Oil prices inch higher on relaxed China COVID curbs, tight supplies
Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday on an expected demand recovery in China as the world’s second-biggest economy relaxes tough COVID-19 curbs, and on doubts that a higher output ...
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Japan to open to tourists after two years but only with masks, insurance, guides
Foreign tourists visiting Japan will be required to wear masks, take out private medical insurance and be chaperoned throughout their stay, the government said on Tuesday, as it plans a ...
In an ancient shark showdown, ‘Jaws’ may have doomed ‘The Meg’
An examination of the zinc content of teeth from sharks both living and extinct is providing clues about the demise of the largest-known shark, indicating the mighty megalodon may have ...
UK PM Johnson vows to ‘get on with the job’ after surviving confidence vote
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to shore up his position on Tuesday by setting out a raft of new policies to senior ministers after he survived a confidence vote ...
Erdogan promises more rate cuts, plays down inflation in Turkey
Turkey will continue cutting interest rates rather than hiking them in the face of high living costs, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, playing down inflation of more than 70 per ...
Qatar to re-install Zidane statue that sparked backlash
Qatar plans to re-install a sculpture immortalising French-Algerian player Zinedine Zidane’s head butt during the 2006 World Cup final, which had been removed in 2013 amid a domestic backlash, the head ...
Racial abuse of players complicates shootouts, says Southgate
Online racist abuse directed towards Black players in the England team after last year’s European Championship final has further complicated preparations for penalty shootouts, England manager Gareth Southgate said.
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How crypto giant Binance became a hub for hackers, fraudsters and drug traffickers
For five years, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance served as a conduit for the laundering of at least $2.35 billion in illicit funds, a Reuters investigation has found.
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Damaged, UK’s Boris Johnson scrapes win in party confidence vote
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote on Monday but a large rebellion in his Conservative Party over the so-called “partygate” scandal dealt a blow to his authority ...
Dominican environment minister shot dead in his office
The Dominican Republic’s environment minister, Orlando Jorge Mera, was shot dead in his office on Monday, authorities said.
Authorities did not share a potential motive or name suspects in ...
Russia sanctions US Treasury and energy secretaries, defence and media executives
Russia has imposed personal sanctions on 61 US officials including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and leading defence and media executives, the Russian foreign ministry said on ...
Ryanair forces South Africans to prove nationality with Afrikaans test (Updated)
Ryanair RYA.I is requiring South African passengers to prove their nationality before travelling by completing a test in Afrikaans, a language used by just 12% of the population that has ...
Fierce street fighting in Ukraine’s Sievierodonetsk, a pivotal battle for Donbas (Update 2)
Ukrainian troops were engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, in what is a pivotal battle in the Kremlin’...
Angry UK lawmakers trigger confidence vote in Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a confidence vote on Monday after a growing number of lawmakers in his Conservative Party questioned the British leader’s authority over what has been ...
New York governor signs new curbs on guns in wake of mass shootings
New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a packet of 10 gun control bills into law, setting new limits on buying assault-style weapons and body armor, among other measures, in ...
Ukraine not ready to export grain via Belarus – Zelenskiy
Ukraine is not ready to agree to a plan to export its grain by rail across Belarus for shipment via the Baltic Sea to bypass Russia’s blockade of its ...
Musk threatens to drop Twitter deal if fake-account data not provided
Elon Musk on Monday warned that he might walk away from his $44 billion offer to acquire Twitter Inc TWTR.N if the social media network failed to provide data on ...
Pain and horror follow massacre in Nigerian Catholic church
Survivors of an attack by unknown assailants on a Catholic church in Nigeria lay weeping and writhing in pain at a local hospital on Monday after suffering what a doctor ...
US moves to seize Russian oligarch Abramovich’s planes (Updated)
US authorities have obtained warrants to seize two US-origin planes owned by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich for flying to Russia without a license required due to US sanctions imposed on ...
Putin orders $81,500 payment to families of National Guards who die in Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday ordering the payment of 5 million roubles ($81,500) to the families of members of Russia’s National Guard who died in Ukraine and Syria.
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Russia puts investigative journalist on wanted list
Investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov, known for his coverage of Russian security agencies, said on Monday that Russian authorities had placed him on a wanted list and frozen his bank accounts.
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Abortion rights protester locks neck to US Supreme Court fence
An abortion rights protester on Monday chained himself to a perimeter fence set up outside the US Supreme Court to protest its expected decision overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ...
Russia’s Lavrov calls decision to block plane ‘unprecedented’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday described as “unprecedented” a move by three eastern European countries to block his plane from travelling to Serbia, adding that he had yet ...
Confronting the inflation beast: Five questions for the ECB
The European Central Bank looks all but certain to announce on Thursday that its years of bond-buying stimulus are over and that high inflation means interest rate rises are imminent.
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