US new home sales slow more than expected in November
Sales of new US homes cooled more than anticipated in November, slipping to the lowest level in a year, according to government data released Friday.
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Stock markets rise before Christmas break as inflation cools
US and European stock markets mostly advanced Friday before the Christmas break as data showed US inflation cooled last month, raising hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next year.
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Ten Hag confident Man Utd will improve when big players return
Erik ten Hag is expecting an upturn in Manchester United's fortunes in the new year with Casemiro, Lisandro Martinez and Mason Mount expected to return to action soon.
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French caviar farms look forward to EU label of origin
At a French caviar factory this week, a worker used tiny pliers to carefully line up black sturgeon fish eggs against a ruler.
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Last French troops bow out of Niger
The last French troops withdrew from Niger on Friday, in the latest blow to more than a decade of French anti-jihadist operations in west Africa's Sahel region.
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Cocaine market sees new players, bananas and Amazon submarines: report
The global cocaine market is changing.
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UK police launch child abduction probe over teen found in France
UK police on Friday said they had launched a criminal probe into the alleged kidnapping of a British teenager who resurfaced in France six years after going missing abroad.
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US to target banks that help Russian war in Ukraine
The United States said Friday it will impose sanctions on foreign banks that support Russia's war in Ukraine, in a new bid to exert economic pressure on Moscow as it diversifies from the West to China.
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Karabakh dissolution not valid, says separatist leader
The leader of Armenian separatists, who were ousted from the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan this year, on Friday said his previous decree ordering the dissolution of separatist institutions was not valid.
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Zambia president blames private creditors for debt deal delays
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday blamed private creditors for holding up a long-sought debt restructuring deal for the first African nation to default after the Covid pandemic.
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