Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he favors a national ban on online betting platforms, whose revenues in the South American nation are estimated in more than $4 billion per year, one of the biggest markets in the world

More Federal Reserve policymakers were willing to consider an interest rate hike this year at their March meeting than in January, as higher gas prices stemming from the Iran war threatened to worsen inflation in the coming months

Southwest Airlines said Wednesday it is raising its checked baggage fees by $10 less than a year after ending its famous “bags fly free” policy

White House says Trump is opposed to tolls for ship passage through the Strait of Hormuz

White House says VP JD Vance will lead US negotiating team in Islamabad talks aimed at finding permanent end to war

White House demands Iran reopen Strait of Hormuz immediately after Iran says it closed waterway

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced plans to tap into unconventional natural gas deposits to reduce reliance on foreign energy

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change

Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Iranian state media reports