Economic data has shown Argentina’s inflation slowing for the second straight month in May.

First lady Melania Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have announced the launch of Fostering the Future Accounts.

Brazilian officials have announced a significant drop in deforestation rates.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up this week to just below its high for the year, the latest sign that borrowing costs on home loans remain elevated relative to where they were before the war with Iran started.

A new memo from U.S. health regulators is raising questions about a recent decision to authorize the first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers.

Anthropic will donate $150 million to launch a fellowship program called Claude Corps that plans to help nonprofits effectively use artificial intelligence by embedding 1,000 trained fellows in various organizations for a year.

The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, has been delayed due to unresolved issues.

Many workers fear machines will supplant them as adoption of artificial intelligence accelerates.

U.S. producer prices climbed last month at the fastest pace since November 2022, fueled by surging energy prices.

U.S. applications for jobless aid rose modestly last week, but remain at a historically low level despite economic headwinds brought on by the war in Iran.

The European Central Bank on Thursday became the first major central bank to raise interest rates in response to the Iran war.

U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey has resigned, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threats.

Blood cancer survivor DeAnna Brandon worries about new Medicaid work requirements affecting her health coverage.

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday.

French and Swiss authorities are imposing pandemic-like border restrictions as the G7 summit begins.

Foreign workers building a sprawling $350 million American Consulate in Milan say they were paid less than $2 an hour after being promised fair wages.

U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war.

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Hostilities between the U.S. and Iran have escalated, with Iran retaliating against U.S. air and cruise missile strikes.

U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in two months, and oil prices fell after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening.

A reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant in Japan has resumed operations.

The World Cup starts Thursday, and FIFA is charging record prices at the 11 stadiums in the United States, three in Mexico and two in Canada.

Saudi Arabia has ended its five-year ban on Lebanese imports, a significant move to rebuild relations between Lebanon and Gulf countries.

Anthropic has joined calls for the AI industry to find ways to cushion people from AI's disruptions to the workforce.

President Donald Trump has a surprising take on a new report that shows inflation spiking to its highest level in three years.

The economic fallout from the Iran war — higher energy prices and increased uncertainty — will drag down global growth this year, the World Bank said Thursday.

Longtime Associated Press journalist David Briscoe has died at 82.

Visa is embedding its payment network into ChatGPT, allowing the chatbot to shop and complete transactions for users.

In Brazil, home of soccer-mad fans and the five-time world champions, the only way to watch all 104 games of the World Cup will be through the streaming platform anchored by a digital influencer.

Former Canada Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is writing a book about her nation's tense relationship with the United States.

When SpaceX makes its debut on the U.S. stock market, it wants smaller-pocketed, mom-and-pop investors to play a big role in what may be the biggest IPO ever.

Anyone following SpaceX’s plans to sell shares to the public is likely to hear terms thrown around that describe steps and components of an initial public offering.

The current used market offers exceptional performance cars for under $25,000, ranging from refined turbocharged German coupes and raw V8-powered American icons to practical hot hatches and lightweight specialty cars.

Another sell-off for artificial-intelligence stocks dragged the U.S. market sharply lower.

Hollywood directors have reached a four-year tentative contract agreement with studios and streaming services.

Bill Gates says he made an error in judgment by ever meeting with Jeffrey Epstein as the Microsoft co-founder faces questions behind closed doors from lawmakers about his relationship with the disgraced financier.

The court officials overseeing the NFL’s $1 billion-plus settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding that they fraudulently steered clients toward doctors willing to give them a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis whether they exhibited symptoms or not.

Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.

Kalshi will start collecting customer employment information for trading in certain high-risk markets.

Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near.

New York has implemented a law requiring advertisements featuring AI-generated people to clearly label them as “synthetic performers.”.

Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is urging prosecutors to investigate possible voter coercion by rebel groups in favor of governing party candidate Iván Cepeda.

Federal health regulators have signed off on the first new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. market in more than 25 years.

Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to face a funding shortfall in 2032, a year earlier than previously expected.

European Union regulators have ordered Meta Platforms to restore access to WhatsApp for rival AI chatbot makers.

