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US, allies sanction LockBit leader over ransomware...
The United States, Britain and Australia unveiled sanctions Tuesday against the leader of the Russian ransomware outfit LockBit, w...
Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed until at...
The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship will have to wait until at least Friday to give ground teams time to analy...
Stock markets mostly rise on lower rates optimism
Stock markets extended the week's rally Tuesday on optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.
Macron hosts Xi in French mountains to press messa...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday was to host Chinese leader Xi Jinping at one of his beloved childhood haunts in the Py...
Major German companies warn against vote for extre...
Germany's biggest companies said Tuesday they have formed an alliance to campaign against extremism ahead of key EU Parliament ele...
Rescuers search for survivors after deadly S.Afric...
Rescuers scrambled Tuesday to search for some 50 people trapped under rubble after the collapse of a multi-storey building under c...
Most markets rise after Wall St rally as US rate o...
Most markets built on the latest global rally Tuesday as optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year co...
Coppola, Lucas, Schrader: 'New Hollywood' swansong...
It is an offer they still can't refuse: Francis Ford Coppola will lead a parade of veteran American movie titans back to the Canne...
Saudi Aramco says Q1 profit down 14.5 percent
Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Tuesday its first-quarter net profit dipped 14.5 percent on year to $27.27 billion as the Gulf kingdom...
UBS back in profit after Credit Suisse takeover lo...
Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday said first quarter net profit rose 71 percent to nearly $1.8 billion, far exceeding expectation...
Saudi Aramco's Q1 profit down 14.5 percent: statem...
Oil giant Saudi Aramco announced first-quarter net profit of $27.27 billion on Tuesday, down 14.5 percent from last year as the Gu...
London's gentlemen-only club votes on admitting wo...
One of London's oldest gentlemen's clubs on Tuesday votes on whether to start accepting women amid a row that has bitterly divided...
UBS net profit up 71% after two quarters in the re...
Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday said first quarter net profit rose 71 percent to nearly $1.8 billion after two quarters in the...
Amazon says will invest $9 billion in Singapore
Amazon said Tuesday it would invest US$9 billion in Singapore over the next four years to expand its cloud computing capabilities...
Asia tracks another rally on Wall St as US rate op...
Asian markets built on the latest global rally Tuesday as optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year c...
Stocks rise on renewed hopes of US Fed rate cuts
Stock markets advanced Monday on renewed optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year, as well as on a p...
Macron thanks China's Xi for not imposing duties o...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for not imposing "provisional" customs duties on Fren...
Sony backtracks faced with anger of 'Helldivers 2'...
Sony backtracked Monday after players of its popular cooperative third-person shooter game "Helldivers 2" pushed back against a re...
Head of French equality watchdog in hot water over...
The chairwoman of a French watchdog created by the government to promote equality is facing mounting pressure to step down over wh...
'Taboo': French women speak out on rapes by US sol...
Aimee Dupre had always kept silent about the rape of her mother by two American soldiers after the Normandy landings in June 1944.
EU ready to protect economy, bloc chief tells Chin...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that the EU would not shrink back from taking tough measures to...
Macron presses China's Xi to halt Ukraine war, agr...
French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pressed Xi Jinping at a summit in Paris on Monda...
Stocks rise on renewed hopes of rate cuts
European and Asian stock markets rose on Monday on renewed optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.
Macron presses China's Xi on Ukraine, trade at Par...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pressed Xi Jinping to coordinate closely with Europe in the face of Russia's invasion o...
No place to pray for Muslim workers in Italian cit...
It's Friday prayers in the northeastern Italian city of Monfalcone, and hundreds of men are on their knees in a concrete parking l...
Indonesia first-quarter growth boosted by election...
Indonesia's economic growth accelerated in the first quarter of 2024 on the back of election and religious holiday spending, offic...
Boeing's Starliner set for first crewed mission to...
After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule is set to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) Monday, a mi...
Asian markets build on rally as US jobs data boost...
Most Asian markets rose Monday after data showing fewer US jobs were created last month rekindled optimism interest rates will be...
Ex-minister Jose Raul Mulino wins Panama president...
Jose Raul Mulino, the protege of a graft-convicted former head of state, was declared Panama's president-elect after elections Sun...
N.America moviegoers fall for Gosling, Blunt in 'T...
Universal's new action film "The Fall Guy" opened atop the North American box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $28.5 mi...
China's Xi arrives in France for state visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday arrived in France on a state visit hosted by Emmanuel Macron where the French leader will s...
Panama to vote in presidential election with eight...
Panamanians vote in presidential elections Sunday from a crowded field of eight candidates, with the protege of a graft-convicted...