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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could not reach an agreement Monday on how to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling with just 10 days before ...

The turmoil facing US regional banks has prompted some lenders to step back, leaving space for investors such as asset managers, private equity (PE) funds and insurers to lend more. ...

Junior doctors in England plan to stage more strikes in June, their union said, meaning more strain for the state-run health service, NHS, after pay negotiations with the government collapsed ...

Kosovo must implement a Western-brokered peace deal with Serbia if it wants to achieve its goal of joining the NATO military alliance, two U.S. senators visiting Pristina said on ...

Top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy said talks over raising the U.S. federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were “on the right path” ahead of a meeting with Democratic President ...

Russia said on Monday it was battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks of ...

Brazil does not favour vaccination as a way to control bird flu because it would inevitably lead to trade barriers, one of its senior officials said on Monday. The world’...

Spanish soccer has a racism problem, football federation chief Luis Rubiales said on Monday, after Real Madrid lodged a complaint following alleged insults hurled at their Brazilian star Vinicius Jr. ...

Hungary’s decision to release foreigners convicted of human-trafficking triggered protests by its neighbour Austria on Monday with Vienna summoning the Hungarian ambassador. Citing overcrowded prisons, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor ...

Deadly floods in northern Italy will ravage fruit production in what is normally one of the country’s most bountiful agricultural regions, farm lobby Coldiretti said on Monday. Floods killed 14 ...

Paris 2024 organisers have been planning to install the Olympic flame on the Eiffel Tower, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday. The source added that ...

Ryanair (RYA.I) achieved close to record full-year profit in the year to March 31 and is cautiously optimistic that robust summer demand will ensure modest profit growth in the next 12 ...

South Korea and the European Union agreed on Monday to step up cooperation on security amid tension over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and North Korean nuclear threats. South Korean ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday he will not seek to form a coalition government following this weekend’s election, paving the way for a second vote in ...

Meta (META.O) was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead privacy regulator in the European Union for its handling of user information and given five ...

Italy’s soccer prosecutor has asked for Juventus JUVE.MI to be docked 11 points in the current Serie A season in a new hearing around the club’s transfer dealings ...

By Gavin Maguire The US is hoping to play key leadership roles in an array of areas tied to the global energy transition, from developing corporate champions that drive emissions ...

Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti has reached a decision about his future at the Serie A Champions, he said on Sunday after the 3-1 home victory against Inter Milan without giving ...

A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ.O) of deceiving consumers into believing its Trident “Original Flavor” gum contained real mint. US District ...

As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies ...

India will withdraw its highest denomination currency note from circulation, the central bank said on Friday. The 2000-rupee note, introduced into circulation in 2016, will remain legal tender but citizens have ...

State-backed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times called the G7 an “anti-China workshop” on Monday, after Beijing summoned Japan’s envoy and berated Britain in a fiery response to statements issued at ...

Real Madrid’s Brazil forward Vinicius Jr has called LaLiga and Spain racist after receiving racial slurs from the stands in Sunday’s defeat at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium. Vinicius ...

Greece’s conservatives were set to be offered an opportunity on Monday to form a coalition after winning the weekend’s election, but without enough seats to deliver on their ...