Turkey halts transit of sanctioned goods to Russia
Turkey halted the transit of Western-sanctioned goods to Russia this month after a year of war in Ukraine and mounting US and European pressure on Ankara for action, a top ...
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‘Climate time bomb ticking’, emissions must urgently be cut -UN chief
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the “climate time bomb is ticking” as he urged rich nations to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said there ...
New York braces for Trump indictment after ex-president urges protests
Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels during ...
Man who attacked Sevilla keeper handed 40-year stadium ban by PSV
A man who attacked Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic during PSV Eindhoven’s Europa League match last month has been banned from entering the club’s Philips Stadium for the next 40 ...
Fulham’s Mitrovic and Silva charged after Man United tie
Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic is facing a lengthy ban after the Football Association said the standard punishment for his dismissal during their 3-1 FA Cup quarter-final defeat by Manchester United ...
Palace reappoint Hodgson as coach to replace Vieira
Crystal Palace have reappointed Roy Hodgson as manager until the end of the season, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.
The 75-year-old succeeds Frenchman Patrick Vieira, who was sacked ...
Dozens arrested in French protests after government survives no-confidence vote (video)
Dozens of people were arrested across France after sporadic protests broke out hours after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday over a ...
Ukraine says missiles blown up in annexed Crimea, Russia says civilians targeted
Ukraine‘s defence ministry said on that an explosion in Dzhankoi in the north of the Crimean peninsula destroyed Russian cruise missiles intended for use by Russia’s Black Sea ...
Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car
For many electric vehicles, there is no way to repair or assess even slightly damaged battery packs after accidents, forcing insurance companies to write off cars with few miles – leading ...
Global banking turbulence prompts Wall Street banks to trim hawkish Fed bets
Goldman Sachs is expecting a pause this week from the US Federal Reserve after a year-long rate increase campaign as Wall Street banks scale back their hawkish expectations in the ...
Did SVB break the Fed? Officials mull risks of more rate increases
At an early January meeting of the Virginia Bankers Association, executives were already nervous that Federal Reserve interest rate increases were making it hard to compete for deposits.
“Everywhere I ...
Venezuela oil minister resigns, police arrest officials in corruption sweep
Venezuela’s oil minister Tareck El Aissami said on Monday he will resign and at least six officials were arrested following investigations by police into corruption, including at state-owned oil ...
Israeli minister says ‘no such thing’ as Palestinian people
An Israeli minister with responsibility for administrating the occupied West Bank drew condemnation on Monday after he said there was no Palestinian history or culture and no such thing as ...
JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank ordered to face lawsuits over Jeffrey Epstein ties
A U.S. judge said on Monday JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N and Deutsche Bank AG DBKGn.DE must face lawsuits accusing them of enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ...
French govt narrowly survives no-confidence vote but faces more challenges (Update)
Protesters set piles of rubbish on fire in central Paris on Monday after President Emmanuel Macron’s government narrowly survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Monday over a deeply ...
EU-led donors to provide 7 bln euros to help rebuild Turkey after earthquake
Donors at a European Union-led conference on Monday pledged 7 billion euros ($7.5 bln) to help to rebuild Turkey after last month’s devastating earthquakes, while Ankara estimated the costs at more ...
Amazon deepens tech-sector cuts by slashing another 9,000 jobs
Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it would axe another 9,000 roles to make its operation lean and manage economic uncertainty, marking a new round of job cuts that pile onto ...
‘I’ve never seen a car so fast,’ says Hamilton of Red Bull
Lewis Hamilton, winner of a record 103 Formula One grands prix and seven world championships, said on Sunday he had never seen a car as quick as Max Verstappen’s Red ...
Rupert Murdoch set to marry for fifth time at 92
Fox Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch is engaged to former San Francisco police chaplain Ann Lesley Smith, his spokesperson confirmed on Monday, which will mark the fifth marriage for the 92-year-old ...
‘Dear friends’ Xi and Putin meet in Moscow as Ukraine war rages
Vladimir Putin and his “dear friend” Chinese leader Xi Jinping planned more talks on Tuesday after a Kremlin dinner where the isolated Russian president curried favour with his most powerful ...
80 years on, Thessaloniki Holocaust survivor recalls cart of trampled bodies
Eighty-four-year-old Rina Revah was nearly four when she was sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in northern Germany with her parents in 1943. She would spend the next two years of ...
European supervisors say shares should be wiped out before bonds
European supervisors tried to stop a rout in the market for convertible bank bonds on Monday, saying owners of this type of debt would only suffer losses after shareholders have ...
Conte and Tottenham turning toxic
Antonio Conte lambasted his Tottenham Hotspur players as ‘selfish’ after they squandered a 3-1 lead at Southampton to draw 3-3 and drop crucial points in their bid to hang on ...
Oil falls more than $2 on banking concerns, likely Fed rate hike
Oil prices fell on Monday to their lowest in 15 months on concerns risks in the global banking sector may cause a recession that would lead fuel demand to decline and ...