51+ min ago  (106+ words) Asian nations are feeling the crunch of the Iran war's energy shock. Government employees in the Philippines are working four days a week to reduce energy usage in the face of rising oil prices, while South Korea and Thailand said…...

49+ min ago  (124+ words) Rising oil prices are triggering an energy shock and risk blunting growth momentum. Iran war revives stagflation fears The Iran war is reviving fears of stagflation " high inflation coupled with sluggish growth " for the global economy. Investors "have had to…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago  (250+ words) A common thread is emerging with Tehran: The region is not buckling under the pressure. Into the second week of an expanding war with the US and Israel on one side and Iran on the other, Gulf states have been…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago  (162+ words) Some Republican lawmakers are privately concerned that the escalating conflict in Iran could overshadow the president's domestic agenda. Trump will speak to House Republicans on Monday night at a gathering designed to set the House GOP agenda for the rest…...

9+ hour, 54+ min ago  (153+ words) President Donald Trump is complicating his own agenda by refusing to sign other bills until Congress passes the GOP's federalizing ID and citizenship requirement for voting in elections. That's a jolt to the senators in both parties working on a…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (399+ words) Saudi Aramco will report its 2025 earnings tomorrow, but the focus will be on how the company balances soaring oil prices against unprecedented challenges to getting its crude to customers after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. "It seems unlikely…...

9+ hour, 44+ min ago  (146+ words) The appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei signals that hardliners remain in charge in Tehran, analysts said. The choice of Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father as Iran's supreme leader signals that hardliners remain in charge in Tehran, analysts said The 56-year-old…...

8+ hour, 8+ min ago  (140+ words) The increases were driven by surging spending during the Lunar New Year holiday. China inflation rate highest in three years China reported its highest inflation rate in three years, a welcome sign for a country grappling with deflation and moribund…...

12+ hour, 19+ min ago  (128+ words) The Iran war briefly drove oil to $118 a barrel on Mond. The Iran war briefly drove oil to $118 a barrel, the highest price since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Israeli strikes on Iranian oil fields and Iranian drone attacks elsewhere have…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (144+ words) East Asia has some of the world's fastest-declining birth rates. Taiwan, S.Korea report some success in reviving birthrates Local governments in Taiwan and South Korea reported success in sparking a birthrate revival. East Asia has among the world's fastest-declining birth…...