A judge in the U.S. state of Oklahoma ruled that Johnson & Johnson has to pay damages of $572 million (€515 million) to abate the opioid epidemic in the state. The lawsuit alleged that t... Read more
Brazil’s government has told G7 leaders that it will reject the $20 million (€17.9 million) pledged to combat the fires that are currently raging in the Amazon. The chief of staff to P... Read more
China’s state media put up a brave front after the country’s trade war with the U.S. escalated sharply over the weekend. The latest round of the dispute kicked off on Friday evening in Beiji... Read more
Looking for reasons to be optimistic about the U.S. economy? Try the aisles of Target. Target’s stock soared more than 20% to a record $103 a share on Wednesday after the retailer reported a... Read more
The United States has more to lose from a full-blown trade war with the EU than it does with its current conflict with China, experts have told CNBC. President Donald Trump has kept up his t... Read more
Iran is moving to dramatically devalue its currency amid climbing inflation for the country gripped by punitive U.S. sanctions. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sent a bill to Parliament Wed... Read more
US President Donald Trump has said he has approved the proposed deal to sell 66 Lockheed Martin F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan – a move set to significantly boost the self-ruled island’s defen... Read more
(Reuters) – Capital One Financial Corp said on Monday that personal information including names and addresses of about 100 million individuals in the United States and 6 million people... Read more
UK Chancellor Sajid Javid announced on Wednesday that the government would double Brexit funding for this year to prepare for no deal. The extra funding will be provided to departments immed... Read more
The day after the British government signalled a ramping-up of preparations to leave the European Union without an agreement, two reports have called into question the readiness for a no-dea... Read more
