IBT Staff Reporter

The Justice Department on Friday opened an investigation into whether the city of Houston's response to illegal dumping discriminated against Black and Latino communities, citing environmental and health risks.

Jul 22, 2022

The U.S. Justice Department said it had opened an "environmental justice investigation" into Houston, which would examine whether the city responds to requests for municipal services in a manner that discriminates against Black and Latino Houston residents.

Jul 22, 2022

Meet Snake, a kitten with a heck of a war story. And the Ukrainian special forces soldier who saved him.

Jul 22, 2022

Three police officers and their civilian informant were found guilty of the 2016 murder of a human rights lawyer by a Kenyan court on Friday, a victory for campaigners struggling to hold police accountable for extrajudicial killings.

Jul 22, 2022

Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS)'s seventh capital raising in 14 years was always going to be a hard sell, now Italy's political crisis risks turning it into a mission impossible.

Jul 22, 2022

Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS)'s seventh capital raising in 14 years was always going to be a hard sell, now Italy's political crisis risks turning it into a mission impossible.

Jul 22, 2022

The Port of Dover, Britain's main gateway to Europe, on Friday declared a 'critical incident' over long delays, blaming a lack of French customs officials for causing a bottleneck as holidaymakers left for summer breaks.

Jul 22, 2022

Mexican consumer prices rose higher than expected in early July, official data showed on Friday, boosting expectations of further interest rate hikes as the central bank struggles to tame stubbornly high inflation.

Jul 22, 2022

The United Nations expects a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea to be fully operational in a few weeks and restore shipments to pre-war levels of 5 million tonnes a month, two senior U.N.

Jul 22, 2022

A strike by workers at Mexican telecommunications firm Telmex, controlled by the family of tycoon Carlos Slim, will end on Friday after the union and the company reached a deal, the union said.

Jul 22, 2022

Smaller stock exchanges in the European Union should be exempt from having to supply market prices to a real-time record of transactions for investors, a senior EU lawmaker has proposed.

Jul 22, 2022

A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers, and eight former and current employees of the factory.

Jul 22, 2022

A subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co has used child labor at a plant that supplies parts for the Korean carmaker's assembly line in nearby Montgomery, Alabama, according to area police, the family of three underage workers, and eight former and current employees of the factory.

Jul 22, 2022

Most people have long since left the village of Mala Tokmachka, in Ukrainian-held territory a couple of kilometres from the frontline in southern Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region.

Jul 22, 2022

Hungary eyes 'better cooperation' with EU in funds row: minister

Jul 22, 2022

When the blaze tore through a forest in Greece last August, swallowing up pine trees and scorching the earth, Stathis Albanis knew his beekeeping trade would suffer.

Jul 22, 2022

Twitter Inc on Friday blamed its ongoing battle to close its $44-billion acquisition by Elon Musk and a weakening digital advertising market for a surprise fall in quarterly revenue and a net loss.

Jul 22, 2022

Iraq's Kurdistan caught in Turkish war with rebels

Jul 22, 2022

Scholz tackles energy fears as Germany bails out gas giant

Jul 22, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden appeared virtually at a White House meeting of economic advisers on Friday to highlight his good health a day after testing positive for COVID-19.

Jul 22, 2022

Verizon Communications Inc on Friday cut its annual profit forecast after adding fewer monthly phone subscribers than expected in the second quarter, in a sign that red-hot inflation has begun impacting its business.

Jul 22, 2022

Nepal's central bank on Friday raised its benchmark policy rate at which it lends to commercial banks to 8.5% from 7%, as part of efforts to tame inflation which is running at a six-year high, and warned about pressure on declining forex reserves.

Jul 22, 2022

U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday as disappointing earnings from Snap spooked investors and shares in social media and ad tech firms dropped, offsetting gains from card issuer American Express following an upbeat forecast.

Jul 22, 2022

U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday as shares in social media and ad tech firms lost ground in the wake of earnings from Snap, offsetting gains from card issuer American Express following an upbeat forecast.

Jul 22, 2022

Major U.S. indexes dipped on Friday as shares in social media and ad tech firms decline following weak earnings from Twitter and Snap, offsetting gains from card issuer American Express following an upbeat forecast.

Jul 22, 2022

U.S. stock indexes fell on Friday after dismal quarterly revenue from Twitter and Snap triggered declines in social media and ad tech firms, countering gains in American Express following an upbeat forecast.

Jul 22, 2022

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Friday as social media and ad tech firms led declines after dismal quarterly revenue from Twitter and Snap, while an upbeat forecast from American Express kept the Dow afloat.

Jul 22, 2022

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq headed for a lower open on Friday as social media and ad tech firms led declines after dismal quarterly revenues from Twitter and Snap, while an upbeat forecast from American Express looked set to boost the Dow.

Jul 22, 2022

Schlumberger NV on Friday raised its annual revenue forecast after beating analysts' second-quarter earnings expectations, buoyed by higher demand for its oilfield services and equipment.

Jul 22, 2022