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A crowd of supporters of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr stayed inside the compound for about 15 minutes, then left as security forces deployed, an AFP photographer said. “Our constitution is the Koran,” read a message on leaflets carried by

Dutch semiconductor companies will have to seek government permission before they can sell some types of chip-making equipment abroad.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Thursday with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and prominent European figures who are forming a working group to address ecological damage from the 16-month-old Russian invasion. The meeting in the Ukrainian capital

Kodiak Gas Services and Savers Value Village are among the private-equity portfolio companies going public as markets slowly improve.

Proposed new rules from antitrust regulators would require private-equity firms to turn over much more information about potential mergers, including large amounts of detail about past deals and investors, lawyers say.

The footwear giant has addressed many investor concerns, and its stock is cheap.

Supreme Court to rule Friday on student loans, LGBTQ rights  POLITICO ‘It’s personal’: Elizabeth Warren says President Biden has the ‘legal authority’ to cancel student loan debt — and she’s calling for action right now. But will it actually happen?  Yahoo Finance

China’s central bank has expanded lending instruments for the nation’s small businesses and the agricultural sector, as pledged by Beijing last week to step up support for the economy.

WARSAW, Poland — Polish authorities have detained a Russian hockey player who competes in a top Polish league on suspicion of spying, officials said Friday. “Russian spies are falling one by one!” said Zbigniew Ziobro, the justice minister and chief

After a recent trip to some of the company’s facilities in Guangzhou, China, young tastemakers fawned over happy employees and sweat-free working conditions. Now the influencers are facing a backlash. (Image credit: Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images)