Oil prices steadied on Thursday, weighed down by an agreement from OPEC+ to ease record supply curbs but buoyed by tightening global inventories as economic activity picks up. Brent crude fell 4 cents to $43.75 a barrel by 11:10 a.m. EDT (1510 GMT). West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude...

Beijing on Thursday slammed the US clampdown on Chinese telecom giant Huawei as "dirty play" and took a shot at Washington's own human rights record by pointing to racism in the United States. The pushback from Beijing came a day after the US announced visa restrictions for Huawei employees...

China's economy returned to growth in the second quarter following a coronavirus contraction, with President Xi Jinping promising continued expansion ahead and urging foreign companies to be a part of it. The forecast-beating figures released Thursday follow a string of data showing the...

An oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers organization said Wednesday. Satellite photos showed the vessel in Iranian waters on Tuesday and two of its sailors remained in the...