The Bank of Japan has raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.25%, taking borrowing costs to their highest level in 31 years as policymakers confront a more persistent inflation problem and a changing...
China’s years-long campaign to accumulate crude oil reserves is becoming more than a story about energy security. It is increasingly a factor that can influence prices, supply resilience and the balan...
Gas markets are entering a more uncomfortable phase just as households and businesses prepare for winter. Prices have already moved sharply higher, but analysts warn that the next stage could be more ...
For a country that has spent more than a century defining itself in relation to its enormous southern neighbor, the sight of Canada’s prime minister rising to applause inside the European Parlia...
Public debate in Seoul has intensified as officials weigh the risks and limits of a possible overseas mission. South Korea is slowing a decision that Washington wants made quickly, insisting that any ...
Every jump on the gas-station sign invites a simple culprit, and Ukraine has become an easy one. The war has unsettled energy markets, but saying Ukraine caused expensive gasoline confuses the victim ...
An empty chair captures the uncertainty surrounding the delayed talks in Oman. MUSCAT, Oman — A meeting meant to draw Iran and its Arab neighbors into the same room has been postponed, turning a promi...
A tanker delayed at a narrow shipping passage can now redraw capital budgets thousands of miles away. When crude supplies tighten sharply, the immediate story is familiar: fuel prices jump, inflation ...
Staff at the chicken chain Nando’s claim they sometimes have to clean its restaurants without pay. Current and former Nando’s employees at multiple restaurants told the BBC they had to scr...
Factory activity in China fell at a record rate in February, as manufacturers closed their operations to contain the spread of coronavirus. The country’s official measure of manufacturing activi...
Italy was the first European country to report a major surge in cases of the coronavirus, with numbers quickly climbing into the hundreds. The authorities have responded with travel restrictions in th...
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