India’s top court declines to legalise same-sex marriage
India’s top court on Tuesday declined to legalise same-sex marriage and left it to parliament to decide, agreeing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that the legislature is ...
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Putin visits ‘dear friend’ Xi in show of no-limits partnership
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a widely watched trip aimed at showcasing the trust and “no-limits” partnership between ...
Oil steadies on hopes US will ease sanctions on Venezuela
Oil prices steadied on Tuesday after a more than $1 slide on Monday amid hopes the US would ease sanctions on producer Venezuela and as Washington stepped up efforts to prevent ...
Brussels gunman who killed two Swedes dies after being shot by police
A 45-year-old Tunisian gunman suspected of killing two Swedish football fans in Brussels died on Tuesday after being shot by police in a cafe, Belgium authorities said, while Sweden’s ...
Netflix may hike prices after success of password-sharing crackdown
Netflix’s (NFLX.O) crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million in the third quarter and the streaming pioneer is expected to set the stage for price increases ...
LinkedIn lays off 668 employees in second cut this year
Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) LinkedIn said on Monday it would lay off 668 employees across its engineering, talent and finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year for ...
Israel military says status of post-war Gaza under discussion, ‘global issue’
An Israeli military spokesman said on Tuesday that the status of the Gaza Strip after Israel’s planned ground assault on the Palestinian enclave would be a “global issue” for ...
Southgate repeats plea to England fans to stop Henderson boos
England manager Gareth Southgate has reiterated his call for fans to stop booing Jordan Henderson and ahead of their Euro 2024 qualifier against Italy at Wembley Stadium said on Tuesday that ...
Austria seal Euro 2024 place as Belgium-Sweden abandoned
Austria sealed a place at Euro 2024 on Monday but Sweden missed out on the finals for the first time in 28 years on a night in which their fixture with Belgium ...
Britain’s M&S to hire 10,000 workers for Christmas season
British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) said on Monday it plans to recruit 10,000 temporary workers for the Christmas season, a more than 40 per cent increase on ...
EU leaders to focus on fallout from Hamas attack on Israel
European Union leaders aim on Tuesday to settle on a united approach to the crisis triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel after days of confusion, infighting and mixed messaging.
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Russia is revoking ratification of nuclear test ban treaty – parliament speaker
Russia is revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty because the irresponsible attitude of the United States to global security, the speaker of the lower house of the ...
Asking prices of UK homes show smallest October rise since 2008
Asking prices for homes in Britain have risen at their slowest pace for the time of year since 2008, property website Rightmove said on Monday in a latest sign of how ...
Australia central bank sees possible cost savings in tokenisation
Australia’s central bank on Monday said tokenised money could help save billions of dollars in costs in domestic financial markets, as it studies whether and how to launch a ...
Belgium hunts shooter of Swedes as Brussels put on maximum alert
Belgium was searching on Tuesday for a gunman who killed two Swedish citizens and wounded a third person on Monday in Brussels in what Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called ...
Blinken seeks aid breakthrough amid air raid sirens in Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took shelter with Benjamin Netanyahu in a bunker during an air raid alert, a U.S official said, as the U.S. top ...
Canada urges citizens to leave Lebanon while flights are available
Canadians should consider leaving Lebanon while they can because of heightened security risks in the region, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Monday, after Ottawa helped evacuate a group of ...
Iran warns Israel of regional escalation if ‘aggressions do not stop’
Iran warned Israel of escalation if it failed to end aggressions against Palestinians, with its foreign minister saying other parties in the region were ready to act, the semi-official Fars ...
One third of Britons to cut back on Christmas spending
Almost one in three British adults expect to spend less on Christmas this year, with most blaming the rising cost of living, according to survey data published by PwC on ...
Champions slam door shut to maintain World Cup hegemony
“Small margins” has been the term widely used to explain the results of two titanic World Cup quarter-finals in Paris this weekend – New Zealand’s victory over world number one-ranked ...
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating
Egypt said on Monday that Israel was not cooperating with delivery of aid into Gaza and evacuations of foreign passport holders via the only entry it does not wholly control, ...
Putin: suggestions of US war against Russia and China nonsense
President Vladimir Putin said that suggestions the United States should prepare for a war against Russia and China were nonsense, and warned the West that any war against Russia would ...
Treaty shift doesn’t mean Russia plans nuclear test
Russia’s planned withdrawal of its ratification of the global treaty banning nuclear tests does not mean that it intends to conduct such a test, a senior foreign ministry official ...
UK CFOs lose their appetite for debt after rates climb, says Deloitte
Finance executives at top British firms are more wary about borrowing than at any time since at least 2007, according to a survey which underscored how the climb in interest rates ...