Bitcoin dips below $20,000, extending second weekly retreat: ‘Powell’s admission that there will be pain before there is relief is rather hawkish’
Cryptocurrencies mirrored global markets and declined after Jerome Powell warned against prematurely loosening policy, with Bitcoin dipping below the bottom end of the narrow range that it has...
France pledges to cap power prices to shield consumers from soaring power prices
France will maintain caps on power prices into next year in a bid to protect households from spiraling rates.
Prices will be “contained” in 2023 and consumers won’t be...
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant situation still ‘very risky,’ Zelenskiy says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant “remains very risky, dangerous” even after two power units were reconnected to the country’s energy grid...
‘It’s solidarity with on-the-ground workers’: Meet the Gen Z TikTokers challenging Amazon to meet the demands of its labor union
She’s also one of the main organizers behind the “People Over Prime” campaign, led by Gen-Z for Change, a nonprofit aimed at promoting discourse and action among the...
Extreme heat in the US, Europe and China is slamming economies around the world—and making inflation worse
This summer across the U.S., Europe, and China, a historic heat wave and drought has turned mighty rivers into mudflats. Farmers have helplessly watched their valuable crops wilt...
Elizabeth Warren hails Biden’s student-debt relief while saying, ‘Sure, I argued for more’
Senator Elizabeth Warren, who lobbied hard for President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower, said his much smaller plan can still address racial...
