The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest jump in 22 years, and the U.S. central bank’s chief made an appeal to Americans struggling with high inflation to be patient while officials take the hard measures to bring it under control.

Disney shares have plunged 23.5% since the beginning of March, coinciding with CEO Bob Chapek’s public apology for his once neutral position on the Florida Legislation and his decision to relinquish Disney’s moral authority to an “LGBTQ+ Advisory Council.” 

The British Virgin Islands’ Acting Premier Natalio Wheatley said on Saturday that he has been nominated to take over as premier, in light of elected premier Andrew Fahie’s drug arrest in Miami last week.

Legislators in Oklahoma are looking to take action against companies with discriminatory policies towards fossil fuels and firearms manufacturers by limiting their ability to do business with the state. 

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday urged the United States to boost investment in Central America to help curb migration, saying not enough had been done.

The NFT craze, which peaked back in early March of 2021, is showing a steep decline according to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal.

China’s economic regulators held an emergency meeting to discuss ways to work around potential economic sanctions from the West, stoking fears that Beijing is planning to invade Taiwan.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, about a week after Pyongyang vowed to develop its nuclear forces “at the fastest possible speed.”