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A hurricane watch is in effect for Barbados, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadine Islands, and Grenada.

Levi's has been working to build out its own website and stores, and while the strategy has lifted profits, sales aren't budging much.

A curry without onions would be considered blasphemous by much of India. So, even a modest change in the price of the bulbous vegetable soon becomes the talking point around dinner tables for hundreds of millions of people in the country. And it has been for the past year. The price of raw onions has risen 165% over the past year, according to the Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee, which is India’s largest wholesale onion market. Prices have also inflated for other vegetables, such as tomatoes, which now cost nearly twice as much as this time last year. Poor weather has been behind much of the havoc. The drought last year and the ongoing heatwave, which CNBC has previously reported on, have disrupted the supply of staple foods such as grains and vegetables. This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its meteoric rise. Like what you see? You can subscribe by clicking here: https://cnb.cx/3L3U5H3

The big banks announced their plans to boost capital return to shareholders after passing the annual stress test administered by the Federal Reserve this week.

Artificial intelligence has already made its way into many people's day-to-day life, including their news. But could it replace journalists? CNBC's Tech correspondent Ryan Browne visited U.K. startup Synthesia to see how easy it would be to make a digital clone and if it could take over his job.

Safaris draw many to Africa, but travelers can also hike, bike and cruise around the continent, tour its wine regions and explore coastal cities like Mombasa.

Sky-high property prices, exorbitant car ownership costs and expensive private medical care, among other factors, have kept Singapore the most expensive city for the super rich in 2024, according to a report by Julius Baer. The Swiss bank analyzed the prices of 20 consumer goods and services bought and used by high net worth individuals across 25 cities to arrive at the rankings. The “cost of living extremely well,” which includes cars, whisky, jewelry and housing, has been on the rise in Singapore, the bank said in its Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report, adding that the city-state continues to attract the ultra-wealthy due to its economic and political stability. ➡️ Read the full story: https://cnb.cx/3W2egf2

It was built in the 17th century with the help of Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Andre Le Notre, who were instrumental in building the Palace of Versailles.

Take an insider's tour with CNBC's First Class through the old world grandeur and colonial architecture of Raffles Hotel Singapore.

Yes, inflation and rising labor costs matter. But travelers' unflinching willingness to pay the new higher rates means the "old" prices may never return.