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Pope Leo XIV, while imparting his blessings to Baby Jesus statues, has urged school children and youth to pray for the Pope’s intentions, and for the children around the world to live in peace. “Let ...

Data collection issues skewed the latest Consumer Price Index report, economists warned, clouding the picture for the Federal Reserve as it also grapples with a cooling labor market. By Colby Smith ...

The Bank of England’s (BoE) MPC has cut interest rates from 4% to 3.75% The MPC last met on 6 November when it held rates at 4% The market was widely expecting the MPC to lower interest rates ...

• The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday by a quarter point as expected, lowering borrowing costs for the third time this year. • Wall Street rallied after Fed Chair Jerome Powell ruled out ...

Federal Reserve rate decisions are taken by a 12-member rate-setting committee, known as the FOMC or Federal Open Market Committee. That is made up of the Fed chair and six other presidentially ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its influential interest rate for the third time this year, pointing to a job market that Chairman Jerome Powell said may be weaker than it appears. The cut of a ...

Vanessa Balintec is a Live Page Journalist based in Toronto, Ontario. She helps create and curate multimedia posts for Reuters’ Live Pages — a scrolling feed of multimedia posts for some of the ...

Joshua grew up in poverty, deep in the Middle of Nowhere, Alabama. Gaming was a rarely afforded escape from reality that persisted throughout his life, something that saw him through good times and ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was awarded the new FIFA peace prize on Friday at the 2026 World Cup draw — giving the soccer spectacle to set matchups for the quadrennial tournament even more of ...

President Trump on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo to Washington for the signing of a peace treaty. Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi will also hold a ...

President Trump on Wednesday will oversee a peace treaty signing ceremony between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, after meeting separately with Presidents Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame ...