US opposition to Nippon Steel deal ‘very unsettling’, Japan PM hopeful says

JOHANNESBURG — The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with a plan to bring to surface illegal miners who remain under a disused gold mine. The move signaled the government was taking a more conciliatory approach compared to earlier this week, when…

Getty Images Inflation in the US picked up last month, as progress toward stabilising prices appeared to stall. Consumer prices rose 2.6% over the 12 months to October, driven by higher housing and food costs, the Labor Department said. That marked a slight uptick from 2.4% the month before. The latest figures added to speculation…

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Energy companies from Persian Gulf states have expressed interest in searching for natural gas off the southern coast of Cyprus, President Nikos Christodoulides said Friday. Speaking at an energy conference in Nicosia, he said Cypriot authorities are in early talks with several unidentified companies regarding exploration licenses for some of Cyprus’ 13…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon emissions by net 45% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels, while saying that “protection against dangerous climate change is a human right.” The decision was a defeat for the Dutch arm of…

TBILISI, Georgia — Protesters on Tuesday blocked bridges leading to the capital of the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia as tensions flared in a dispute over a proposed law that would encourage Russian investment. News reports said that police and protesters clashed at one of the bridges, but there were no immediate reports of injuries….

Hedge funds piled into bets on financial stocks, Tesla shares and a prison operator in the third quarter, filings showed, ahead of a rally that followed Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election. Many of the bets have become known as so-called Trump trades, corners of the market that at times were swayed by the Republican candidate’s…