Saudi investment in tennis ‘won’t replicate golf’s woes’
Australian Open chief Craig Tiley believes any Saudi investment in tennis is unlikely to have the same impact as the country’s disruptive entry into golf because talks are focused ...
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Baristas union accuse Starbucks of banning Pride-themed decor
Starbucks plans to issue “clearer” centralized guidelines for in-store visual displays following a union’s allegations that managers banned Pride-themed decor, the coffee chain said in an internal memo to ...
IBM to buy software co Apptio for $4.6 bln to bolster cloud offerings
IBM (IBM.N) said on Monday it will acquire technology spend-management platform Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion in cash, in the latest deal to bolster its capabilities in ...
First malaria cases diagnosed in decades in Florida and Texas
Five cases of malaria have been confirmed in Florida and Texas, the first time the potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease has been locally acquired in the United States in 20 years, the ...
Turkey keeps Sweden waiting on NATO membership as key summit nears
Sweden’s path to NATO membership remains blocked by Turkey and Hungary ahead of a July summit in Vilnius where it hopes to join Nordic neighbour Finland as a full ...
Senior lawmaker: Russia cannot rely on mercenaries, calls for professional army of 7m
A senior Russian lawmaker who has been involved in a number of negotiations related to Moscow’s campaign in Ukraine called late on Monday for a professional army seven-million strong ...
Deutsche Bank tells investors some of their Russian shares are missing
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has told clients it can no longer guarantee full access to Russian stocks that belong to them, underlining the challenges global investors face to recover stranded ...
New rules aim to clamp down on corporate greenwashing
Companies will face more pressure to disclose how climate change affects their business under a new set of G20-backed global rules aimed at helping regulators crack down on greenwashing.
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Fever over BlackRock’s bitcoin fund faces chill of rate hikes and regulations
BlackRock’s plans for a bitcoin fund have helped push the world’s largest cryptocurrency to its highest in a year, but rising interest rates and a regulatory crackdown could ...
Tesla’s searing rally elicits downgrades, caution on Wall Street
A blistering rally in Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) shares has powered the EV maker’s market value toward trillion-dollar levels, prompting some analysts to question its valuation and downgrade the ...
Putin pays tribute to Russian pilots killed fighting mutineers
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to pilots killed fighting an aborted mutiny and thanked the nation for showing patriotic unity while confirming for the first time that Russian pilots ...
Shooter in Colorado gay nightclub attack pleads guilty, gets life in prison
A 23-year-old was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty on Monday to killing five people in a 2022 mass shooting at a gay nightclub ...
Turkey’s Erdogan, Greece’s Mitsotakis to meet at July NATO summit
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius next month, Mitsotakis’ office said on Monday, a day ...
US should apologize to Guantanamo Bay inmates for treatment -UN expert
A United Nations expert said on Monday that U.S. government treatment of Guantanamo Bay inmates was cruel, inhuman and degrading under international law and called for Washington to apologize ...
UK says cost of deporting each asylum seeker to Rwanda to be 169,000 pounds
Britain’s government said on Monday it will cost on average about 169,000 pounds ($215,035) to deport each asylum seeker to Rwanda in the first detailed assessment of a high-stakes promise to ...
Russia checking if Western agencies were involved in mutiny
Russian intelligence services are investigating whether Western spy agencies played a role in the aborted mutiny by Wagner mercenary fighters on Saturday, the TASS news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei ...
Prince William launches project seeking to end homelessness
Prince William launched a five-year project on Monday seeking to end homelessness in Britain, saying he was following in the footsteps of his late mother Princess Diana who had alerted ...
Barcelona sign Gundogan on free transfer after Man City exit
Barcelona have signed Ilkay Gundogan on a free transfer after his departure from treble winners Manchester City with the German midfielder signing a two-year contract, the LaLiga club said on ...
Shoigu appears in video for first time since Wagner mutiny
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was shown speaking to officers in a video released by his ministry on Monday, the first time he had appeared in public since a mutiny ...
Elton John enthralls Glastonbury in possible final UK show
Elton John enthralled a massive Glastonbury crowd on Sunday night in possibly his last show in Britain, delighting loyal fans but disappointing others who had hoped for star guest appearances.
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Turkey’s lira hits new low after bank rules’ rollback
The Turkish lira slid as much as 3% to a record low against the dollar on Monday, after the central bank took steps to simplify policy, while an official and bankers ...
Mitsotakis sworn in as Greek PM, promises ‘big changes’
Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised to rebuild Greece’s credit rating, create jobs, raise wages and boost state revenues after he was sworn in for a second term as prime minister on ...
HSBC to ditch Canary Wharf tower in favour of central London
HSBC has decided to leave its long-standing headquarters in Canary Wharf in east London in favour of a move to a much smaller office in the centre of the city, ...
Rouble pares losses after slumping to 15-month low
The Russian rouble tumbled to its lowest in nearly 15 months against the dollar in early trade on Monday before paring losses, as investors responded for the first time to an ...