International

We live in times of extreme uncertainty, and that makes life hard for the people who are tasked with forecasting the future. Actuaries, for example, have the task of forecasting ...

Bitcoin soared above $50,000 on Tuesday to an all-time high, adding steam to a rally fuelled by signs that the world’s biggest cryptocurrency is gaining acceptance among mainstream investors and ...

China is looking into curbing the exports of rare earth minerals that are crucial to US defence contractors such as Lockheed Martin Corp for the manufacture of sophisticated weaponry and ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak might have to raise a hefty extra £60 billion ($83 billion) in taxes to pay for the Covid-19 hit to the public finances, but his March 3 budget ...

The EU’s mammoth post-pandemic recovery fund, which is intended to exclude projects that worsen climate change or harm the environment, could in some circumstances be used for investment in ...

Every Friday since November, a group of activists founded by Turkish lawyers in Europe have gathered before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) as part of the ‘Movement for ...

New post-Brexit trade restrictions have pushed up the cost of parts and raw materials for two thirds of small British manufacturers surveyed last month, and a majority reported some level ...

Jaguar Land Rover’s luxury Jaguar brand will be entirely electric by 2025 and the carmaker will launch e-models of its entire lineup by 2030, it said on Monday, as it joined ...

Oil prices soared on Monday to their highest in about 13 months as fears of heightened tensions in the Middle East prompted fresh buying, while hopes that a U.S. stimulus ...

Israel’s largest healthcare provider on Sunday reported a 94 per cent drop in symptomatic COVID-19 infections among 600,000 people who received two doses of the Pfizer’s vaccine in the country’...

Fifteen Turkish sailors kidnapped by pirates last month in the Gulf of Guinea arrived back in Turkey on Sunday with tales of psychological torture and intimidation. The ship’s captain ...

A hacking campaign that used a US tech company as a springboard to compromise a raft of US government agencies is “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ...

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc will set up an electric-car manufacturing unit in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, according to a government document seen by Reuters on Saturday. ‘...

The European Union will fast track approvals of coronavirus vaccines adapted to combat mutations, the bloc’s Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. “We have ...

Gold dipped on Friday with a firmer dollar, while platinum was headed for its biggest weekly rise since March 2020 on expectations for a revival in auto sector demand. “There’s ...

Ethereum’s ether (ETH), the world’s second-largest crypto asset, has long been overshadowed by its predecessor bitcoin. But it seems to finally be coming out on its own. Ether ...

The American University of Cyprus (AUCY) will open its doors in Larnaca in September 2021, and its second campus, in Ayia Napa, still under construction will begin welcoming students in the ...

The European Union’s executive wants Hungary to reform its public procurement laws to curb what it calls “systemic irregularities” before billions of euros from the EU pandemic recovery fund ...

Iridium has become the latest precious metal to undergo a spectacular price rally, after supply shortages and expectations it will be used to produce hydrogen to power a greener economy. ...

Facebook Inc is building a smartwatch that will let users send messages and also offer health and fitness features, according to a report on the tech website The Information reported ...

Dogecoin, the “joke” cryptocurrency, has suddenly gotten dead serious, as investors pile in funds, raising its market capitalisation to $9 billion. ‘It took about 3 hours to make’, said Billy Markus in ...

Walt Disney Co swung to a surprise quarterly profit on Thursday, as ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Soul’ lifted its fast-growing streaming business, outweighing pandemic worries about its hobbled theme park operations. ...

L’Oreal, the world’s biggest cosmetics group, forecast a strong rebound in makeup sales when the COVID-19 pandemic gives way to a ‘roaring 20s’ when people get dressed up ...

The Radisson Hotel Group is to open a string of new properties in Cyprus, according to a press release published on Friday. The planned Radisson Beach Resort Larnaca will offer ...