House Passes $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Package That Includes Aid for Ukraine
WASHINGTON—The House passed a $1.5 trillion spending bill that includes emergency aid for Ukraine, after Democratic leaders stripped out a...
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Biden Bans Imports of Russian Oil, Natural Gas
The U.S. is banning imports of Russian oil, President Biden said, targeting the lifeblood of Moscow’s economy as the West...
Oil Industry Contemplates World Without Russian Crude
As oil prices shoot to levels unseen since before the 2008 financial crisis, the energy industry is asking a previously...
Russia Targets Media Outlets With ‘Fake News’ Law, Blocks Facebook
Russia passed a law that threatens prison time for anyone publishing what authorities consider to be false information about the...
U.S., IEA Agree to Release 60 Million Barrels From Oil Stockpiles Amid Ukraine Turmoil
The U.S. and other major oil-consuming nations said Tuesday they would release 60 million barrels of oil from their emergency...
Western Companies Pull Back From Russia in Response to Ukraine Invasion, Sanctions
BP PLC said Sunday it would exit its nearly 20% stake in Russian oil producer Rosneft, after pressure from the...
Russian Invasion Scrambles Prospects for Global Economy
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine heaped fresh risks on a global economy struggling with soaring inflation, supply-chain snarls and a rocky...
Russia-Ukraine Crisis Has Western Companies Bracing for Sanctions Hit
Western companies with operations in Russia and Ukraine are girding for the potential impact of fresh sanctions after Russian President...
Burning Electric-Vehicle Batteries Complicate Efforts to Fight Fire on Drifting Ship in Atlantic Ocean
The large number of electric vehicles on board a ship that is drifting ablaze in the Atlantic Ocean is complicating...
Senate Republicans Block Vote on Biden’s Fed Nominees
WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans refused to attend a crucial committee vote on President Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve over a disagreement...
Canada Police Prepare to Remove Bridge Protesters Choking Off U.S.-Canada Trade
Roughly 100 Canadian police officers assembled Saturday morning in the border city of Windsor, Ontario, to begin removing protesters and...
Canada Bridge Protesters Agree to Open One Lane From U.S.
Protesters who have blocked a crucial U.S.-Canada trade corridor decided Friday to open a lane of traffic for U.S. vehicles...
Peter Thiel to Step Down From Facebook Parent Meta’s Board
Peter Thiel, one of Facebook’s earliest investors and its longest-serving outside board member, is planning to step down from his...
New Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Facebook Liable in Shooting Death of Federal Security Guard
A lawsuit filed Wednesday seeks to hold Facebook’s FB 2.89% parent company liable in the 2020 killing of a federal...
Tesla Opens Showroom in China’s Xinjiang, Region at Center of U.S. Genocide Allegations
Tesla Inc. TSLA 13.53% has opened a new showroom in Xinjiang, the remote region where Chinese authorities are carrying out...
Intel Apologizes After Asking Suppliers to Avoid China’s Xinjiang Region
U.S. semiconductor giant Intel Corp. INTC 0.39% apologized after setting off a social-media backlash with a letter asking suppliers to...
House Approves Increase in Debt Ceiling, Sending Measure to Biden
WASHINGTON—Congress passed a measure raising the government’s borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion, sending to President Biden’s desk legislation that is...
Facebook Services Are Used to Spread Religious Hatred in India, Internal Documents Show
Mark Zuckerberg praised India in December as a special and important country for Facebook Inc., saying that millions of people...
World Bank Freezes Aid to Afghanistan
WASHINGTON—The World Bank suspended funding for dozens of projects in Afghanistan Tuesday, citing questions over the legitimacy of Taliban rule....
Major Newspapers Push to Get Workers Out of Afghanistan
Top news organizations are continuing efforts to get their journalists out of Afghanistan following the Taliban’s rapid takeover of the...
