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Many people are terrified of skydiving, but not Dorothy Hoffner and Kim Knor. At ages 104 and 84, they're on track to break two skydiving records.

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday unveiled a raft of new policies aimed at shoring up waning support for his Conservative Party ahead of next year's general election.

Here are some of the tickers on Jim's radar for Wednesday, Oct. 4, taken directly from my reporter's notebook.

The Pope's letter has been published in the run up to the COP28 climate change summit.

Acts of rebellion from radical factions within the U.K.'s ruling Conservative Party risk weakening Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's grip on power.

U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday, with the 10-year Treasury yield trading at levels last seen in 2007.

It was not clear who would replace McCarthy, who was elected speaker in January after Republicans won control of the House in the 2022 midterm elections.

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in premarket trading.

Global growth will eke out a gain in 2024, according to a UN forecast, but even its team says that's an 'optimistic' scenario amid a weak global economy.

Tornadoes are a billion-dollar problem — and the costs are expected to rise. Here's why they are so destructive and how communities can invest in resilience.

Moderna and other vaccine makers like Pfizer believe combination shots will simplify what people can do to protect themselves against Covid, RSV and the flu.

Uber is now offering return package shipping through UPS, FedEx or USPS on its Uber and Uber Eats apps.

Mortgage rates just continue to climb higher, taking a particularly big leap last week.

Going forward, we expect the underlying fundamentals at a more nimble Danaher to improve.

Novartis has completed the planned spin-off of its generics and biosimilars business, Sandoz, which will begin trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange on Wednesday.

New data from LinkedIn shows that job postings that mention AI have soared, and professionals are responding to the shift.

The U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Martina Strong believes the U.S. is unequivocally the most important foreign policy actor in the Middle East.

While Hardeep Singh Puri was confident that India could navigate higher prices, he warned that other nations may not be able to do so.

This comes after Indonesia imposed a one-week deadline for TikTok to become a standalone app.

Ripple said on Wednesday that it has obtained a full license to operate in Singapore, a strategic step toward growing its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.