COVID-hit Beijing increases curbs, fears Shanghai-like misery
The Chinese capital of Beijing closed some public spaces and stepped up checks at others on Thursday, as most of the city’s 22 million residents embarked on more COVID-19 mass ...
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With inflation, gold notes and cards find their way into America’s wallet
With inflation running at its highest levels in four decades, Utah business owner Steve Allred is concerned about the declining purchasing power of the US dollar.
To help protect against ...
Britain’s Truss tells China its rise depends on playing by the rules
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warned China that failure to play by global rules would cut short its rise as a superpower, and said the West should ensure that Taiwan ...
How Africa is bearing the brunt of palm oil’s perfect storm
Djeneba Belem’s fried bean cake stall in Abidjan is a world away from the war raging in Ukraine. But her business is now at the mercy of an unexpected ...
Electric car battery showdown brews in West
Several companies plan to open production facilities for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries or components in North America and Europe by 2025, as the alternative to nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cells begins to ...
Liverpool beat Villarreal to close in on Champions League final
An own goal and a Sadio Mane strike earned Liverpool a 2-0 victory in their Champions League semi-final first-leg against Villarreal on Wednesday, putting Juergen Klopp’s side on course ...
Europe decries ‘blackmail’ as Russia halts gas to Poland, Bulgaria
Russia’s Gazprom cut Poland and Bulgaria off from its gas on Wednesday for refusing to pay in roubles, and threatened to do the same to others, cranking up retaliation ...
Microsoft discloses onslaught of Russian cyberattacks on Ukraine
Russian government hackers carried out multiple cyber operations against Ukraine that appeared to support Moscow’s military attacks and online propaganda campaigns, Microsoft said in a report on Wednesday.
The ...
Belarus eyes wider death penalty use after anti-war railway sabotage
Belarus moved on Wednesday to make attempted acts of terrorism punishable by the death penalty after activists tried to sabotage parts of the railway network to make it harder for ...
Biden praises ‘force of nature’ Madeleine Albright at funeral
President Joe Biden called former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright a “force of nature” on Wednesday at a memorial service attended by former presidents in honour of the first woman ...
Conservatives investigating reports of MP watching porn in debating chamber
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party said on Wednesday it was looking into reports that a lawmaker watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons debating ...
Greece to help Bulgaria after Russia cuts gas supply
Greece said on Wednesday it would offer help to Bulgaria after Russia cut off its gas supply, while a Greek official said Sofia had already booked some liquefied natural gas (...
Rouble strengthens in Moscow as Russia halts gas supplies to Bulgaria, Poland
The rouble strengthened on Wednesday after Russia said it had halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, firming to a more than two-year high against the euro in Moscow trade ...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi handed five-year jail term for graft
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases she ...
Turkish opposition vows to overturn sentences against Kavala, others
Turkish opposition leaders vowed to overturn jail sentences against philanthropist Osman Kavala and seven others convicted at the end of a case that lawyers said showed courts had become the ...
EU brands Russian gas halt ‘blackmail’, working on response
The EU’s chief executive on Wednesday branded as “blackmail” Russian giant Gazprom’s move to halt supplies to some European customers, but said the bloc was working on a ...
GSK tops quarterly forecasts, helped by COVID-19 treatment and Shingrix
British pharmaceuticals giant GSK (GSK.L) beat analyst expectations for its first-quarter results on Wednesday and stood by its 2022 forecasts, after buoyant sales of its COVID-19 treatment which has now ...
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in W. Bank clash, militant group says
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, medics and a militant group said, in clashes that erupted after an arrest raid.
It was the ...
Tesla loses $126 bln in value amid Musk Twitter deal funding concern
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) lost $126 billion in value on Tuesday amid investor concerns that Chief Executive Elon Musk may have to sell shares to fund his $21 billion equity contribution to ...
Europe’s Russian diesel imports drop, but still dominant
European diesel imports from Russia are set to fall in April but will still exceed those from other regions, highlighting the challenge European governments face as they contemplate new sanctions ...
Israeli missile strike kills soldiers near Damascus
Four Syrian soldiers were killed on Wednesday, Syria’s defence ministry said, in an Israeli missile attack on positions near Damascus that a war monitor said had hit an arms ...
China’s capital in race to detect COVID cases, avoid Shanghai’s distress
Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiralling ...
SpaceX launches ‘Crew 4’ astronauts on flight to space station
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts to orbit on Wednesday, en route to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, including a medical doctor turned spacewalker ...
Euro falls below $1.06 for first time in five years
The euro fell below $1.06 for the first time in five years against a broadly strong US dollar on Wednesday amid rising concerns around energy safety and growth slowdown in China ...