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L'Occitane stocks surge in Hong Kong after privati...
Shares in French skincare giant L'Occitane jumped almost 13 percent in Hong Kong on Tuesday as they resumed trading after its owne...
Asian markets build on Wall St rally, yen holds bo...
Asian markets extended a rally Tuesday following advances on Wall Street, while the yen held gains after the previous day's sharp...
Asia's first spot bitcoin, ether ETFs start tradin...
Hong Kong on Tuesday launched trading of Asia's first spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs), moving forward in the c...
Ex-Binance chief set for sentencing in US court
US federal prosecutors are calling for ex-Binance chief Changpeng Zhao to be sent to prison when he appears Tuesday for sentencing...
Indian forest activist at the coalface of mining b...
Deep in an Indian forest, activist Alok Shukla greets friendly faces among a small band of protesters sitting in the way of plans...
Poor Bogota suburb wows tourists with street art
On Sundays in Ciudad Bolivar, one of Bogota's poorest neighborhoods, residents are treated to the incongruous sight of tourists ri...
New post-Brexit controls: a thorn for UK horticult...
Yuccas from Spain, rhododendrons from Germany or Dutch hazelnut trees -- flowers and plants arriving at UK ports from the European...
Samsung says Q1 operating profits soar nearly tenf...
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that its first-quarter operating profits had risen nearly tenfold year-on-year -- a 931.8 percent...
NATO chief says Ukraine can still win war despite...
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said it was "not too late" for Ukraine to win the war, despite its outmanned and outgunned m...
Mining giants Vale, BHP propose $25 bn settlement...
Mining giants Vale and BHP have proposed paying a nearly $25 billion settlement over a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil that killed 19...
Walrus dies from bird flu on Arctic island: resear...
The first case of a walrus dying from bird flu has been detected on one of Norway's Arctic islands, a researcher said Monday.
US stocks rise on tech outlook as yen rebounds
The yen rebounded Monday from a 34-year low against the dollar after what some traders speculate could have been the first interve...
World Central Kitchen resuming Gaza work after 7 s...
The World Central Kitchen nonprofit, which supplied meals in Gaza until seven of its aid workers were killed by an Israeli strike...
G7 to commit to reducing plastic production: Frenc...
The G7 is expected to commit to reducing plastic production in order to tackle the global scourge of pollution, France's ecologica...
Yen swings after hitting new 34-year low; stocks m...
The yen swung in volatile trade Monday as it rebounded soon after hitting a 34-year low against the dollar, fuelling speculation J...
Filipino farmers struggle as drought and heatwave...
Filipino farmer Daniel Velasco pumps water from a well in a desperate attempt to save his wilting vegetables, as a scorching heatw...
Blackstone strikes chord with $1.6 bn bid for UK m...
Struggling UK music rights owner Hipgnosis Songs Fund agreed Monday to an improved $1.6-billion takeover from US private equity fi...
Yen swings after hitting new 34-year low, stocks r...
The yen swung wildly Monday as it surged soon after hitting a fresh 34-year low against the dollar, fuelling speculation Japanese...
Yen rebounds after hitting 34-year low past 160 pe...
The yen surged after diving to a new 34-year low past 160 per dollar on Monday as a forecast-beating US inflation reading dented e...
Musk leaves Beijing after Tesla wins key China sec...
Tech billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk boarded a plane departing Beijing on Monday, an AFP journalist said, after a whistlestop visi...
Yen sinks to 34-year low past 160 per dollar
The yen sank to a new 34-year low past 160 per dollar on Monday after a forecast-beating US inflation reading dented expectations...
Yen slides to fresh 34-year low against dollar, st...
The yen slumped to a fresh 34-year low against the dollar on Monday, fuelling expectations Japanese authorities would step in to s...
Zendaya helps 'Challengers' net top spot in N.Amer...
MGM's tennis-based romance "Challengers" opened this weekend atop the North American box office, taking in an estimated $15 millio...
Gaza truce effort builds with Hamas to respond to...
Diplomatic efforts intensified on Sunday to reach a long sought-after truce and hostage-release deal in Gaza, as Hamas said it wou...
Tesla CEO Musk meets China's number two official i...
Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met in Beijing on Sunday with China's number two official, Premier Li Qiang, who promised...
Push for truce ramps up as Israel pummels Gaza
Diplomatic efforts increased on Sunday to reach a long sought-after truce and hostage-release deal in Gaza, as Israel carried out...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in China for talks
Tech billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in China for talks on Sunday, making his second trip in less than a year to the world...
US Fed to meet amid dwindling hopes of summer rate...
The US Federal Reserve is highly likely to keep interest rates unchanged later this week, as policymakers contend with a recent up...
Abortion in Arizona: women race against the clock...
Piper decided she needed an abortion almost as soon as Arizona judges ruled an 1864 law banning the procedure could be enforced.
'I heard monkey noises': Bilbao's Nico Williams ab...
Athletic Bilbao forward Nico Williams said he was racially abused by "stupid people" during his team's 3-1 defeat at Atletico Madr...
Kenyan patients suffer as doctors' strike grinds o...
Desperate to have her five-month-old daughter treated for a skin infection in Kenya, Celine Nyaga rode for an hour on the back of...
Daimler Truck braces for possible strike in 3 sout...
Around 7,200 workers with Daimler Truck in three southern US states were poised Friday for a potential strike as labor contract ta...