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Global property catastrophe reinsurance rates will fall 5 per cent to 15 per cent on Jan. 1 for books of businesses which have not suffered losses, reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter has said, as ...

South Korea’s factory output fell more sharply than expected in November, government data showed on Monday, amid slowing exports and weakening business confidence. The industrial output index (KRIO=ECI) ...

Syria hopes for strategic partnerships with Ukraine, its new foreign minister told his Ukrainian counterpart on Monday, as Kyiv moves to build ties with the new Islamist rulers in Damascus ...

Ukraine and Russia carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Monday, with the two sides bringing home a combined total of more than 300 former captives. Kyiv brought ...

Tourists in Barcelona’s historic centre were enjoying the last days of gas-powered patio heaters before their use is banned in 2025 because of their carbon emissions. The ban will come ...

Kazakhstan reached the quarter-finals of the United Cup mixed team tournament with a comfortable win over Greece on Monday as Elena Rybakina defeated Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-3 after Alexander Shevchenko ...

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a $5 million verdict that E. Jean Carroll won against Donald Trump when a jury found the U.S. president-elect liable for sexually abusing ...

Russia pumped gas on Monday to European customers via Ukraine for one of the last days before a key transit deal expires at the end of the year, marking the ...

Yahya Al-Batran woke up in the early hours of Sunday morning to find his wife, Noura trying to wake their newborn twin sons Jumaa and Ali as they lay together ...

Gold prices slipped in thin trade on Monday, as markets awaited next week’s US economic data and the potential impact of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office on ...

Serie A side AC Milan sacked coach Paulo Fonseca on Monday after only six months in the job after an inconsistent run of form left the club eighth in Italy’...

Prosecutors in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad filed an indictment on Monday against 13 people in connection with the collapse of a railway station awning last month that killed 15 ...

Iran confirmed the arrest of Italian journalist Cecilia Sala for “violating the laws of the Islamic Republic”, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. Sala, 29, who works for ...

Chemicals factories founded or owned by some of Russia’s wealthiest men are supplying ingredients to plants that manufacture explosives used by Moscow’s military during the war in Ukraine, ...

The United States on Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraineas President Joe Biden uses his final weeks in office to surge aid to Kyiv ...

Oil prices slipped lower on Monday in thin holiday trade ahead of the year-end as traders awaited more economic data from China and the US later this week to assess ...

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few ...

South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out ...

The value of Portuguese homes that changed hands in the third quarter rose 28 per cent to a record 9.05 billion euros ($1.04 billion), potentially aggravating a shortage of affordable housing, as interest ...

Jimmy Carter, the earnest Georgia peanut farmer who as U.S. president struggled with a bad economy and the Iran hostage crisis but brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and ...

Toyota Motor’s (7203.T) global production decreased for a 10th straight month in November, the Japanese carmaker said, although its worldwide sales grew for the second consecutive month on solid ...

New Nike (NKE.N) CEO Elliott Hill’s plan to refocus on sports that are core to its brand like basketball and running allayed some investor worries on December 20, but ...

Liverpool thrashed West Ham United 5-0 at the London Stadium to stretch their Premier League lead to eight points on Sunday with Mohamed Salah once again in irrepressible form. Salah ...

US billionaire Elon Musk drew criticism from German politicians from the government and opposition on Sunday for an opinion piece he wrote backing the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) which ...