Rapid-commerce firm Zepto Ltd. is preparing to publicly file in the first half of June for an initial public offering that may raise up to $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

At a time when the Iran war is upending energy flows and roiling economies across the world, Saudi Arabia is scoring billions ...

A little-known Swiss trading company played a key role in the transit through the Strait of Hormuz of an oil supertanker whose stop-start journey captivated the oil market earlier this month, ...

Pope Leo XIV said artificial intelligence should be “disarmed” to protect humanity from its dangers, adding his voice to a heated debate over the extent to which governments should regulate a ...

According to the British Beer and Pub Association, approximately two pubs a day have closed in England during the first quarter of 2026. Could pubs tell us something about larger trends in the British ...

Canadian Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said he’s “highly confident” that Alberta oil sands companies can absorb the cost of building carbon capture, despite their protests that Canada’s climate rules ...

Investors are increasing bets that Turkey’s central bank will need to raise interest rates, as higher energy costs keep inflation elevated and a political crisis puts pressure on the lira.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping thanked visiting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for Pakistan’s work in mediating talks between the US and Iran — underscoring Beijing’s push to end a war that poses a slew of ...

A Chinese online brokerage tycoon lost more than a quarter of his fortune in a single day after Beijing cracked down on cross-border stock trading to tighten control over capital outflows.

Chinese investors are rushing to find alternative ways to buy and sell overseas equities after Beijing launched its most forceful crackdown on illicit cross-border stock trading to stem capital ...

India’s finance minister defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for austerity during the Iran war after opposition parties criticized the appeal, saying the conflict was creating external ...

The US and Iran are inching closer to a deal to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but officials from both sides signaled they still need to negotiate certain points. Oil prices ...