5+ min ago (66+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on Lebanese to embrace reconciliation and to stay in their divided, crisis-hit country, which has seen waves of emigration. Pope Urges Lebanese To Stay In Their Country Despite Difficulties AFP - Agence France Presse Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on Lebanese to embrace reconciliation and to stay in their divided, crisis-hit country, which has seen waves of emigration....

12+ min ago (99+ words) Breaking news and analysis from the U.S. and around the world at barrons.com. Politics, Economics, Markets, Life & Arts, and in-depth reporting. Set-piece Theft Pays Off For Man Utd: Amorim AFP - Agence France Presse Ruben Amorim said stealing set-piece routines played a key role in Manchester United's fightback to win 2-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday. Set-piece Theft Pays Off For Man Utd: Amorim AFP - Agence France Presse Ruben Amorim said stealing set-piece routines played a key role in Manchester United's fightback to win 2-1 at Crystal Palace on Sunday....

14+ min ago (75+ words) France's interior minister on Sunday said he opposed a proposal put before parliament to ban young girls wearing the Muslim headscarf, saying such a move risked being "stigmatising" for the minors. French Interior Minister Opposes 'Stigmatising' Hijab Ban For Minors AFP - Agence France Presse France's interior minister on Sunday said he opposed a proposal put before parliament to ban young girls wearing the Muslim headscarf, saying such a move risked being "stigmatising" for the minors....

21+ min ago (171+ words) Major oil producing nations have agreed to go forward with plans to pause production hikes in the first quarter of 2026, as they previously agreed to do. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies, a group called OPEC+, confirmed the pause during a meeting on Sunday, say An oil drilling rig operates near Midland, Texas. (Getty Images) Major oil producing nations have agreed to go forward with plans to pause production hikes in the first quarter of 2026, as they previously agreed to do. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies, a group called OPEC+, confirmed the pause during a meeting on Sunday, saying it was needed because of expected weaker seasonal market conditions. The move comes after OPEC+ added output this year, but there are fears about a supply glut. The International Energy Agency earlier…...

21+ min ago (195+ words) Nov. 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM ET Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai described the "moonshot" the Google parent is attempting in harnessing more energy to fuel artificial intelligence data centers. Pichai appeared on Fox News Sunday and responded to a question about the Suncatcher project, which would use satellites in orbit to create and harness energy from the sun. The host joked that he felt he was being punked reading about the project. "One of our moonshots is to how do we one day have data centers in space, so that we can better harness the energy from the sun?" Pichai responded, adding that it's about 100 trillion times more energy than what is produced on all of the Earth now. "So we want to put these data centers in space, closer to the sun," he said, taking the first step toward doing so in…...

21+ min ago (173+ words) Investors are heading into December after a volatile November, marked by weakness in the big tech stocks over concerns about artificial intelligence spending. Stocks rose modestly in Friday's abbreviated U.S. trading session. But in a remarkable comeback, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to Investors are heading into December after a volatile November, marked by weakness in the big tech stocks over concerns about artificial intelligence spending. Stocks rose modestly in Friday's abbreviated U.S. trading session. But in a remarkable comeback, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to close November with a win: squeezing out a gain of 0.3% for the month after being down 3.8% month-to-date just a week earlier. The S&P 500 had almost the same about-face, with a gain for the month after being down 4.4% as of Nov.20. The technology-heavy Nasdaq was down 1.5% in November. Stock futures, which open for trading…...

21+ min ago (195+ words) White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett, who is on the short list of candidates to be President Trump's next Fed Chair, told Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday any one of the five people on the final list would be "a big trade up from where we are." Fed Chair Jerome Powell, nominated to the role White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett, who is on the short list of candidates to be President Trump's next Fed Chair, told Fox & Friends Weekend on Sunday any one of the five people on the final list would be "a big trade up from where we are." Fed Chair Jerome Powell, nominated to the role by Trump during his first administration, is facing the end of his term in that role in May, and Trump has repeatedly criticized him and the Fed for failing to…...

21+ min ago (148+ words) Trump administration officials are meeting with Ukrainian officials in Florida today to talk about a proposed 28-point plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine as President Trump continues to push for a peace deal. The U.S. delegation includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envy Steve Witkoff, Trump administration officials are meeting with Ukrainian officials in Florida today to talk about a proposed 28-point plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine as President Trump continues to push for a peace deal. The U.S. delegation includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, a son-in-law of the president. Rubio told reporters as the meeting was about to begin that their goal is not just to end the war, but "secure an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity for real prosperity....

21+ min ago (143+ words) White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett characterized a widely discussed proposal by the Trump administration to extend subsidies that help cover premiums for Obamacare health plans as "pre-decisional." Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, told CBS' Face the Nation that the White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett characterized a widely discussed proposal by the Trump administration to extend subsidies that help cover premiums for Obamacare health plans as "pre-decisional." Hassett, the director of the National Economic Council, told CBS' Face the Nation that the idea to extend the subsidies for two years got out into the public before President Trump had decided on it. Then Trump said on Air Force One that he'd rather not extend the subsidies at all. The narrative about extending them. was rolled back because "it hadn't been through the whole process," Hassett said…...

21+ min ago (173+ words) Investors are heading into December after a volatile November, marked by weakness in the big tech stocks over concerns about artificial intelligence spending. Stocks rose modestly in Friday's abbreviated U.S. trading session. But in a remarkable comeback, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to Investors are heading into December after a volatile November, marked by weakness in the big tech stocks over concerns about artificial intelligence spending. Stocks rose modestly in Friday's abbreviated U.S. trading session. But in a remarkable comeback, the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to close November with a win: squeezing out a gain of 0.3% for the month after being down 3.8% month-to-date just a week earlier. The S&P 500 had almost the same about-face, with a gain for the month after being down 4.4% as of Nov.20. The technology-heavy Nasdaq was down 1.5% in November. Stock futures, which open for trading…...