Death toll from Vietnam tourist boat accident climbs to 38
The death toll from a tourist boat accident in Vietnam’s Halong Bay climbed to at least 38 with several people still missing, the government said, as rescuers continued to search ...
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Japan heads to polls in key test for Prime Minister Ishiba
Japanese voters headed to the polls on Sunday in a tightly contested upper house election that could unleash political turmoil, with rising prices and immigration concerns threatening to weaken Prime ...
Google inks $3 billion US hydropower deal in largest clean energy agreement of its kind
Google has agreed to secure as much as 3 gigawatts of US hydropower in the world’s largest corporate clean power pact for hydroelectricity, the company has announced, as Big Tech ...
Europe looks to Nordic space race to scale back US dependence
Two small spaceports in the far north of Sweden and Norway are racing to launch the first satellites from mainland Europe into space as the region looks to reduce its ...
Burberry turnaround gains pace as investors welcome early progress
A year after Josh Schulman became Burberry’s (BRBY.L) CEO with a mandate to turn the British luxury brand around, investors say they’re pleased with early signs of ...
Oracle to invest $3 billion in AI, cloud expansion in Germany, Netherlands
Oracle will invest $3 billion in Germany and the Netherlands over the next five years to bolster its infrastructure powering artificial intelligence and cloud offerings in the European market, the company ...
Lions dominate early to down Wallabies in first test
British & Irish Lions rode a dominant first-half display to a 27-19 win over Australia in the first test on Saturday, holding off a late Wallabies fightback for a comfortable ...
At least 32 killed by Israeli fire while seeking aid in Gaza, hospital says
At least 32 people were killed by Israeli fire while they were on their way to an aid distribution site in Gaza at dawn on Saturday, according to the Gaza Health ...
Vietnam tourist boat capsizes in Halong Bay, three dead
A tourist boat carrying 53 people, including five crew members, capsized in Vietnam’s Halong Bay on Saturday, killing three people, state media reported.
The accident occurred at approximately 2pm local ...
One dead, six injured in Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa
Russian forces staged a mass drone attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa early on Saturday, setting ablaze at least one multi-storey apartment building and killing one ...
Syrian government urges parties to respect truce in Druze region
Syria’s Islamist-led government said its security forces were deploying in the predominantly Druze southern city of Sweida on Saturday and urged all parties to respect a ceasefire after days ...
Spain cruise into women’s Euros semis with 2-0 win over Switzerland
Spain forward Athenea del Castillo came off the bench to open the scoring and Claudia Pina added a superb second as they beat hosts Switzerland 2-0 on Friday to reach ...
Cheap valuations and US trade deal lure foreign cash back to London
Britain’s stock market finally appears to be reversing years of underperformance against the rest of Europe, as a UK/US trade deal, lighter regulation and cheap stocks deliver juicy ...
Ericsson swings to profit but US tariffs hit margins
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) reported this week a swing to a bigger second-quarter adjusted profit than expected, helped by sales growth in North America and cost cuts, ...
Diageo CEO exits amid falling sales and turnaround push
Diageo (DGE.L) CEO Debra Crew has stepped down after two years in the job, the world’s biggest spirits maker has said, with finance chief Nik Jhangiani taking over ...
BMW taps Momenta for smart driving systems in China
BMW Group announced this week a new partnership with Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta to jointly develop advanced driver assistance systems tailored for the Chinese market.
The technology, designed for ...
UK house prices up 3.9 per cent in May
Average house prices in the United Kingdom in May were 3.9 per cent higher than a year earlier, after a 3.6 per cent rise in the year to April, the Office for ...
Bank of England scrutinises lenders for dollar risk amid Trump worries, sources say
The Bank of England has asked some lenders to test their resilience to potential US dollar shocks, three sources said, the latest sign of how the Trump administration’s policies ...
Slovenia passes assisted dying law
Slovenia approved a law to allow assisted dying on Friday, joining an increasing number of countries giving terminally ill adults the right to end their lives if they face unbearable ...
Alan Bergman, great American lyricist, dies at 99
Alan Bergman wrote a song with his future wife on the day they first met. Over the next 60 years they never stopped making music together.
Bergman was one half of ...
Hamas says no interim truce possible without work towards permanent ceasefire deal
Hamas’ armed wing spokesperson said on Friday that while the group favours reaching an interim truce in the Gaza war, if such an agreement is not reached in current negotiations ...
Only 16% of Italians would fight for their country, survey shows
Almost a third of Italians believe the country will be directly involved in a war within five years, but only 16% of those of fighting age would be willing to take ...
FCA plans safeguards for buy now, pay later customers
Britain’s financial regulator on Friday unveiled proposed measures aimed at safeguarding consumers who use buy now, pay later (BNPL) services.
The draft rules include affordability assessments, improved access to ...
Russian lawmakers say ‘security threat’ WhatsApp should prepare to leave country
WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday, warning that the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms was likely to ...