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US saw surprisingly robust hiring in January despi...
The US economy brushed off a spike in Covid-19 infections to add 467,000 jobs in January, far better than expected and a potential...
EU, US thaw trade tensions further with mollusc sa...
The European Union and the United States signalled Friday a further thawing of trade tension as they agreed to resume trade in mus...
Blinken to Australia next week for Quad group meet...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Australia next week for a Quad group ministerial meeting also involving his counte...
Mosque-goers pray for rain in drought-scorched Mor...
Mosques held prayers for rain on Friday across the parched North African kingdom of Morocco where farmers are battling an acute dr...
NATO chief Stoltenberg to head Norway central bank
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway's central bank governor at the end of the year, officials said Friday, a cont...
Can Hermes and Nike stop 'unauthorised' NFTs?
As digital objects in the form of NFTs have exploded in popularity and value over the past year, so too have the legal headaches a...
Morocco rescuers close in on boy trapped in well
Moroccans waited anxiously Friday as rescuers with heavy diggers closed in on Rayan, a five-year-old boy trapped in a deep well fo...
Sri Lanka calls for diaspora investment on indepen...
Sri Lanka marked its independence day on Friday with an appeal to its diaspora to send money home to overcome the island's worseni...
Asian markets up as Hong Kong returns with rally,...
Asian markets rose Friday as a surge in Hong Kong on its first day back from a break helped overcome a sharp drop on Wall Street,...
Rotterdam says no decision on dismantling bridge f...
The Dutch port city of Rotterdam has not received a request for a permit to temporarily dismantle an historic bridge to allow a su...
Asian markets mostly rise as Hong Kong reopens, ey...
Asian markets mostly rose Friday as a rally in Hong Kong on its first day back from a break helped overcome a sharp drop on Wall S...
Morocco rescuers dig for boy trapped in well
Moroccans waited anxiously Thursday as authorities said a dramatic operation to rescue a young boy trapped in a deep well for over...
Ford Q4 profits hit by supply chain woes
Ford reported weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter profits Thursday amid supply chain problems, even as higher car prices boosted r...
Amazon holiday quarter profit doubles
Amazon on Thursday reported its profit doubled to $14 billion in the recently ended quarter, giving a boost to jittery markets tha...
Cyclone Batsurai injures 12, strands ship in Franc...
Tropical cyclone Batsirai skirted the French Indian Ocean territory of La Reunion Thursday, leaving at least 12 people injured and...
At least a year for permanent solution on 5G: US a...
The United States will gradually permit more 5G telecommunications service near airports, but a long-term solution on air safety c...
N.Ireland leader resigns over Brexit protocol
Northern Ireland's unionist chief minister quit on Thursday, forcing his nationalist deputy also to stand down and prompting calls...
Over 7 million visited Dubai in 2021 tourism turna...
More than seven million foreign tourists visited Dubai last year, marking a "remarkable turnaround", the government of the Gulf ci...
Union vote at GM Mexico plant hailed as 'win' for...
Workers at a General Motors factory in Mexico have elected an independent union -- a step hailed as a victory for labor rights hel...
Moscow to shut down Deutsche Welle bureau in Russi...
Russia said Thursday it is closing the Moscow bureau of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and revoking staff accreditations in Rus...
Facebook slump reignites debate over attracting yo...
Facebook announced on Thursday that its daily user numbers had fallen for the first time in its history, reopening the debate arou...
UK's Kew tribute to Costa Rica at annual orchid fe...
Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew unveiled its annual orchid festival Thursday, turning a sliver of southwest London into a r...
Meta slump and interest rate fears drag stocks low...
Stock markets slid Thursday, dragged down by a massive plunge in the shares of Facebook parent company Meta following disappointin...
US services sector growth ebbed in January amid Om...
Growth in the US services sector slowed modestly in January amid the surging Omicron variant of Covid-19 and lingering supply chai...
ECB chief opens door to 2022 rate hike as inflatio...
European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday left open the possibility of interest rate hikes this year for the first...
Meta slump drags stocks lower, oil falls
Stock markets fell Thursday, dragged down by a massive plunge in the shares of Facebook parent company Meta following disappointin...
ECB sees longer inflation but stands pat on policy...
European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday that record inflation would stay high longer than expected, but the EC...
WHO sees pause, even end of pandemic for Europe
The World Health Organization on Thursday offered Europe hope of a "long period of tranquility" and even "enduring peace" in the w...
ECB sits tight as inflation pressure rises
The European Central Bank stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday, despite record inflation in the eurozone putting t...
BoE agrees second rate hike in row as inflation so...
The Bank of England on Thursday lifted its main interest rate for the second time in a row in a bid to tackle decades-high inflati...
UK to support consumers as energy price cap rises...
The UK government on Thursday stepped in to help the hardest-hit households struggling with the rising cost of living, announcing...
Stock markets mostly fall before European interest...
Stock markets mostly dropped Thursday as profit-taking set in after recent strong gains, as traders awaited interest rate updates...
Cuba runs out of milk, breaking Castro's promise
In the early days of communism in Cuba, Fidel Castro had pledged that every child under seven would have a liter of subsidized mil...
Turkey inflation surges to near 20-year high
Turkey's annual inflation rate in January reached its highest level since April 2002, official data showed Thursday, after a curre...
Shell swings into huge profit as oil price recover...
Energy giant Shell surged back into profit last year as oil prices rocketed on recovering demand with economies reopening from pan...
Rio Tinto's recent scandals
Revelations of rape and sexual assault at Rio Tinto are the latest in a series of scandals to hit the global mining giant, which i...
Asia stocks mixed as profit-taking, tech woes offs...
Asian markets were mixed Thursday, with a split between those suffering from profit-taking following a recent rally and those that...
Scraping a living: salt offers women lifeline in Y...
Scooping up handfuls of white crystals from coastal pools, a group of women in Yemen harvest salt -- a traditional industry provin...
Lisa Cook, expert on economic scars of racism, now...
A researcher focused on how discrimination has harmed the American economy and the damage downturns do to the poor, Lisa Cook woul...