The Santa Cruz City Council approved the first steps on Tuesday to study erosion and other potential hazards at Lighthouse Point, awarding more than $387,000 to a San Francisco-based environmental ...

Iran dismissed President Trump’s ultimatum to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying it would consider electric plants and water facilities “legitimate targets” if its electrical grid were struck.

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday he would not step down as leader of the central bank until his successor is confirmed and would not leave the bank’s board of governors until the ...

China’s credit expansion surprisingly picked up from a year ago in February, helped by improved corporate lending despite slower government bond sales. Aggregate financing, a broad measure of credit, ...

Nigeria’s central bank has prepared contingency measures to stabilize the naira if it comes under pressure, as investors dump riskier emerging-market assets because of the crisis in the Middle East.

BENGALURU, March 12 (Reuters) - The Bank of England will cut interest rates to 3.50% either in April or June, according to economists polled by Reuters who have largely abandoned calls for a March 19 ...

A judge granted a request for a 90-day pause in the pending criminal case against Halkbank. Now it must pass an independent review to prove that it is no longer evading U.S. sanctions. By Benjamin ...