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A person walks in front of a chart showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Asian shares advance after weaker US price data push Wall Street higher, and a rate hike in Japan

8:15 PM on Thursday, December 18

Shares are moderately higher in Asia and U.S. futures are mixed after the Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to the highest level in 30 years

Bank of Japan raises its key policy rate to 0.75% to help tame inflation and support the yen

7:22 PM on Thursday, December 18

Bank of Japan raises its key policy rate to 0.75% to help tame inflation and support the yen

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) Gov. Kazuo Ueda arrives at the headquarters of BOJ in Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP)

What to know about the possible impact of Japan's rate hike

7:09 PM on Thursday, December 18

Global investors are bracing after the Bank of Japan raised its key interest rate Friday to a 30-year high

FILE - A battery production engineer at Nunam assembles a refurbished battery pack, made from used electric vehicle batteries, at their facility in Bengaluru, India, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

India’s push for battery recycling promises jobs, clean energy and mineral security

6:36 PM on Thursday, December 18

Reusing, recycling and repurposing batteries can reduce dependence on hard to obtain critical minerals and create a $9 billion industry, according to energy analysts

FILE - New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Mamdani appointee resigns after her decade-old antisemitic social media posts resurface

3:48 PM on Thursday, December 18

One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes

Compass Minerals Announces Additions to Board of Directors

3:46 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump listens before he signs an executive order reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump's blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil raises new questions about legality

3:40 PM on Thursday, December 18

President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new concerns about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America

Shift4 Celebrates Jared Isaacman’s Appointment as NASA Administrator

3:38 PM on Thursday, December 18

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3:38 PM on Thursday, December 18

FILE - Andrea Lucas, nominee to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing, June 18, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Head of workplace rights agency urges white men to report discrimination

3:26 PM on Thursday, December 18

The head of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has urged white men to report workplace discrimination based on race or sex

FILE- Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt speaks at the Democratic National Convention, Sept. 5, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

2:53 PM on Thursday, December 18

Four-term North Carolina Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt, a major figure in late 20th-century state politics, has died at 88

FILE - In this July 21, 2020 file photo, a man opens social media app 'TikTok' on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

TikTok signs deal to form new US unit with investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake

2:51 PM on Thursday, December 18

TikTok has signed a deal to form a new U.S. unit with three American investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — holding a majority stake

FILE - An instacart logo and an instacart webpage are seen in New York, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Instacart settles with FTC over deceptive practices but still faces questions about pricing

1:05 PM on Thursday, December 18

Delivery company Instacart will pay $60 million in customer refunds under a settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission

FILE - U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, Russian presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, second right, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, arrive for meetings in Moscow, on Dec. 2, 2025. (Kristina Kormilitsyna, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Kremlin envoy set to visit Miami for talks on US peace plan for Ukraine

7:09 AM on Thursday, December 18

A U.S. official says a Kremlin envoy will travel to Florida to discuss a U.S.-proposed plan to end the war in Ukraine

Protestors burn tires during a demonstration of European farmers outside the EU Summit meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Marius Burgelman)

EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur

12:02 AM on Thursday, December 18

The European Commission says the European Union is delaying a massive free-trade deal with South American countries after fiery protests by farmers and last-minute opposition by France and Italy

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