Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), attends a press conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. Yuichi Yamazaki | Pool Photo via AP Japan’s Komeito political party is reportedly quitting the country’s ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party,…
Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the university announced Thursday night. She was 106. Health issues caused her to step down from her role…
With its recent political turmoil and instability, France has been compared to Italy, replacing it as the new “bad boy” of Europe. Should France, then, take a page out of Italy’s book and consider a technocratic government? President Emmanuel Macron is expected to pick his new prime minister by Friday evening, after outgoing PM Sebastien Lecornu led…
A dump truck moves raw ore inside the pit at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, U.S., on Friday, June 7, 2019. Joe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty Images In the 1984 science fiction film Dune, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen uttered the famous quote that can aptly be used to…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jaxson Dart has lit a fire underneath the Giants’ franchise. But it’s Cam Skattebo that’s providing the spark. The rookie running back with a nose for contact has been the kind of lightning bolt that the Giants have been missing for a while. He showed his power again on Thursday night…
The collapse of U.S. auto parts maker First Brands Group is reverberating across the banking sector on both sides of the Atlantic. The company’s rapid demise – which is now unravelling a maze of complex debt agreements held with a range of lenders and investment funds globally – highlights the risks associated with private credit’s…
CHONGQING, CHINA – JULY 17: In this photo illustration, a person holds a physical representation of a Bitcoin (BTC) coin in front of a screen displaying a candlestick chart of Bitcoin’s latest price movements on July 17, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images) Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty…
Pictured here is construction on a real estate project in Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province, China on October 9, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s real estate market is expected to fall more sharply than expected in 2025, extending an industry slump for a fifth-straight year and delaying hopes of a…
Matthew Boyd pitched two-hit ball into the fifth inning, and the Chicago Cubs shut down the Milwaukee Brewers for a 6-0 victory Thursday night that pushed their NL Division Series all the way to a decisive Game 5. Ian Happ, Kyle Tucker and Michael Busch homered for Chicago, delighting a rollicking Wrigley Field crowd of…
JPMorgan and Progressive are among the companies reporting quarterly results next week that could see their shares rise. The third-quarter earnings season officially kicks off next week, as 34 companies in the S & P 500 — or nearly 7% of the benchmark — are on the docket to share their most recent quarterly results….
