[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is delivering the keynote address to the Institute of International Finance in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. After his speech, Bessent is set to sit for a…
Opposition MPs in Ghana have fiercely condemned the suspension of the country’s chief justice, accusing President John Mahama of trying to “pack the courts” with justices who are sympathetic to the governing party, the NDC. Gertrude Torkornoo was removed from her post on Wednesday – the first time a chief justice has been suspended in…
Three dozen members of the largest body representing British Jews are facing disciplinary action after signing an open letter criticising Israel over the war in Gaza. Amid signs of deepening divisions among British Jews over the 18-month-old war, the Board of Deputies announced this week that all 36 signatories to the letter were now “subject…
Shares in the maker of Dettol and Nurofen fell 6% as investors braced for the impact of Trump’s tariffs. The FTSE 100 consumer goods business Reckitt Benckiser, which is based in Slough and makes products including Durex condoms and Harpic bleach, said it was “closely monitoring” the evolving situation around trade tariffs and possible effects…
A “For Sale” sign stands at a house in Miami, Florida, U.S. April 16, 2025. Marco Bello | Reuters Higher interest rates, as well as concern over where the broader economy is headed, is causing mortgage demand to drop sharply. Last week, total mortgage application volume fell 12.7% compared with the previous week, according to…
João da Silva Business reporter, BBC News Watch: ‘It will be expensive’ – Americans react to the impact of Trump’s tariffs on the economy US President Donald Trump has appeared to soften his recent comments on China and the head of the US Federal Reserve after recent clashes as he pursues his economic agenda. He…
Sarah Rainsford and Laura Gozzi Reuters The pontiff’s body, laid out in an open coffin, was moved to the church in a formal procession Mourners are paying their respects to Pope Francis, whose body was moved from his Vatican residence to St Peter’s Basilica before his funeral on Saturday. The Pope’s open coffin was carried…
A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey has forced thousands of people to evacuate, closed a stretch of a main highway and reached a shuttered nuclear power plant. Flames from the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County had reached buildings on the campus of the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant, according to the local Lakewood…
London talks aimed at securing a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia have been downgraded and will no longer include US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff. The meeting on Wednesday will instead take place among senior officials from the UK, France, Germany, Ukraine, and the US, while UK Foreign Secretary David…
Facebook and Instagram icons are seen displayed on an iPhone. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The European Union on Wednesday fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros each for breaching the bloc’s digital competition laws. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, said it was fining Apple…
