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The U.S. Virgin Islands government filed a lawsuit Tuesday against JPMorgan Chase, alleging that the Wall Street bank benefited financially from Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation and failed in its duty to report suspicious financial activity. http://dlvr.it/Sg9ykq

This hasn't been a good year for the equities market. The S&P 500 is down nearly 20% and with two trading days left in the year, investors' hopes of a miraculous recovery have been dashed. http://dlvr.it/Sg9yYQ

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For Andrei Soldatov and his friends, February 24 marked the end of Russia as they knew it. http://dlvr.it/Sg5287

If 2021 was a tentative return to in-person gatherings and social events, then 2022 felt like a more confident reinstatement of life as we knew it. The most intense years of the Covid-19 pandemic are, in many parts of the world, fading from view, though there has been no shortage of major news events to keep us on edge. http://dlvr.it/Sg2Sy8

Flying into Saba isn't for the faint hearted. The vertiginous slopes and sea cliffs of this five-square-mile island in the Caribbean don't leave much space to land a plane. But Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, clinging to Saba's only bit of flat land, is proof that it can be done. http://dlvr.it/SfzxV9

Zhang Daqian may not be a household name in the West, but in China -- and the global art market at large -- he is on par with the likes of Warhol and Monet. http://dlvr.it/SfxlXB

Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series "The Serpent," walked free from a Nepali prison Friday. http://dlvr.it/SfvzBb

Each week brings head-scratching contradictory news about the economy. This past week was no different, with a batch of economic reports showing that — despite the recession talk — the US economy shows remarkable resilience. http://dlvr.it/Sft3Q5

In a matter of days, the United States is expected to ban federal employees from downloading or using TikTok on government-issued phones or tablets, marking the country's broadest crackdown on the short-form video app to date. http://dlvr.it/SfqTDz

A young man poses shirtless, jeans hung low around the waist. His hands, which are placed delicately atop his head, accentuate his ribs and the curve of his back as he stares deep into the lens. http://dlvr.it/SfjZ5z

It's barely dusk on a cold Saturday afternoon in early December. But Amsterdam's Red Light District is already starting to heat up. http://dlvr.it/SffVD2

A new checkout trend is sweeping across America, making for an increasingly awkward experience: digital tip jars. http://dlvr.it/SffV68

Pope Francis has revealed in a new interview that he has already signed his resignation letter to be used in the event of him becoming "impaired." http://dlvr.it/SfbSwf

Across the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, huge concrete complexes stand as testament to Europe's post-war housing drive. Constructed en masse in the second half of the 20th century, their utilitarian designs were usually geared toward providing homes as quickly and cheaply as possible. http://dlvr.it/SfbSgw

About 300 tourists from around the world have been left stranded in the ancient city of Machu Picchu, according to the mayor, after Peru was plunged into a state of emergency following the ousting of the country's president. http://dlvr.it/SfYHTf

Ever dreamed of owning your own secret citadel in a beautiful region of Italy, wandering along its fortified walls like a monarch surveying their kingdom? http://dlvr.it/SfWB0J

Bernard Arnault, the chairman of French luxury goods giant LVMH, has just become the first European to top Bloomberg's list of the world's richest people, relegating Elon Musk to second place. http://dlvr.it/SfSKNd

The Federal Reserve approved a half-point interest rate hike on Wednesday as part of its aggressive battle to bring down the white-hot inflation that has been plaguing the US economy. http://dlvr.it/SfSK4M

Ayda Zugay clasps her hands together, trying to keep her nerves in check. http://dlvr.it/SfP9gq

In a drone photograph by Yevhen Samuchenko, Lake Lemuria, the so-called "Dead Sea of Ukraine," takes on a surreal, otherworldly quality. Its waters turned pink by algae, its shoreline streaked with white salt deposits, the body of water might easily be confused for an abstract painting were it not for the presence of two tiny figures and their nearby car. http://dlvr.it/SfL57g

For the past 22 years, the Port of Los Angeles has been the busiest container port in North America, moving around 10 million cargo containers filled with goods for Americans and bringing in roughly half a billion dollars in revenue each year to the state of California. But for the past three months, the Port of New York and New Jersey has been No. 1. http://dlvr.it/SfGyJ3

At least 20 people, including four police officers, were injured on Saturday in clashes between protesters and police in the southern Peruvian city of Andahuaylas in the Andes. http://dlvr.it/SfCwk0

A must-pass defense bill now being negotiated in Congress includes new sanctions designed to trip up Russia's war machine by targeting Moscow's mountain of gold. http://dlvr.it/Sf4zG3

Oil prices have tumbled to their lowest level of the year as worries about the health of the economy overshadow concerns about new restrictions imposed on Russian energy. http://dlvr.it/Sf21CR

Hertz will pay $168 million to settle 364 claims related to the company falsely reporting rental cars as stolen. These cases sometimes resulted in people being arrested and even imprisoned. http://dlvr.it/Sdyy0T

I don't know about y'all, but I could use some hopeful news today. So here's what I've got: Inflation appears to be — really, this time — easing. http://dlvr.it/SdmcgT

Prices at the pump continue to plunge, dropping the US average for gasoline below where it was when Russia invaded Ukraine. http://dlvr.it/SdjlxJ