The chaotic week for financial markets is drawing to a close, with risk assets getting bid as regional banks surged and solid jobs figures tempered fears of an economic recession. Treasuries fell.
Covid-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said, lowering its alert level three years after the novel coronavirus began killing millions of people as it swept across the world.
A top US spy official said intelligence agencies should use commercially available AI to keep up with foreign adversaries that will do the same — while being sure to address the risks to privacy and broader concerns about misuse of the fast-developing technology.
Oil recovered amid signs of tight supplies in the physical market, but prices still were headed for a weekly loss on concerns that demand is weakening.
Anyone looking for signs of an imminent downturn for the US economy won’t find it in the latest employment data.
Aluminum used in EVs can be traced back to mines and refineries in Brazil, where residents allege the environment is being destroyed and people are getting cancer.
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. had its capital requirements raised by Singapore regulators after a pair of outages disrupted services to its customers.
The cost of drilling for shale oil is dropping for the first time in about two years as demand for equipment and workers wavers.
Air raid alerts sounded across many Ukrainian regions Friday, including the capital and its surrounding areas, with local authorities urging people to go to shelters.
The US government’s count of new Covid-19 cases has been dropping for months. Soon, it will disappear entirely.
