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Oil prices jump after U.S., Britain strike on Houthis in Yemen
An oil tanker anchored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen's contested western province of Hodeida on July 15, 2023.Mohammed Huwais | Afp | Getty ImagesOil prices rose after Britain and the United States carried out military strikes…
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World Court hears Gaza Strip genocide case against Israel
Public hearings in South Africa's genocide case against Israel began on Thursday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands on Jan. 11, 2024.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThe U.N.'s highest court is on…
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AI election disruption poses the biggest global risk in 2024
Alfieri | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty ImagesAs around half of the world's adult population heads to the polls in a bumper year of elections, concern over the role of artificial intelligence in disrupting outcomes has topped the list of…
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Norway poised to open vast ocean area to controversial deep-sea mining
Activists take part at a "Look Down action" rally to stop deep sea mining outside the European Parliament in Brussels on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)Kenzo…
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Boeing stock slide 8% in premarket trading after FAA grounds 737 Max 9s
An Alaska Airlines plane takes off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on December 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesShares of Boeing fell in premarket trade Monday, as markets…
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FAA grounds more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after section of Alaska Airlines plane blows out
Passenger oxygen masks hang from the roof next to a missing window and a portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after departing, in…
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Follow CEOs at the JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday told investors what to watch for on Wall Street next week, highlighting JPMorgan's market-moving health-care conference in San Francisco. Taking place from Monday to Thursday, the conference is one of the…
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Euro zone inflation rebounds in December, fueling rate-cut debates
Shoppers at delicatessen market stall in Milan, Italy, on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHeadline inflation in the euro zone jumped to 2.9% in December, up from 2.4% the previous month, though core inflation…
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UK CEO pay exceeds average worker salary for the year
Skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf financial, business and shopping district in London, UK.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe average FTSE 100 CEO will have earned more this year than the median full-time worker's annual salary by 1…
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Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund overtakes Singapore’s GIC
Skyline of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesSaudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) was the top spender among global sovereign wealth funds last year, accounting for about a quarter of the $124 billion…
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