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Twice as many Russians are optimistic about the future now, a month into Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, as at the end of December, according to an opinion poll ...

As a stunning rebound in US stocks charges on, investors are questioning how long the surge can continue in the face of a hawkish Federal Reserve, warnings of recession from ...

Saudi Arabia has deposited $5 billion in Egypt’s central bank, the Saudi state news agency reported on Wednesday, as the Egyptian economy faces new economic pressures as a result of ...

Europe’s economy is increasingly strained by Russia’s war in Ukraine as growth stalls, confidence plummets and inflation soars, data and warnings from policymakers made clear on Wednesday. Sanctions ...

The World Bank president said on Wednesday Gulf oil producers could play a key role in dampening oil and gas price volatility in the coming months. Several consuming nations have ...

Shane Warne was remembered as a cricketing genius and maverick entertainer at a state memorial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday where tens of thousands of people gathered to ...

England players showed their support for Harry Maguire after the defender was booed by a section of fans during Tuesday’s 3-0 friendly win over Ivory Coast, with Jordan Henderson ...

A lawmaker in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party said on Wednesday he planned to change his gender identity to become Britain‘s first openly transgender member of parliament, ...

Germany on Wednesday declared an “early warning” of a possible gas supply emergency, saying the measure was designed to prepare for the risk of disruption or stoppage of natural gas ...

Ukrainian officials reported shelling around the capital Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, despite a promise by Moscow to scale down military operations there. Kyiv’s deputy ...

Heavy rains deluged Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst ...

Britain will take a very sceptical view towards Russia and its pledge to scale down military operations around Kyiv, with Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raabsaying London will judge Moscow on ...

More than 20,000 bankers, traders and other workers are bedding down in office towers in Shanghai’s Lujiazui district as they bid to keep China’s giant financial hub ticking over ...

Russia’s demand that some buyers pay for its gas in roubles has raised concerns in Germany, which relies on Russian fuel, that the payment dispute could escalate and disrupt ...

An Arab gunman killed at least five people in a Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday before he was fatally shot, the national ambulance service said, in the third deadly attack ...

Portugal’s Bruno Fernandes scored twice as they beat stubborn visitors North Macedonia 2-0 to qualify for the World Cup finals in Qatar after a tense European playoff tie on ...

The United States and its allies plan new sanctions on more sectors of Russia’s economy that are critical to sustaining its invasion of Ukraine, including military supply chains, Deputy ...

A Russian rocket hit the regional administration building in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 33, the authorities said. The wounded were ...

U.S. President Joe Biden adopted a cautious attitude on Tuesday to Russian vows to redeploy forces around Kyiv as the United States and its allies began discussion on a ...

European health ministers urged the bloc’s executive on Tuesday to back a fourth Covid-19 shot for people over the age of 60 to boost immunity in the absence of vaccines ...

Russia promised on Tuesday to scale down military operations around Ukraine’s capital and north, while Kyiv proposed adopting neutral status, in confidence-building steps that were the first signs of ...

White House records show an unexplained gap of more than seven hours in the record of former President Donald Trump’s telephone calls the day of the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack ...

Will Smith apologised has apologised to Chris Rock for slapping the comedian at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, issuing a statement after the film academy said it might take action ...

A U.S. official said on Monday that intelligence suggests the sickening of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators was due to an environmental factor, not poisoning. Citing ...