Apple ready to bargain with its first US store to unionise
Apple Inc (AAPL.O)accepts the outcome of a vote by Maryland store workers to become its first US employees to join a union and is ready to bargain with ...
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Egypt’s strategic wheat reserves sufficient for 5.7 months, minister says
Egypt has strategic reserves of wheat sufficient for 5.7 months, Supply Minister Aly Moselhy said in a news conference on Sunday, adding that the country has procured 3.9 million tonnes of wheat ...
Leaders at G7 mock bare-chested horseback rider Putin
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations mocked the macho image of their absent adversary Vladimir Putin on Sunday, at a meeting in Germany dominated by the Russian President’...
Putin to make first foreign trip since launching Ukraine war
Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet states in central Asia this week, Russian state television reported on Sunday, in what would be the Russian leader’s first known ...
Thousands protest in Madrid against Nato summit
Carrying the hammer and sickle flags of the former Soviet Union, thousands protested in Madrid on Sunday against a NATO summit which will take place in the Spanish capital next ...
Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine as G7 leaders gather (Update 5)
Russian missiles hit an apartment block and kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as “barbarism” as world leaders gathered in ...
Russia slides towards default as payment deadline expires
Russia edged closer to default on Sunday amid little sign that investors holding its international bonds had received payment, heralding what would be the nation’s first default in decades.
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French energy giants urge consumers to cut usage ‘immediately, collectively and massively’
The heads of France’s big energy companies on Sunday urged individuals and businesses to limit power consumption immediately to prepare for a looming energy crisis.
“We need to work ...
South Africa police investigating at least 22 deaths at popular venue (Updated)
South African authorities are investigating the deaths of at least 22 young people found inside a popular tavern in the coastal town of East London, provincial health officials and the presidency ...
Iran-U.S. nuclear talks to resume ‘in coming days’, Tehran and EU say
Iran‘s indirect talks with the United States on reviving the 2015 nuclear pact will resume soon, the Iranian foreign minister said on Saturday amid a push by the European Union’...
Nadal’s Grand Slam bid faces Djokovic challenge at Wimbledon
Rafa Nadal’s hopes of winning Wimbledon for the first time in over a decade and staying on track for the calendar year Grand Slam will meet a familiar adversary ...
G7 nations announce Russia gold ban as summit starts under shadow of war
Members of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Sunday announced a ban on imports of Russian gold as the G7 summit in the Bavarian Alps begins under the shadow ...
Johnson: cost of Russian victory in Ukraine is too high
World leaders must recognise the price of supporting Ukraine including the surge in energy and food costs but must also acknowledge that the price of allowing Russia to win would ...
Ukraine suffers major setback after fall of Sievierodonetsk
Ukraine special forces remained in Sievierodonetsk directing artillery fire against Russian-backed troops, said an adviser to Ukraine’s president, after the city fell in a major setback for Kyiv as ...
Nasa to launch first rocket from a commercial spaceport in Australia on Sunday
NASA will launch a rocket from the remote wilderness of northern Australia on Sunday evening, the first commercial space launch in Australia and the agency’s first from a commercial ...
US crypto firm Harmony hit by $100 million heist
US crypto firm Harmony said on Friday that thieves stole around $100 million worth of digital coins from one of its key products, the latest in a string of cyber heists ...
Germany to deploy temporary foreign workers to ease staff shortage at German airports
Germany will allow the entry of foreign workers to fill staff shortages at the German airports as a temporary solution, Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday, citing the interior, transport ...
Samsung Australia fined $9.7m over false water-resistance claims
Australia’s competition regulator said on Thursday a court ordered the local unit of Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) to pay a A$14 million ($9.65 million) penalty for nine misleading advertisements about a ...
Saudi Arabia to invest $3.4 bln in vaccine, biomedical drugs sector
Saudi Arabia’s industry and Mineral Resources minister said on Friday the country would invest $3.4 billion in the vaccine and biomedical drugs sector, according to state news agency SPA.
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G7 summit kicks off under shadow of Ukraine war, stagflation risk
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomes leaders of the Group of Seven rich democracies on Sunday to a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and ...
Lufthansa expects flight operations to return to normal in 2023
Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) does not expect its global airline operations to return to normal until 2023 after staff shortages and booming demand amid the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions forced it to ...
Biden signs gun safety bill into law, takes swipe at Supreme Court
US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after a decision he condemned by the Supreme Court expandingfirearm owners’ ...
Horror on Oslo Pride day as gunman goes on deadly rampage at gay bar
Terrified revellers at a gay bar in Oslo hid in a basement and desperately called loved ones as a gunman went on the rampage, killing two people and injuring 21 on ...
Turkey re-evaluating death penalty after Erdogan’s wildfires comment
Turkey will reconsider a 2004 decision to abolish capital punishment, the justice minister said on Saturday, after President Tayyip Erdogan raised the death penalty in connection with the cause of this ...