The US and China have made “progress” towards stabilising plunging bilateral relations, Chinese president Xi Jinping declared on Monday as he held a long-delayed meeting with US secretary of state Antony Blinken.Xi’s comments represent the strongest signal yet that Beijing is willing to consider a truce in its increasingly acrimonious…

Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that the story of Juneteenth is “the story of our ongoing fight to realize America’s promise – not for some, but for all.” As part of CNN’s “Juneteenth: A Global Celebration for Freedom” concert, Harris – the nation’s first Black vice president – spoke…

Popular exchange-traded funds that buy bonds fell and then struggled to recover earlier gains on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve announced that it paused its interest-rate hikes but also released projections pointing to two more potential increases this year. Shares of the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF BND, -0.22%, which…

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. META, -0.29% on Friday said it plans to lower the recommended age for users of its Quest Pro virtual-reality headset to 10 from 13, sparking privacy and safety concerns from watchdog groups and parents. The move marks the second time the company has eased age…

Booking tickets to a Taylor Swift concert via Ticketmaster, and shocked at the final price? Renting an apartment on Airbnb, and frustrated about why it’s a lot more expensive than you thought? Wondering about that $30 charge on your latest bank statement? Get in line. You’re not the only one…

The crypto community is reeling after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed two major lawsuits this week against Binance Holdings Ltd. and Coinbase Global Inc. COIN, +2.47% that could threaten the business models of two of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges. The lawsuits confirmed fears that the SEC…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Representations of cryptocurrencies are seen in front of displayed words “Cryptocurrency market” and decreasing stock graph in this illustration taken November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -Cryptocurrency investors have grown more cautious about who they do business with, after being burned…

By Siyi Liu and Dominique Patton YICHUN, China (Reuters) – Down a steep dirt road from the Baishi Huashan lithium mine in southern China, trucks laden with silvery grey ore rumble towards a cluster of smelters in the valley below that have sprung up to cash in on the electric…

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar dropped to a three-week low on Tuesday on news of the smallest annual increase in inflation last month in more than two years, cementing expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause interest rate hikes at its two-day meeting ending on Wednesday.…

By Duncan Miriri and George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya’s finance minister on Thursday said the government will pay all debts when they fall due, and cut the budget deficit for the fiscal year starting next month to 4.4% from an estimated 5.8% in this financial year. In a budget speech…