overnight, killing at

September 16, 2026

A damaged building collapses in Gaza, killing at least 14, and other Mideast developments

A building housing displaced Palestinian families has collapsed in Gaza City, killing at least 14 people, most of them women and children

September 16, 2026

Economy

Warsh on collision course with Trump administration

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is likely to come out of Wednesday's policy decision bruised one way or another.

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance

China's slower loan growth is the new normal, central bank governor says

China's slower loan growth is becoming the new normal as shrinking property and local government sectors sap credit demand faster than emerging industries can fill the gap

September 16, 2026

Asia|Business|Economy|Technology|World

Hong Kong's first five-year plan aims to add jobs, homes

Hong Kong leader John Lee unveiled the city's first five-year plan on Wednesday, aiming to boost residents' livelihoods and cement its

September 16, 2026

Economy

Poll shows rising trust in global institutions, less comfort with US as global leader

A new poll of over 35,000 people worldwide shows continued support for global cooperation and rising trust in international institutions, but less

September 16, 2026

Asian markets make shaky gains ahead of Fed decision, oil slips

Stocks edged higher in Asia on Wednesday as a respite in the global bond selloff and a drop in oil prices steadied nerves ahead of a pivotal

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance|Stock Markets|Technology

Asian stocks mostly higher ahead of Fed's interest rate decision

Asian shares are mostly higher as investors await the Federal Reserve’s decision with high expectations of an interest rate hike

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

AI rivals found rare agreement on safety. Putting it into practice is harder

Leading voices in AI, including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, agree that AI development needs to slow down

September 16, 2026

Arts|Economy|Election

Trump to campaign in North Carolina rally with his handpicked Senate nominee Michael Whatley

President Donald Trump plans to travel to North Carolina on Wednesday to campaign with Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley

September 16, 2026

Arts|Asia|Economy|Finance

BOJ set to raise interest rates to 31-year high as inflation risks loom

The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates to a 31-year high on Friday and signal readiness to keep pushing up borrowing costs, joining other major

September 16, 2026

Australia|Business|Economy|Finance

Sydney housing slump creates pandemic-sized hole in state tax take

The Australian state of New South Wales, home to one of the world's most expensive housing markets in Sydney, saw tax revenue from home sales dive more than

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance

Apollo Global Management provides $585 million financing to office provider TEC

Apollo Global Management has extended $585 million in financing to office space provider The Executive Centre (TEC), the U.S.-based asset manager said on Tuesday.

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Finance

Private equity, foreign investors fuel Aussie M&A activity in 2026

Australian companies have attracted a wave of takeover interest from private equity firms and overseas investors so far in 2026, although only a limited number of those approaches

September 16, 2026

Business|Economy|Interview

US-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war

Small business owners in the United States and Canada say a trade war between their countries is hurting sales while they are also dealing with rising expenses from higher fuel costs

September 16, 2026

Arts|Business|Economy|Finance

Chinese investors rush into US stocks as Beijing opens wider path overseas

Chinese investors are piling into foreign assets, especially U.S. stock funds, after regulators lifted outbound quotas, unlocking pent-up demand as domestic yields are at

September 16, 2026

Warsh likely to side with financial markets over Trump as Fed rate hike expected

Barely four months into the job, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is stuck between two strong but opposing forces: Financial markets that anticipate the central bank will raise interest rates, and President Donald Trump, who wants the Fed to cut them or leave them unchanged

September 16, 2026