Asia’s richest man, coal magnate Gautam Adani, made his vast fortune betting on coal as an energy hungry India grew swiftly after its economy was liberalized in the 1990s

President Joe Biden has signed a bill to avert a freight rail strike that he said could have plunged the U.S. into recession

The nation’s employers kept hiring briskly in November despite high inflation and a slow-growing economy — a sign of resilience in the face of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes

Worries about inflation are hitting Wall Street, and the S&P 500 is down 0.8% in morning trading

Germany has welcomed President Joe Biden’s apparent willingness to discuss tweaking U.S. legislation that European leaders say unfairly discriminates against their industries

Britain’s opposition Labour Party has handily won a special election for a northwest England seat in Parliament

The U.S., Europe and the Group of 7 democracies are moving closer to putting a price cap on Russian oil exports to other countries

Drivers in Hungary are running into gasoline and diesel shortages at filling stations as a government-imposed price cap squeezes independent stations and leaves the state energy company struggling to meet increased demand

Shares have retreated in Asia after a mixed day on Wall Street