Coca-Cola beats estimates on steady demand despite price hikes
Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and profit on Monday, as demand for its sodas remained resilient in the face of multiple price increases taken ...
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Azerbaijani checkpoint blocks road next to Russians meant to keep it open
A new Azerbaijani checkpoint blocking access to an Armenian-held breakaway region is located right next to a base of Russian peacekeepers who are meant to be keeping the road open, ...
Medvedev: we are probably on verge of a new world war
An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the world was probably on the verge of a new world war and the risks of a nuclear confrontation ...
First Republic Bank deposits tumble more than $100 billion as it explores options
First Republic Bank (FRC.N) shares sank more than 20 per cent after the closing bell on Monday as it said deposits plunged by more than $100 billion in the first quarter ...
Ukraine confirms it will play on in Euro 2024 qualifiers
Ukraine will continue playing Euro 2024 qualifying matches despite a government ban on Ukrainian national teams taking part in competitions involving athletes from Russia and Belarus, the country said on Monday.
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Russia’s Sberbank releases ChatGPT rival GigaChat
Russian lender Sberbank (SBER.MM) said on Monday it had released technology called GigaChat as a rival to ChatGPT, initially in an invite-only testing mode, joining the artificial intelligence chatbot ...
Spurs sack interim manager Stellini, Mason takes over coaching duties
Tottenham Hotspur have sacked interim coach Cristian Stellini, the Premier League club said on Monday after they suffered a 6-1 humiliation at Newcastle United that put the London side’s ...
Russia’s new T-14 Armata battle tank debuts in Ukraine
Russia has begun using its new T-14 Armata battle tanks to fire on Ukrainian positions “but they have not yet participated in direct assault operations,” the RIA state news agency ...
Floating wind power gains traction but can it set sail?
After a bumper year for floating offshore wind farm tenders, the nascent industry is poised for explosive growth in the coming decade as countries strive to cut their carbon emissions.
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Sudan factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire as foreigners are evacuated
Sudan’s warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday, while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country.
The Sudan Armed Forces (...
UBS retains risk chief to bolster controls for Credit Suisse deal
Switzerland’s UBS said on Monday it will retain Christian Bluhm as chief risk officer for the “foreseeable future” as it bolsters controls during the takeover of Credit Suisse.
Chief ...
Fox News, Tucker Carlson part ways days after Fox settles Dominion lawsuit
Fox News Media and top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the media company said,less than a week after it and its parent Fox Corp FOXA.Osettled ...
Tunisia finds 70 drowned migrants, morgues running out of space
Coastguards have pulled the bodies of at least 70 drowned migrants from waters off Tunisia, where morgues are running out of space and authorities are struggling to contain a surge in ...
China says it respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states, after EU uproar
China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday, distancing itself from comments by its envoy to Paris that triggered an ...
Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military
Global military spending rose to a record last year as Russia’s war in Ukraine drove the biggest annual increase in expenditure in Europe since the end of the Cold ...
Bitcoin could hit $100,000 by end-2024, Standard Chartered says
Top cryptocurrency bitcoin could reach $100,000 by the end of 2024, Standard Chartered (STAN.L) said on Monday, saying that the so-called “crypto winter” is over.
Bitcoin could gain from factors including ...
Stellini shocked by Spurs’ woeful collapse at Newcastle
Interim manager Cristian Stellini said Tottenham Hotspur’s performance in the first 25 minutes of Sunday’s humiliating 6-1 thrashing by Newcastle United was perhaps “the worst” he had ever seen.
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Alcaraz thrashes Tsitsipas to clinch back-to-back Barcelona titles
World number two Carlos Alcaraz beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 to win the Barcelona Open on Sunday and clinch his third ATP Tour title of the year and the ninth ...
European firms warn renewables need policy, funding support to stay on track
Europe’s offshore renewable energy industry is not big enough to deliver governments’ goals to rapidly expand green power, and requires a jump in policy support and funding to get ...
Fake ‘Hitler diaries’, one of world’s biggest hoaxes, head for German archive
The forged diaries of Adolf Hitler, whose publication in the 1980s was one of the world’s greatest hoaxes, are to be handed over to Germany’s national archive, Bertelsmann ...
Former ‘Strictly’ judge Len Goodman dies aged 78
Len Goodman, the head judge on British television dancing competition “Strictly Come Dancing” and its U.S. version “Dancing with the Stars”, has died aged 78, the BBC said on Monday.
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Russia says it repels naval drone attack on Sevastopol
Russia repelled a drone attack on its Black Sea fleet stationed in the Crimean port of Sevastopol in the early hours of Monday, Russia’s defence ministry said.
Sevastopol, which ...
Russian oil slashes OPEC’s share of Indian market to 22-year low
OPEC’s share of India’s oil imports fell at the fastest pace in 2022/23 to the lowest in at least 22 years, as intake of cheaper Russian oil surged, data obtained ...
Oil prices fall 1 per cent on uncertainty over global outlook, rate hikes
Oil prices fell more than 1 per cent on Monday as concerns about rising interest rates, the global economy and the outlook for fuel demand outweighed support from the prospect of ...