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The IRS commissioner says for the agency to keep building on its customer service and enforcement priorities it needs a reliable funding stream

Cyprus’ energy minister says the political and economic ramifications from the ongoing Israel-Hamas war may provide an impetus to regional energy projects involving his country

Indonesia’s anti-graft court on Wednesday sentenced a former Cabinet minister to 15 years in prison after finding him guilty of corruption over the construction of mobile phone transmission towers in remote parts of the country

Electric vehicle maker Rivian says it will allow other companies to purchase its delivery vans, ending its exclusive agreement with Amazon

The owner of Facebook and Instagram says it'll put labels on political ads created using artificial intelligence

Global shares are mostly lower in muted trading ahead of a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that might point the way for future interest rate policy

It's Ivanka Trump's turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump's family business

Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa has resigned while his government is involved in a widespread corruption probe

Authorities in Bangladesh have announced a new minimum wage for garment factory workers after weeks of violent protests

Republicans in the Wisconsin state Senate are proposing tweaks to their plan to help fund repairs at the Milwaukee Brewers stadium that would scale back the state's contribution and impose a surcharge on non-baseball event tickets

Paradise is still recovering five years after a wildfire destroyed most of the northern California town

Mswipe, a digital payment provider for merchants, on Wednesday said it has made multiple elevations and expanded several leadership roles internally, including appointing chief executive Ketan Patel as cofounder. The strengthening of its leadership structure comes as Mswipe is looking to push its global expansion plans.

Republican presidential primary takes place on 8-10 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday. The debate, sanctioned by the Republican National Committee and hosted by NBC News, will be held in Miami. Where can I watch it? Several platforms will broadcast the debate: — NBC will show the debate.

Coinbase said on Tuesday it had added four national security experts to its global advisory council as the cryptocurrency industry comes under intense regulatory scrutiny following the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX. Mark Esper, Stephanie Murphy, Frances Townsend and David Urban are joining the council, which advises the company's executive leadership team.

Investing.com -- U.S. futures hovered around the flatline on Wednesday, with comments from Federal Reserve officials tempering some investor optimism that has supported a prolonged rally on Wall Street. Markets will be closely listening to statements from Fed Chair Jerome Powell later today, as traders attempt to gauge the central bank's future rate path. Elsewhere, Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) is due to report its latest quarterly earnings and Democrats secure key victories in off-year elections.

As the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) moves forward with its plans to enhance surveillance of cryptocurrency transactions, some worry that it might lead to a surge in crypto confiscations.

Josh Birenbaum, deputy director for the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses why trading partners find it increasingly difficult to do business in and with Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that potential risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are challenges that countries should deal with together, remarks that come against the backdrop of China’s rigid control of free speech on the internet. At the same time, China has also maximized the internet’s economic benefits and social media’s propaganda contributions to the ruling Communist Party’s authoritarian agenda.

Islamic State group attacks killed at least 30 pro-government forces and soldiers in the Syrian desert, a war monitor said Wednesday, in one of the deadliest such assaults this year. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said there had been «30 dead, four of them soldiers and 26 from the National Defence Forces, in simultaneous attacks carried out by the Islamic State group on Wednesday morning on checkpoints and military positions» in the Syrian desert. The attacks took place in locations between Raqa, Homs and Deir Ezzor, added the Observatory, which has a vast network of sources on the ground. Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman warned the toll could rise, citing an unspecified number of wounded, some in serious condition. IS proclaimed a «caliphate» in June 2014 across swathes of Syria and Iraq and launched a reign of terror. It was defeated territorially in Syria in 2019 but its remnants continue to carry out deadly hit-and-run attacks and ambushes, particularly from desert hideouts. Syria's war broke out after President Bashar al-Assad's government crushed peaceful pro-democracy protests in 2011.

Russia's troops fight on in Ukraine. Shoigu welcomed Zhang Youxia, a high-ranking general and vice chairman of Beijing's Central Military Commission in a red carpet ceremony in Moscow.

fire. But administration officials have made clear, in a series of leaks, that they doubt Israel has a coherent exit strategy in Gaza. They complain that Mr Netanyahu is barely willing to discuss the topic, and say they want to put their concerns on the record now lest the war end badly.