The head of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company was seen as a controversial choice to lead the COP28 climate talks in Dubai later this year.

Lego sales rose as customers bought bigger, more complicated sets such as those from the Harry Potter and Star Wars lines.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before Congress as a week packed with economic data releases lies ahead.

An increasing number of women are becoming commercial surrogates in countries such as Georgia and Mexico amid soaring global demand.

Some Republicans are looking to the tapes for vindication. Others say it’s a mistake for the party to look backward to Jan. 6, particularly after election deniers lost many 2022 races.

The Wall Street investment bank expects that stocks are about three months away from a bear market low, and urges investors to start positioning now.

The layoffs could begin this week and affect thousands of employees.

Chinese authorities denied claims of billionaire investor Mark Mobius saying that he is unable to wire funds out of China due to government restrictions on capital flow.

Qin Gang, who was until recently China’s ambassador to the U.S., said China would “pursue a sound and stable relationship with the U.S.”

The U.K.-based CIO said he expects a pullback in U.S. equities after the S&P 500 rose by 14% since the start of October.