Political

The Reserve Bank of Australia will hold its cash rate at 3.60% on Tuesday and keep it there through 2026, according to a Reuters poll, a shift from last month when a majority of economists expected at least one rate cut next year.

A federal grand jury in Virginia has refused to indict New York State Attorney General Letitia James for a second time over mortgage fraud claims.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday, aiming to boost trade with the top buyer of Russia's arms and seaborne oil as Western sanctions squeeze their decades-old ties.

Florida's entire U.S. congressional delegation on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to leave their state out of a plan by his administration to expand oil and gas drilling to new coastal areas, saying it would threaten the state's military and tourism industries.

In the high-frequency churn of President Donald Trump's first term, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's repeated missteps would have fueled guessing games about his imminent firing. In the second, he has maintained White House support — at least for now.

President Donald Trump pardoned longtime sports and entertainment executive Tim Leiweke after he was criminally charged in July with bid-rigging related to the development of an arena at the University of Texas.

Putin arrives in India for first visit in four years; Modi greets him at airport, two leaders embrace; India, Russia aim for $100 billion in trade by 2030; Russia seeks more Indian goods to balance trade; India wants to diversify exports to Russia, Indian minister says.

US President Donald Trump unveiled his administration's plan to relax stringent Biden-era fuel efficiency standards, casting the change as a way to lower consumer costs.

Russia has issued a stark warning that the European Union's proposed plan to use $105 billion in frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine could be seen as an act of war...