Some libraries aren’t just places to borrow books — they’re destinations with deep history and architecture that tell stories beyond the pages. The 1000 Libraries Awards 2025 highlights some of the most beautiful libraries and bookstores globally, according to 200,000 online voters. The organization, 1000 Libraries, began as a blog and has since grown into…
The euro has tumbled more than 2% against the U.S. dollar since the European Union struck a framework trade deal with the White House over the weekend, raising questions over whether its massive rally this year against the greenback has run its course. However, market watchers told CNBC that while the euro may have further…
People walk by a Ferrari dealership in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Ferrari shares fell more than 12% on Thursday, setting the stock for its biggest one-day drop since its listing nine years ago, even as the luxury sports car maker maintained its guidance, although it said it…
Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, before a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel takes effect, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 17, 2025. Hatem Khaled | Reuters The hunger crisis in Gaza under Israel’s assault has reached a “tipping point,” experts and advocates tell NBC News, with deaths expected to soar if Palestinians do not…
Copper rods in storage at the Aurubis AG metal refinery in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A major exemption to President Donald Trump’s 50% copper tariff has shocked traders and sent U.S. market prices plummeting. The final order on copper tariffs, which the Trump administration says will…
CNBC reporter Ganesh Rao with India Commerce Secretary Piyush Goyal © George Bextor, CNBC Hello, this is Ganesh Rao, CNBC’s senior correspondent, writing from London. This week, I look into India’s willingness and limitations to strike trade deals after I sat down with the country’s Commerce Secretary Piyush Goyal. Enjoy! This report is from this…
Rhineland-Palatinate, Mainz: Fruit is sold at the weekly market. Andreas Arnold/dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German inflation fell more than expected to 1.8% in July, data from statistics agency Destatis showed Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had anticipated inflation to dip to 1.9%. July’s reading compares to the 2% print recorded in June,…
The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 26, 2024. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday said it plans to slash roughly 10% of its global workforce by the end of the year, as Covid shot sales continue to dwindle and the company grapples with uncertainty in the vaccine market. …
Attendees walk through an exposition hall at AWS re:Invent, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Noah Berger | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday said that Microsoft and Amazon are hurting competition in the cloud computing industry and called for a probe into their…
Budweiser beer cans displayed for sale in a supermarket. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of AB InBev plunged as much as 11% Thursday after the world’s largest brewer posted a worse-than-feared decline in second-quarter volumes, even as revenues and profits surged ahead. The Budweiser maker said volumes declined 1.9% year-on-year over the…
