MODESTO, California — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball, and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a ...

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran triggered dramatic steps in a slew of countries bent on weathering one of the worst oil shocks in history, stoking concern by some about a possible global recession.

Oil pump at the sunshine ...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund cut its growth outlook on Tuesday due to Middle East war-driven energy price spikes but said the world was already ...

Britain’s biggest defence contractor, which makes the Typhoon fighter jet, nuclear submarines and warships in Britain, has ...

(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of canceled flights in Europe over a spike in jet fuel prices. An energy emergency declaration in the Philippines. A two-week school holiday in Pakistan to conserve fuel used ...

For the last few years, Jerome Powell would walk past a portrait of Arthur Burns on his way to his office, addressing him ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The geopolitical shocks of the Gulf war are dominating headlines and investor sentiment, but these ...

In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a discussion of the likelihood that the partisan balance of power will shift from Republicans to Democrats at ...

The World Economic Outlook's most optimistic 'reference scenario' assumes a short-lived war and forecasts 3.1% real GDP growth for 2026, down 0.2 percentage points.

In the two months since the Strait of Hormuz was closed, many of the world’s major economies have been soldiering on.

Oil surpassed $126 a barrel Thursday, its highest price since 2022, as traders worried about a prolonged U.S.-Iran war following President Donald Trump’s decision to extend a blockade of Iranian ports ...