Short sellers play heroes and villains in the US bank crisis
As First Republic Bank’s share price fell by double-digits in the aftermath of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank last month, some people close to the San Francisco-based lender ...
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Fifth body found in French Alps following avalanche
French rescue services have found a fifth body following an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, local authorities said on Monday.
The avalanche occurred in the middle ...
Tsitsipas raring to go on clay with eyes on third Monte Carlo crown
Stefanos Tsitsipas said he is relishing a return to the European claycourt season as the Greek world number three targets a third consecutive Monte Carlo Masters title in the build-up ...
L’Oreal buys luxury brand Aesop
France’s L’Oreal (OREP.PA) has agreed to buy Australian luxury brand Aesop from Natura & Co (NTCO3.SA) for an enterprise value of $2.53 billion, growing its presence in ...
Israel signs $400 mln deal to sell Greece anti-tank missiles
Israel signed a 1.44 billion shekel ($400 million) deal to sell Spike anti-tank missiles to Greece, Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Monday, just days after reaching a similar-sized deal to provide ...
French rescue workers recover two bodies from rubble of collapsed buildings
French rescue workers have found two bodies in the rubble of buildings in the southern city of Marseille which collapsed following an explosion, the city’s mayor said on Monday.
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Rahm channels idol Ballesteros to win Masters
Rock-steady Jon Rahm, channelling Spanish great Seve Ballesteros on his late hero’s birthday, survived a marathon day and scored an emotional Masters win at Augusta National on Sunday, denying ...
Russian forces step up strikes on two key Ukrainian cities
Russia’s forces kept up a barrage of attacks along the front concentrated in two Ukrainian cities in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s military reported, as Kyiv said it ...
Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images
Facebook-owner Meta (META.O) published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it ...
EU’s new crypto asset rules don’t go far enough – ECB’s McCaul
The European Union’s proposed regulations for crypto assets do not go far enough, and safeguards need to be strengthened to capture risks adequately, European Central Bank supervisory board member ...
Arsenal denied huge win as Liverpool hit back to draw
Arsenal’s grip on the Premier League title race was loosened as Liverpool produced a storming comeback to snatch a 2-2 draw in super-charged clash at a raucous Anfield on ...
Four killed in avalanche in the French Alps
Four people have died and a number of others have been injured in an avalanche in the French Alps, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Sunday.
The avalanche occurred in ...
Five-star Palace thrash Leeds as Hodgson revival gathers steam
Crystal Palace fought back from a goal down to secure a crushing 5-1 win at Leeds United on Sunday and claim a second successive Premier League win under new manager ...
Woods withdraws from Masters due to foot injury
Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Masters due to injury after completing seven holes of his third round, tournament organisers said on Sunday.
Woods, who was the last of 54 players ...
Japan following China’s Taiwan drills with ‘great interest’
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard
China’s military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island’s defence ...
Russia says it has destroyed 70,000-tonne fuel depot near Zaporizhzhia
Russia has destroyed a depot containing 70,000 tonnes of fuel near the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday.
It also said Russian forces had destroyed ...
Pope appeals to Russians on Ukraine, decries Middle East violence, in Easter message
Pope Francis appeared to ask Russians to seek the truth about their country’s invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message to the world on Sunday and appealed for dialogue ...
Hamburg police warn of possible toxins in air due to fire; 140 evacuated
Police in the German city of Hamburg warned locals on Sunday of possible toxins in the air after a fire at a storage facility.
Some 140 people have been evacuated, and ...
After tense night, thousands pray at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
Dawn Ramadan prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ended peacefully on Sunday after days of heightened tension at the flashpoint Jerusalem site, as a mass Passover benediction at the adjacent ...
Leclerc asks fans for privacy after home address leaked
Ferrari Formula One driver Charles Leclerc has asked fans to respect his privacy after they keep turning up outside his Monaco apartment.
The 25-year-old Monegasque, who had an exclusive watch ...
City’s Haaland on the same level as Messi, Ronaldo – Guardiola
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola said striker Erling Haaland is of the same calibre as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after the Norwegian international scored twice in Saturday’s 4-1 ...
Two killed in Russian strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia: officials
50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter were killed after Russian forces struck a residential building in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia early on Sunday, authorities said.
Ukraine’s State ...
What is the Good Friday Agreement and when was it signed?
The Good Friday Agreement largely ended the “Troubles”, three decades of violence that had racked Northern Ireland since the late 1960s. It was signed on April 10, 1998 – which fell that year ...
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars
Tesla Inc assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously important to us.” The cameras it builds into vehicles to assist driving, ...