Colombia, U.S. Discuss More Drug Interception At Sea, Enhanced Intel Sharing
Colombian President Gustavo Petro and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday they discussed stepping up the interception of narcotics at sea and enhanced intelligence sharing on drug trafficking.
Exclusive-Mexico's CFE Ordered To Pay Canada Firm $85 Million In Arbitration Case
Mexican state power utility Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) last year lost an international arbitration case to Canadian firm ATCO Ltd , and had to pay redress of about $85 million, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Mexico To Extend Talks With U.S. Over Energy, Hails 'Productive' Dialogue
Talks between the United States and Mexico to resolve a dispute over energy policy will extend beyond an initial consultation period as the two sides narrow differences, officials said on Monday.
Ukraine Forces Break Through Russian Defences In South, Advance In East
Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's defences in the south of the country while expanding their rapid offensive in the east, seizing back more territory in areas annexed by Moscow and threatening supply lines for Russian troops.
Cuban Protests After Hurricane Ian Fade But Anger Over Shortages Simmers
Cuba had restored power to most of Havana on Monday following Hurricane Ian, defusing tension in the capital after scattered protests last week, though anger still simmered on the streets as residents struggled to replace food and supplies squandered by blackouts.
New York City Office Leasing Surges; Still Below Pre-pandemic Levels
New York City's office market rebounded in the third quarter from a year earlier, though leasing remained below levels seen before the rise of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, and higher interest rates and a strong dollar dampened new investment in the sector.
Ukrainian Pensioner Who Lost Legs Defies Russian Occupation
More than half a century after gangrene claimed his legs up to his hips and all of his fingers, Hryhoriy Yanchenko joined the Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion.
U.S. Supreme Court Leans Toward Limiting Wetlands Regulation
Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared open to limiting the reach of the U.S.
Musk And Zelenskiy In Twitter Showdown Over Billionaire's Peace Plan
Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday asked Twitter users to weigh in on a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine that drew immediate condemnation from Ukrainians, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who responded with his own poll.
Hungary Passes Anti-graft Law To Avoid Loss Of EU Funds
Hungary's parliament passed the first of a series of anti-corruption bills on Monday as Budapest seeks to avoid a loss of European Union funds at a time when its economy is headed into recession and the forint has plunged to record lows.
Global Recession Can Be Avoided With Right Fiscal Policies -IMF's Georgieva
Global recession can be avoided if governments' fiscal policies were consistent with monetary policy tightening, but likely there would be countries falling into recession next year, the International Monetary Fund's managing director said on Monday.
Fed's Williams Says Central Bank Has More Work To Do To Cool Inflation
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said on Monday that while there have been nascent signs of cooling inflation, underlying price pressures remain too high, which means the U.S.
U.N. Pushes For Global Fertilizer Price Cut To Avoid 'Future Crisis'
The United Nations is pushing to cut the price of fertilizers to avoid a "future crisis" of availability, said a senior U.N.
U.S. Manufacturing Nearly Brakes; Price Pressures Abating
U.S. manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace in nearly 2-1/2 years in September as new orders contracted amid aggressive interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve to cool demand and tame inflation.
Explainer-Brazil Election 2022: How Does The Run-off Work?
Brazil's high-stakes presidential vote on Sunday did not yield a first-round winner with the necessary majority for an outright win, setting up a tense two-man race later this month featuring polar opposites Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro.
European Shares Kick Off Last Quarter Of 2022 On Upbeat Note
European shares gained on Monday, in a positive start to the last quarter of this year, as a slew of bleak economic activity data helped ease some jitters around the pace of monetary policy tightening by central banks to stamp out runaway inflation.
Swedish Geneticist Wins Nobel Medicine Prize For Decoding Ancient DNA
Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discoveries that underpin our understanding of how modern day people evolved from extinct ancestors at the dawn of human history.
GM Outsells Toyota In U.S. As Industry Worries About Inflation
General Motors Co outsold Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp in the United States in the third quarter, data on Monday showed, but analysts and investors are fretting that a darkening economic picture will lead to a drop in future car sales.
U.S. Supreme Court Punts Oakland Appeal Over Las Vegas Move By NFL's Raiders
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Oakland's bid to collect more than $240 million in damages from the National Football League and its 32 teams for allowing the Raiders franchise to relocate to Las Vegas in violation, according to the jilted California city, of federal antitrust law.
U.S. Supreme Court Spurns Coal Executive's Challenge To Mine-explosion Conviction
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away former Massey Energy Co CEO Donald Blankenship's bid to overturn his conviction on a charge of criminal conspiracy stemming from a 2010 West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 coal miners.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Ban On Gun 'Bump Stocks'
The U.S. Supreme Court, which expanded gun rights in a major decision in June, on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a federal ban on devices called "bump stocks" that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire like a machine gun - a firearms control measure prompted by a 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting.
Biden To Announce $60 Million In Aid To Puerto Rico After Hurricane
President Joe Biden plans to announce more than $60 million in aid to help Puerto Rico during a visit on Monday to survey damage as the island grapples with the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona.
Supreme Court To Scrutinize U.S. Protections For Social Media
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to federal protections for internet and social media companies freeing them of responsibility for content posted by users in a case involving an American student fatally shot in a 2015 rampage by Islamist militants in Paris.
Supreme Court Turns Away Challenge To U.S. Vaccine Rule For Health Workers
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Missouri and nine other states - mostly Republican-led - to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers in healthcare facilities that receive federal funds.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Pennsylvania Electoral Map
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Republican former congressman's challenge to a map charting Pennsylvania's U.S.
China Likely To Boost Oil Products Exports Into Early 2023, Support Economy
Chinese refiners are likely to boost refined oil products exports in the last two months of 2022 and into early 2023 after receiving the biggest allocation from Beijing this year, trade sources and analysts said on Monday.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump Ally Lindell's Defamation Case Appeal
Mike Lindell, a prominent ally of former President Donald Trump, must face a $1.3 billion lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems Inc accusing him of defamation for pushing false claims that its voting machines rigged the 2020 presidential election, with the U.S.
U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Turkish Lender Halkbank's Bid To Avoid Charges
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Turkish state-owned lender Halkbank's bid to avoid criminal charges of money laundering, bank fraud and conspiracy for allegedly helping Iran evade economic sanctions in a case that has strained American relations with NATO ally Turkey.
Sweden Sends Diving Vessel To Probe Leaking Nord Stream Pipelines
Sweden sent a diving vessel on Monday to the site of Russian gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea that ruptured last week following blasts in the area, to probe an incident that has added new tension to Europe's energy crisis.
Exclusive-Euribor In Expansion Mode For First Time Since Rigging Scandal
Euribor is making its first push to expand the number of banks contributing to its benchmark rate, a decade after a global rigging scandal that put its very future in doubt.