US Vice President J.D. Vance is in Switzerland meeting with Iranian officials in meetings mediated by Qatar:Trump empowered us to find a diplomatic solution to ...

Iran's Khatam-al Anbiya HQ announced that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to all maritime traffic. The military headquarters cites US breaches of the war-en...

Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a ceasefire to start almost immediatelyTwo killed in drone strike in Southern Lebanon after ceasefireCanada April retail sal...

This has to be the most-fragile ceasefire in history. It's hard to believe this is ever going to hold. This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive....

The party can't last forever.Friday's rally in stock markets -- particularly in chip stocks -- surprised me. The Fed was hawkish and stock market sold off durin...

UK politics is incredible. In 2024, Starmer delivered 411 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons and now he's on the way out. "Consider it over the weekend" i...

Today's meeting between the US and Iran was postponed in light of the ongoing fighting in Lebanon but that looks to have been cleared up by today's ceasefire (h...

A report from The Times says multiple cabinet ministers will tell UK PM Starmer that his "time is up" and to set out a timeline for his departure.UK politics ar...

A 'senior US official' cited by Reuters says that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire from 4 pm local time, which is just minutes from now. Oil prices...

Prior was +0.9%The advanced April reading was +0.6%April retail sales ex autos +0.1% vs +0.7% expectedPrior ex autos +1.4% (revised to +1.2%)Sales were up in fi...

How have interest rate expectations changed after this week's events?ECB policymaker Wunsch says upside surprises in inflation would justify further tighteningE...

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