Pernod Ricard’s shares rise despite sales forecast cut
Pernod Ricard’s shares rose 6 per cent on Thursday, even after the French spirits maker cut its full-year sales forecast and share buyback programme as hoped-for improvements in the United ...
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Dubai’s DIFC says company registrations up 34 per cent last year
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) achieved 34 per cent growth in new registrations last year, bringing the total number of active companies in the Gulf’s financial hub to 5,523, its ...
Ukraine withdraws units from parts of Avdiivka, sends in crack brigade
Ukraine said on Thursday it was withdrawing troops from some parts of the eastern town of Avdiivka to better positions after months of heavy fighting, and battle-hardened reserve fighters from ...
Trump prosecutor Fani Willis testifies on misconduct allegations
Fani Willis, the prosecutor overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump in Georgia, testified on Thursday about the former U.S. president’s claims that her romance with a ...
Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel in reprisal for deadly day
Hezbollah said on Thursday it fired dozens of rockets at a northern Israeli town in a “preliminary response” to the killing of 10 civilians in southern Lebanon, the deadliest day for ...
Blinken says Gaza hostage deal still possible but ‘very hard’ issues remain
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that a deal on the release of hostages held by Hamas remains possible but “very hard” issues remain to be ...
Striking truck drivers block key Mexican highways over lawlessness
Striking truck drivers blocked key Mexican transport arteries on Thursday, jamming vital highways to protest lawlessness on the roads that has led to a rise in robberies and extortion.
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Israel asks World Court to reject request for Rafah emergency orders
Israel has asked the International Court of Justice to dismiss a request by South Africa to issue additional emergency measures because of Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in ...
Haiti gang wars block aid routes for most vulnerable, U.N. agency says
A recent spike of violence in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is preventing the World Food Programme (WFP) from reaching hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of supplies, as ...
Israeli ministers reject Palestinian statehood as part of post war plan
Top ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rejected Palestinian statehood on Thursday following a Washington Post report that Israel’s main ally the United States was advancing plans ...
EU sees no need to extend deal on Russian gas transit via Ukraine
The European Union sees no need to extend an agreement to transport Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine, ahead of the contract’s planned expiry at the end of the ...
Putin says Russia is close to creating cancer vaccines
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian scientists were close to creating vaccines for cancer that could soon be available to patients.
Putin said in televised comments that “we ...
Voters go to polls in double test for PM Sunak
Voters went to the polls on Thursday for two new British lawmakers, with the opposition Labour Party expected to win parliamentary seats in central and southwestern England in yet another ...
‘Yes to equality’ says Greek PM ahead of same-sex marriage vote
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis urged parliament on Thursday to “say yes to equality” and approve a bill allowing same sex marriage, which if passed would be a landmark victory ...
Israel raids main Gaza hospital as Rafah concerns grow
Israeli forces said on Thursday they had raided the biggest functioning hospital in Gaza, as video posted online showed chaos, shouting and the sound of shooting in darkened corridors that ...
Putin says he prefers ‘more predictable’ Biden over Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that he preferred Joe Biden to Donald Trump but was willing to work with any U.S. president.
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Ukraine refuses to remove Raiffeisen from ‘sponsors of war’ blacklist
Ukraine has refused to remove Raiffeisen Bank International (RBIV.VI) from a “sponsors of war” blacklist, challenging the biggest Western bank in Russia to sever its ties to Moscow.
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Oil slips after large US crude stock build
Oil prices fell on Thursday after a larger-than-expected jump in US crude inventories raised doubts about the strength of demand in the world’s largest economy and top oil consumer.
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European banks and their $1.5 trillion commercial property headache
European banks have about 1.4 trillion euros ($1.50 trillion) in loans to the troubled commercial property industry, amid a steep fall in office prices on both sides of the Atlantic and investor ...
UK economy falls into recession, adding to Sunak’s election challenge
Britain’s economy fell into a recession in the second half of 2023, a tough backdrop for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who has promised to boost growth ahead of an election ...
Enhanced Games out to disrupt ‘old, slow’ Olympics with doped up athletes
Aron D’Souza believes he is about to join the ranks of the great entrepreneurial disruptors through his Enhanced Games which targets the “hypocritical, corrupt and dysfunctional” Olympic Games.
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On ‘Bolero Day’ Torvill & Dean relive Olympic triumph
Torvill and Dean, the British ice-skating duo who helped revolutionise their sport when they won Olympic gold in Sarajevo 40 years ago, on Wednesday relived their iconic “Bolero” performance saying they ...
Russia launches new missile attack on Ukraine’s Kyiv, other cities
Russia launched a new missile attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting infrastructure, damaging residential and commercial buildings, and injuring at least six people in different parts of the country, officials ...
US warned allies about Russian space, nuclear capabilities
The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe about new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities that could pose an international threat, a source briefed on the matter ...