Oil steady as rate hike talk counters China demand hopes
Oil prices were little changed on Friday as optimism about a possible rise in demand in China faded and the market again weighed the impact of sharp interest rate rises ...
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Ten Hag confirms Ronaldo refused to come on as sub against Spurs
Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag confirmed Cristiano Ronaldo refused to come on as a substitute against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday, and is now training alone away from the first-team ...
Race to be next UK PM begins as momentum grows behind Boris Johnson (Updated)
Four senior ministers on Friday threw their weight behind Boris Johnson to return as British prime minister, after Liz Truss’s resignation triggered a contest to quickly replace her as ...
Automakers to double spending on EVs, batteries to $1.2 trillion by 2030
The world’s top automakers are planning to spend nearly $1.2 trillion through 2030 to develop and produce millions of electric vehicles, along with the batteries and raw materials to support that ...
Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right (update)
Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy’s first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team, setting her seal on the country’s most right-wing government since World ...
Erdogan denies allegations of Turkish army using chemical weapons
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s armed forces have never used chemical weapons and they abide by international law, saying legal action would be taken against those who have made ...
Egypt’s currency seen falling faster than previous projections
Egypt’s currency will weaken at a steeper pace than expected, although inflation is likely to decrease over the next few years, a Reuters poll showed.
The Egyptian pound, trading ...
EU leaders turn to foreign policy after agreeing to disagree on gas cap
European Union leaders will discuss cutting their economic dependency on China, aiding Kyiv and punishing Iran for its involvement in the war that Russia is waging on Ukraine when they ...
Aston Villa sack Gerrard after loss at Fulham
Steven Gerrard’s reign as Aston Villa manager ended on Thursday as he was sacked shortly after his team slumped to a demoralising 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham.
The ...
Kevin Spacey wins in civil sexual-abuse case brought by actor Rapp
Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner ...
Pfizer expects to hike US COVID vaccine price to $110-$130 per dose
Pfizer Inc expects to roughly quadruple the price of its COVID-19 vaccine to about $110 to $130 per dose after the United States government’s current purchase program expires, Pfizer executive Angela ...
Prescient or traitor? Rishi Sunak is the favourite to be next UK PM
To some Conservatives, Rishi Sunak is the minister who got Britain through the COVID pandemic, to others the traitor who knifed Boris Johnson or the rival to Liz Truss who ...
US judge ruling allows guns back in churches and places of worship
A federal judge barred the state of New York, at least for now, from enforcing the part of a closely watched gun law that bans firearms from churches or other ...
Iranian trainers on the ground help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a ...
Europe’s alternatives if Russia shuts off gas supply
Unexplained damage to the Nord Stream pipelines that run under the Baltic Sea have dashed hopes that Russian gas flow to Germany will resume anytime soon.
Nord Stream 1 had been ...
Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its US supply chain
Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS), Korea’s top automaker, is investigating child labour violations in its US supply chain and plans to “sever ties” with Hyundai suppliers in Alabama found to ...
A 1990s relic, floppy disks get second life at California warehouse
It has been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.
Tom ...
Tesla cars will not be approved as fully self driving this year, Musk says
Tesla Inc’s TSLA.O advanced driver assistant software will not gain regulatory approval in 2022, Chief Executive Elon Musk said, signaling that the company is not yet able to satisfy ...
Ukraine says Russia wants to provoke mass migration to EU by hitting power plants
Russia is attacking Ukrainian power plants because it wants to force people to leave their homes and move westward to European Union nations, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
Zelenskiy ...
Energy crunch pits Germany against frustrated EU leaders seeking gas cap
Prime ministers of Italy and Belgium were among those to air frustration on Thursday with Germany’s refusal to cap gas prices as the 27 European Union leaders met for a ...
Massachusetts woman accused of assaulting officers with swarm of angry bees
A Massachusetts woman stands accused of using a swarm of bees as a dangerous weapon, according to a county sheriff, after she allegedly unleashed a hive of angry insects on ...
Russia says West’s Ukraine weapons are going into the black market
Russia said on Thursday that the West’s supplies of advanced weapons to Ukraine were finding their way into the black market and then into the hands of extremist and ...
Russia says outgoing PM Truss was a ‘catastrophically illiterate’ disgrace
Russia’s foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her “catastrophic ...
Swiss prosecutors appeal against acquittals of Blatter and Platini
Swiss federal prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn the acquittals of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing great Michel Platini on corruption charges, they said on Thursday.
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