Canada's real GDP was up 0.2 percent in February, with goods-producing industries driving the growth for the second consecutive month, Statistics Canada said Thursday.Goods-producing industries grew 0.4 percent in February, driven by expansions in manufacturing and mining, quarrying, and oil and

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will remove tariffs on Scottish whisky to celebrate the connection between the United States and Britain as King Charles III winds up his four-day visit to the United States."In Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom ... I will be

The May 5 Shopping Festival has officially kicked off in Shanghai, China. The event will run through the end of June.

On April 22, 2026, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council jointly issued the opinions on energy conservation and carbon reduction.

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday left the three key interest rates unchanged.The interest rates on the deposit facility, the main refinancing operations and the marginal lending facility stay at two percent, 2.15 percent and 2.4 percent respectively.

The Japanese yen surged into the 156 level against the U.S. dollar from the upper 160 range on Thursday, after Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said earlier that "decisive action" would be needed against yen declines.