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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell used a gathering of finance chiefs from around the world to stress that central banks must be shielded from politics to ensure they can focus on keeping inflation stable and employment high, according to people who listened to his remarks.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis' funeral in St. Peter’s Square as he is being laid to rest Saturday.

Syria has responded to a list of conditions laid out by the US for possible partial sanctions relief, Reuters reported, citing a copy of a letter sent by Damascus to American officials.

S&P Global Ratings put a negative outlook on its assessment of Belgium’s creditworthiness over concerns about its budget deficits.

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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Pakistani soldiers fired at Indian posts all along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir for a second consecutive night, the Indian military said Saturday, as tensions continued to escalate between nuclear-armed rivals following a deadly attack on tourists.

Six months after Kemi Badenoch was elected leader of the UK Conservatives, the conversation in the party is already turning toward removing her.

Universities on both sides of the Atlantic were under intense pressure to deal with campus conflict over political issues long before the Trump administration started cracking down on higher education.

A federal judge wants answers from Trump administration officials why they deported a two-year-old US citizen to Honduras with her mother, as the child’s father tried to halt the effort.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled a new naval destroyer, claiming it as a significant advancement toward his goal of expanding the operational range and preemptive strike capabilities of his nuclear-armed military, state media said Saturday.

China will take measures to achieve its annual economic growth target of around 5% despite escalating trade tensions and uncertainties, the country’s finance minister said in Washington earlier this week.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers summarizes and dissects Trump’s first 100 days based on the judgment of markets. University of Virginia’s Barbara Perry analyzes Trump’s presidency through a historic lens. (Source: Bloomberg)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions.

Federal employee pension benefits are set to be pared back in Republicans’ giant tax and spending package working its way through the US House, another slap at a workforce roiled by Elon Musk’s cost-cutting efforts.

Elon Musk’s XAI Holdings is in talks with investors to raise roughly $20 billion in funding for his newly combined artificial intelligence startup and social media business, according to people familiar with the matter.

Singapore’s ruling party recruited a younger, more female slate of candidates ahead of the May 3 election in a bid to connect with a changing electorate, but across the political spectrum, efforts to showcase diversity only go so far.

Federal law enforcement agents can arrest Venezuelan nationals in the US suspected of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang without a judicial or administrative warrants, according to a directive from Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, facing criticism of his stewardship at the Pentagon and beset by staff turnover, added a member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to his circle of close advisers.

Citadel founder Ken Griffin extended his criticism of the Trump administration’s trade policy, saying that tariffs won’t bring back American manufacturing jobs the way that the president anticipates and the country should play to its strengths instead.

NV5 Global Inc., an engineering and inspection-services provider, has drawn takeover interest from rival Acuren Corp. in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.

An inside look at how a company’s heritage can shape its future through innovation and preservation. Yale’s Jon Iwata discusses the differences between companies that succeed in the long run over those that don’t…two of the success stories: Mars and Enel. Victoria Mars talks about Mars’ core principles and how they are applied even without the Mars family in management positions. Enel’s former CEO Francesco Starace discusses how he was able to move his company forward through technological change. (Source: Bloomberg)

Republican members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee are preparing a $15 billion package to revamp the country’s aging air-traffic control system, according to people familiar with the matter.

Shopify Inc. tried to recruit Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to be its president after he left his job as governor of the Bank of England in 2020, according to a former executive of the e-commerce company.

This week, former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and UVA’s Barbara Perry compare President Trump’s first 100 days in office with his previous term and those of presidents past. Plus, how the FDA violated its own rules in approving marketing for opioid painkillers. Later, how does a company balance its heritage with its future? (Source: Bloomberg)