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Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were still holding onto positions in the eastern mining town of Soledar, withstanding assaults by wave after wave of Russian soldiers and mercenaries seeking ...

Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Hedge funds last year posted their worst performance since 2018, mainly dragged down by equities as portfolio managers struggled to place their bets amid market turmoil, industry data provider HFR said ...

One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies said on Tuesday that Moscow was now fighting the U.S.-led NATO military alliance in Ukraine and that the West was ...

Police hailed a 25-year-old Virginia teacher as a hero for evacuating students from her classroom even after she was shot by a six-year-old student. The teacher, Abigail Zwerner, was in ...

Weak confidence around personal finances and a squeeze on disposable income will hold back growth in food retail sales to around 5 per cent in 2023, according to market researcher NielsenIQ. In ...

Sam Bankman-Fried may find it hard to argue the fraud charges against him should be tossed because of uncertainty as to how US law treats cryptocurrency, as other high-profile defendants ...

The Swiss National Bank posted an annual loss of 132 billion Swiss francs ($143 billion) in 2022, it said on Monday, the biggest in its 115-year history as falling stock and fixed-income markets ...

Egyptian annual urban consumer inflation in December rose to 21.3 per cent from 18.7 per cent in November, exceeding analyst expectations, data from the statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Tuesday. The inflation ...

France’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper and captain, Hugo Lloris, announced his retirement from international football aged 36 on Monday, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. Lloris made ...

Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios will rekindle their bromance by playing a practice match before the Australian Open, giving the latter a chance to stretch his legs before the year’...

Premier League leaders Arsenal booked an FA Cup fourth round clash with Manchester City after they beat third-tier Oxford United 3-0 on Monday night thanks to second-half goals from Mohamed ...

The British government will introduce legislation to parliament on Tuesday which would require key public services to maintain minimum safety levels during strike action by workers. Britain is experiencing a ...

China’s embassy in Seoul said on Tuesday it has stopped issuing short-term visas for visitors from South Korea, the first retaliatory move against countries imposing COVID-19 curbs on travellers ...

Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday with stomach pains as 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming key ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) has indicated longer waiting times for potential buyers of some versions of the Model Y in China, signalling that price cuts announced on Friday could be stoking ...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (9988.HK) is planning a logistics hub at Istanbul Airport and a data centre near the Turkish capital Ankara with an investment of more ...

An expected capital increase will help Turkey’s Ziraat Bank to spearhead President Tayyip Erdogan’s drive to boost economic growth and tackle chronic current account deficits this year, the ...

Iran’s nuclear program and threats posed by Tehran will be discussed when U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan travels to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ...

Trinidad and Tobago received a total of 16 bids for exploring and developing oil and natural gas at eight onshore blocks in its most recent bidding round, the country’s Energy ...

The United States has not received any official requests from the Brazilian government regarding the status of former President Jair Bolsonaro after his supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress, the White ...

Thousands of nurses at two New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday after contract negotiations stalled over pay and staffing levels, a move that caused one of the ...

Belgium has reached an agreement with French utility Engie ENGIE.PA to extend the life of two nuclear reactors by 10 years, the prime minister said on Monday, overturning a plan ...

Wales and Los Angeles FC winger Gareth Bale said on Monday he had decided to end his playing career at the age of 33, having reached exceptional milestones in both club ...