Mortgage rates continued to climb this week following comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that the central bank is taking "forceful and rapid" steps to reduce inflation and slow the economy.

Poland estimates its World War II losses caused by Germany at 6.2 trillion zlotys ($1.32 trillion), the leader of the country's ruling nationalists said on Thursday, and he said Warsaw would officially demand reparations.

One year ago, the world collapsed for Sayed Kabir Kamall, an Afghan of Uzbek heritage. Kabir had worked in procurement for the US embassy in Afghanistan and, in his spare time, was a popular musician, recording music in support of the Afghan military. But by August 15, Kabul fell, and the next day, Kabir gathered his wife and their two children to make a desperate dash for the US-controlled airport.

More than two in five Black, brown and minority ethnic workers in the United Kingdom say they have faced racism on the job, according to a new study.

Authorities in Saudi Arabia have confiscated 47 million amphetamine pills which were hidden in a flour shipment, in an operation described as the biggest one-time drug smuggling attempt in terms of narcotics seized.

A cargo ship that collided with a natural gas tanker earlier this week off Gibraltar has "crumpled" and was leaking oil Thursday, according to authorities who said efforts were underway to salvage the vessel.

A leading British retailer plans to feed 88,000 workers over the winter to help them cope with the surging cost of living.

Workers in the United Kingdom have had enough of falling living standards.

Some of the world's major economies are "backsliding" on their emissions commitments, the UK's climate delegate Alok Sharma said on Thursday, a day after a meeting of the Group of 20 (G20) nations failed to adopt a joint communiqué at climate talks.

Kosovo will begin on Thursday a two-month implementation period for a controversial move to oblige Serbs, mainly those living in the northern part of the Balkan nation, bordering Serbia, to start using license plates issued by the government in Pristina.