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With less than two months until COP30, 79 delegations have confirmed lodging in the Amazonian city of Belem for the United Nations climate summit, Brazil's government said Wednesday.

Treasuries moved higher after the Federal Reserve delivered a widely expected interest-rate cut to support the sagging labor market.

After sitting on the sidelines for most of the record-breaking run in US equities, small-capitalization stocks have finally joined in and ended the drought that started during the pandemic.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said on Wednesday, adding to the right-wing leader's health and legal woes just days after he was convicted of plotting a coup.

Gold fluctuated between gains and losses after Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more reductions this year following months of intense pressure from the White House to .. ...

Jamie Dimon made a surprise visit to the US Capitol on Wednesday, where he discussed economic growth and the Federal Reserve with Senate Republicans just as the central bank was preparing to release its latest rate decision.

A key measure of credit risk in the US corporate bond market fell Wednesday after the Federal Open Market Committee cut a benchmark interest rate for the first time this year.

1789 Capital, an investment fund where Donald Trump Jr. is a partner, has invested alongside Nvidia Corp. in a $1 billion funding round for artificial intelligence company Reflection AI.

Here are key takeaways from the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision on Wednesday:

Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more reductions this year following months of intense pressure from the White House to slash borrowing costs.