For eastern Ukrainians, ordeal of war is entering second decade
Yevhen Tkachov, a volunteer aid worker and devout Pentecostal from Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, spent much of his life travelling to the world’s war zones...
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Nadal to make tennis return at Brisbane International
Former tennis world number one Rafa Nadal will return at the Brisbane International warm up event for the Australian Open in January, the Spaniard said...
War resumes in Gaza after truce collapses
Israel’s warplanes pounded Gaza, sending wounded and dead Palestinians into hospitals and residents into the streets to flee, as its war against Hamas resumed after...
Job cuts, lean bonuses loom over Europe’s bankers in 2024
A mix of global economic unease and geopolitical uncertainty means optimism is in short supply among bankers from the City of London to Frankfurt’s ‘Mainhattan’...
New wave of wounded received at Gaza’s overwhelmed hospitals
At Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, a man cradling a boy with a bloodied scalp cried for help. A girl who had arrived in an...
Helicopter crashes on Madrid ring road, three injured
A helicopter crashed on a Madrid motorway ring road on Friday morning, hitting a car and leaving three people injured, the city’s emergency services said....
Markets pin hopes on soft landing, with one eye on recession risk
A stellar rally in equities and bonds suggests market confidence is high for the world economy to reach a soft landing after a run of...
Oil prices recover from slump after underwhelming OPEC+ cuts
Oil prices pared losses on Friday, after falling sharply in early trade and by over 2 per cent on Thursday on perceptions that the voluntary...
Goldman Sachs now expects ECB’s first rate cut in Q2 2024
Goldman Sachs on Friday said it now expects the European Central Bank (ECB) to deliver its first interest rate cut in the second quarter of...
From trauma to rainbows; Israel festival survivors heal in Cyprus
Deep within the lush mountainous forests of Cyprus, survivors of the Oct. 7 music festival bloodbath in Israel practice yoga, paint and meditate as they...
