JPMorgan snaps up First Republic’s assets in US auction
JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N said on Monday it will buy most of First Republic Bank’s FRC.N assets after regulators seized the troubled lender at the weekend, ...
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Hollywood writers, studios stage last-minute talks as strike deadline looms
Negotiators for Hollywood writers and film and television studios engaged in 11th-hour contract talks on Monday to try and avert a strike that would disrupt TV production across an industry ...
UN warns of Sudan breaking point as air strikes hit capital (Updated)
As foreign states wind down their evacuations from Sudan, the United Nations warned of a humanitarian breaking point with no let up in fighting between rival military factions despite a ...
Paris police fire tear gas as French march against pension reform (Updated)
Workers marched across France in anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s increase in the retirement age on Monday, with police firing tear gas in Paris and the western city of ...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank raid, Palestinian officials say
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager during a morning arrest raid that led to clashes in a refugee camp outside the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, ...
Some Canadian workers in wage pact with govt to end strike from Monday
Canada reached agreement for a new wage deal with a union representing 120,000 federal workers, the union said on Monday, bringing an end to the country’s largest public sector strike ...
Ukrainian defenders oust Russian forces from some positions in Bakhmut – Ukraine general
Ukrainian counterattacks have ousted Russian forces from some positions in the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut, but the situation remains “difficult”, a top Ukrainian general said in comments released Monday.
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Skilled, educated and washing dishes: how Italy squanders migrant talent
Marilyn Nabor, an experienced high school mathematics teacher in the Philippines, moved to Italy 14 years ago with high hopes of honing her craft in the country of Galileo and Fibonacci.
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Sony expects profit to slip after record year
Sony Group Corp (6758.T) said on Friday it expects this business year’s operating profit to slip from a record high as lower income from financial services offsets gains in ...
Jota seals thrilling win for Liverpool after Spurs fightback
– Diogo Jota scored deep in stoppage-time as Liverpool clinched a 4-3 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in a barely-believable Premier League thriller at Anfield on Sunday.
The Portuguese substitute struck in ...
City beat Fulham to go top, wins for Man United and Newcastle
Manchester City claimed top spot in the Premier League for the first time since February as Erling Haaland reached another set of a milestones in a 2-1 victory at Fulham ...
Double delight for triumphant Perez in Baku
Sergio Perez beat team mate and championship leader Max Verstappen to win the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday and continue Red Bull’s Formula One domination with a double successin ...
Canada’s largest public sector strike leaves thousands in immigration limbo
As Canada’s largest strike by federal workers approaches its third week, thousands of people are in immigration limbo amid canceled hearings and stalled applications, which could make it harder ...
Humanitarian truce in Sudan extended for 72 hours starting from midnight Sunday – RSF
A humanitarian truce in Sudan was extended on Sunday and will last for three days starting from midnight, according to a statement released by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ...
Don’t shut door on foreigners, migrants, Pope Francis says in Hungary
Pope Francis on Sunday presided over a big outdoor Mass where he urged Hungarians not to close the door on migrants and those who are “foreign or unlike us,” in ...
Gunmen in Nigeria free 74 children after ransoms paid
Gunmen in Nigeria have released 74 children out of more than 80 people who were abducted earlier this month in northwestern Zamfara state, after ransoms were paid, parents and a village head ...
EU tech tsar Vestager sees political agreement on AI law this year
European Union tech regulation chief Margrethe Vestager said on Sunday the bloc will likely reach a political agreement this year that will pave the way for the world’s first ...
Russian athletes say IOC participation plan ‘excessive and discriminatory’
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is “excessive and discriminatory”, the Russian Olympic Committee’s (ROC) ...
Ukraine says it controls key supply route into Bakhmut
Ukraine remains in control of a key supply route into Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Saturday, as the head of Russia’s mercenary Wagner Group threatened to withdraw some ...
Man City now in driving seat but Guardiola still cautious
According to some of the headlines after Manchester City’s crushing defeat of title rivals Arsenal this week the sky blue ribbons can already be fastened to the Premier League ...
Inside Meta’s scramble to catch up on AI
As the summer of 2022 came to a close, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gathered his top lieutenants for a five-hour dissection of the company’s computing capacity, focused on its ability ...
Nvidia releases software tools to help chatbots watch their language
Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), a major supplier of chips and computing systems for artificial intelligence, on Tuesday released a set of software tools aimed at helping chatbots watch their language.
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Perez wins Baku sprint race for Red Bull
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won the first sprint race of the Formula One season at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Saturday.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finished second after starting ...
Crystal Palace hold on to beat West Ham in 4-3 thriller
Crystal Palace scored three rapid-fire goals in the first half and then held on to beat West Ham United 4-3 in a full-throttle thriller on Saturday, lifting them further away ...