Russia wants UK and France in nuclear talks, the US wants China
Russia said on Thursday that it wanted Britain and France to be included in wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States, while it said that Washington wanted China ...
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Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska
Meteorologists were stunned this week when three successive thunderstorms swept across the icy Arctic from Siberia to north of Alaska, unleashing lightning bolts in an unusual phenomenon that scientists say ...
One dead, 10 people stranded in south Turkey wildfire
One person has died and 10 people were trapped in a forest fire which was burning for a second day in southern Turkey on Thursday, Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said, as ...
Azerbaijan, Armenia accuse each other of ceasefire violations
Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other on Thursday of flouting a Russian-backed ceasefire that both sides had accepted the previous day to halt deadly border clashes.
Armenia’s defence ministry ...
Quake measuring 8.2 strikes Alaska Peninsula, tsunami alert issued
A shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula late on Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings in the region, authorities said.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake, which ...
Sydney posts record daily rise in COVID-19 cases, seeks military help
Australia’s biggest city Sydney posted a record one-day rise in local COVID-19 cases on Thursday and warned the outbreak would get worse, as authorities sought military help to enforce ...
Shopify sees record Q2 revenue as worldwide consumers spend more online
Canada’s e-commerce giant Shopify announced record second-quarter revenue on Wednesday, as consumers continue to spend big online.
The company’s revenue rose 57 per cent to $1.12 billion for the quarter ...
Puberty not sole factor in transgender eligibility says IOC
Male puberty is not the sole factor in ascertaining whether transgender athletes have an advantage over competitors, the International Olympic Committee’s medical chief said on Thursday.
New Zealand’s ...
Is WhatsApp compliant with privacy laws? Investigation to decide in 1 month
EU privacy watchdog EDPB on Wednesday gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on compliance by Facebook’s (FB.O) WhatsApp after its peers ...
Swimming: Double gold joy for American men, Chinese women
Caeleb Dressel won the blue riband men’s 100m freestyle as the United States celebrated two gold medals in the Tokyo pool on Thursday while China’s women responded with ...
Ceasefire called after three Armenian soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan
Armenia said that three of its soldiers had been killed in an exchange of gunfire with Azerbaijan and both sides later accepted a Russian ceasefire proposal to try to calm ...
French police recover jewels stolen in scooter heist
French authorities on Wednesday recovered most of the roughly 2 million euros ($2.37 million) worth of jewellery stolen from a high-end Paris boutique by an armed robber who fled the scene on ...
Kremlin: Biden is wrong to say that Russia only has nuclear weapons and oil
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s assessment of Russia as only having nuclear weapons and oil was wide of the mark and betrayed a ...
Barclays pays out more than $1 bln to investors as profits rebound
Barclays (BARC.L) will pay out more than a billion dollars in dividends and buybacks to shareholders after beating first-half profit forecasts as bad loan fears receded and investment banking ...
German insurers expect up to $6.5 bln in storm claims
German insurance industry association GDV estimates that there will be up to 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in claims from storms that brought catastrophic flooding to parts of the country this month.
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UK watchdog demands 40 per cent women in boardrooms
Britain’s financial regulator demanded the appointment of more women and non-white minorities to the leadership of Britain’s largest firms on Wednesday, saying at least 40 per cent of board ...
Boeing posts first profit in almost two years helped by 737 MAX deliveries
Boeing Co (BA.N) on Wednesday posted its first quarterly profit in almost two years, as deliveries of its best-selling 737 MAX jets to airlines gained traction amid a sharp rebound ...
England scraps quarantine for fully vaccinated US, EU arrivals (Update 5)
England will allow fully vaccinated visitors from the European Union and United States to arrive without needing to quarantine from next week, in a huge and long-awaited boost for airlines ...
Dream Team back on track with blow-out win against Iran
The United States got back on track in their quest for a fourth consecutive men’s basketball gold medal on Wednesday with a 54 point blowout win against Iran buoyed by ...
Greener PPE: Inventors tackle Covid-19 plastic waste mountain
By Emma Batha
From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the Covid-19 pandemic is creating a mountain of plastic medical waste that is polluting the land ...
Pfizer raises 2021 Covid-19 vaccine sales forecast to $33.5bn
Pfizer Inc on Wednesday raised its forecast for sales of the COVID-19 vaccine that it developed with Germany’s BioNTech by 28.8% to $33.5 billion, as countries scramble to secure supply of ...
Zoom to buy cloud-based call centre operator Five9 in $15 bln deal
Zoom Video Communications Inc (ZM.O) struck a $14.7 billion all-stock deal to buy cloud-based call center operator Five9 Inc (FIVN.O) in its largest-ever acquisition, as it looks to expand ...
Turkey seeks up to 15 years in jail for licence holder of coup-related app
Turkish authorities are seeking up to 15 years in prison for the licence holder of ByLock, an encrypted messaging app Ankara says was used by the group it blames for an ...
UK’s Johnson wants EU, US travellers back as restrictions set to ease
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants U.S. citizens to come to England “freely” and is discussing a travel corridor with the United States, LBC radio said on Wednesday, before an ...