The Trump administration has warned more than 500 hospitals that they are failing to provide the public with enough information about prices.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes accelerated last month to their fastest pace since December, a sharp turnaround in demand for the housing market after a lackluster start to the spring homebuying season.

Apple and the European Union are blaming each other for delaying the rollout of Apple's Siri AI app to European users.

Researchers commissioned by President Joe Biden's Democratic administration to investigate alcohol-related health harms have released their findings independently.

Renderings of a dramatically redesigned Pennsylvania Station in New York City have been released by Amtrak and the developers it has selected for the estimated $8 billion project.

Humanoid robots struggling with tasks like grasping a cup have a new teacher — a person wearing an ultrasound wristband that captures the movement of muscles, tendons and ligaments beneath the skin.

Scott Pelley has spoken out in a raw and emotional podcast interview about his last days at CBS News, where he spent 37 years.

Another sudden reversal for high-flying artificial-intelligence stocks sent Wall Street reeling.

China has reported that its exports picked up pace in May, rising 19.4% from a year earlier.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency official is set to testify in federal court about the U.S. government’s plans for refunding billions of dollars in tariffs that the Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump imposed illegally.

OpenAI has filed preliminary paperwork to potentially become a publicly traded company.

The Pentagon has added several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of Chinese military companies.

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas.

New government data released Monday shows U.S. airlines spent nearly $6.5 billion on jet fuel in April.

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Three more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry.

Israel and Iran have exchanged fire, marking the first such incident since a ceasefire two months ago.

Wall Street held steadier and recovered some of its sell-off from last week.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers.

U.S. consumers haven’t stopped spending since the Iran war drove up fuel prices.

Motorists and airline passengers aren't the only travelers thinking about high fuel prices as summer vacations near.

Apple is unveiling new artificial intelligence features at its annual developers conference.

The three remaining correspondents at "60 Minutes" have decided to stay with the show despite recent turmoil.

The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity in the next few years.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has decided not to change its guidelines for including large "MegaCap" companies in its stock indexes.

Anthropic is proposing that top AI companies coordinate a way to pause the development of advanced AI systems if they become too dangerous.

The Treasury's financial crimes unit is warning banks about the risks of serving people living in the country illegally.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected a proposal by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a face-to-face meeting, saying he sees “no point” in it.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked a plan to loosen rules for fishing red snapper in the Atlantic, halting what was expected to be the longest recreational snapper season in years.

Two corporations bid on a handful of leases during the latest oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Television and movie actors have voted to ratify a four-year contract with studios and streaming services.

The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market.

Scott Pelley may have lost his job after publicly blasting CBS management.

Federal investigators have released their initial report on a jet that struck a truck on a highway while landing at a New Jersey airport.

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate eased this week from its highest level in nine months, welcome relief for prospective homebuyers.

President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry.

U.S. employers added a surprising 172,000 jobs in May as the labor market continued to show resilience in the face of rising costs from the Iran war.

The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in a case about the power of federal regulators over telecommunications companies.

The Supreme Court has upheld a broad reading of the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission to recoup ill-gotten gains from people who engage in securities fraud.

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid hit their highest level in four months last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite ongoing economic uncertainty brought on by the war in Iran.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

Melinda French Gates is expanding her efforts to improve women's health worldwide, pledging $215 million for contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives for middle-age women.

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will strengthen its air defenses to counter recent Ukrainian drone attacks.

Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations.

Wall Street rallied after falling oil prices and yields in the bond market eased the pressure on U.S. stocks.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas.

A stunning week of revelations of discord at “60 Minutes” has raised a host of questions, and left people inside and outside the network wondering about the program's ultimate health.

SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world’s first trillionaire.

Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new sanctions while upholding an oil embargo.

A commercial bus crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured dozens of others has raised questions about the driver, the company that employed him and the overall safety of the industry.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is refusing to say whether President Donald Trump and his family will still receive immunity from IRS audits after the administration abandoned plans for a $1.776 billion compensation fund.

Polymarket is ending its paid relationship with George Santos as federal regulators investigate him for possible insider trading.

A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case was held in secret after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.