Russia’s VTB to launch cross-border transfers with India, Turkey
Russia’s No. 2 lender VTB (VTBR.MM) on Thursday said it would increase the number of countries to which retail clients can send money to 25 from 11, with India and Turkey ...
Boris Johnson wilfully misled parliament, says UK report dubbed “rubbish” by ex-PM
Britain’s Boris Johnson should be excluded from parliament for wilfully misleading lawmakers over rule-breaking COVID lockdown parties at his office, a committee said on Thursday in a damning report ...
Too soon to assess agriculture losses from Ukraine dam breach in Russian-controlled areas – Russian deputy PM
A senior Russian official said on Thursday it was too soon to assess agricultural losses in Russian-controlled areas from the breaching of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam, state news agency TASS ...
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes northern Philippines
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the Philippines’ main island on Thursday, authorities said, halting some railway operations in the capital Manila.
No casualties or major damage were reported after the ...
Chechen leader says top commander ‘alive and well’ after reports he was wounded in Ukraine
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said one of his senior commanders was alive and well, dismissing reports that he had been killed or wounded in Ukraine.
The commander, Adam Delimkhanov, heads ...
British supermarket Waitrose cuts prices on 200 products
British supermarket group Waitrose said this week it had reduced the price of more than 200 products as part of a 100 million pound ($126 million) plan announced earlier this year in the ...
Czech government approves plan seeking EU recovery fund loan
The Czech centre-right cabinet on Wednesday approved seeking a 137 billion crown ($6.25 billion) loan from the European Union’s post-COVID recovery funds, part of efforts to boost its energy transformation while ...
‘Stop killing us’: Polish women protest against strict anti-abortion law
Abortion rights supporters marched through several cities in Poland on Wednesday after the death of a pregnant woman whose family believe she could have survived if she had been offered ...
Lebanon’s crisis deepens as presidential vote collapses
The powerful Hezbollah group and its allies thwarted a bid by their rivals to elect a top IMF official as Lebanon’s president on Wednesday, sharpening sectarian tensions and further ...
Xi: China willing to help foster Palestinian peacemaking with Israel
China is willing to play a positive role to help the Palestinians achieve internal reconciliation and promote peace talks with Israel, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Palestinian counterpart in ...
Turkey won’t back Swedish NATO bid unless it stops protests
Sweden should not expect a green light from Ankara on its NATO membership bid at the Western alliance’s summit next month unless it prevents anti-Turkey protests in Stockholm, Turkish ...
‘Silvio, Silvio’ – Berlusconi divides Italy even at his funeral
Italy bade farewell to four-times prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday at a funeral befitting the business tycoon’s colourful life, with mourners bellowing football chants and politicians arguing over ...
New US military aid pushes Washington deeper in conflict – Russia
The new $325 million U.S. military aid package for Ukraine pushes Washington deeper into the “abyss” of the conflict, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said early ...
Scores drown in deadliest migrant shipwreck off Greece this year
At least 79 migrants drowned early on Wednesday and hundreds more were feared dead or missing after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of ...
Nigeria boat capsize death toll rises to more than 100
The death toll from an overloaded boat that capsized in a remote part of Nigeria’s north central region has risen to more than 100, police and officials said on Wednesday, ...
Russian parliament backs army recruitment of criminals for Ukraine conflict
The lower house of Russia’s parliament said on Wednesday it had voted to give its initial backing to legislation that will allow the Defence Ministry to sign contracts with ...
Russia takes over another Western asset with Bosch plant deal
Russian state entity NAMI said on Wednesday it had acquired a 100 per cent stake in a factory producing anti-lock brakes and other systems for cars that was formerly owned by ...
Retail and films drive modest growth in UK economy
Retailers and the film industry helped Britain’s economy inch higher in April, despite contractions in manufacturing and construction, according to data on Wednesday that pointed to slow growth rather ...
Analysts bet bumper Turkish rate hikes on the way
Analysts at leading investment banks expect Turkey’s new economic chiefs to start ramping up interest rates next week as part of a major reset of the country’s economic ...
Kyrgios admitted to psychiatric hospital after 2019 Wimbledon loss
Nick Kyrgios will reveal in upcoming episodes of a Netflix documentary that he spent time in a psychiatric hospital after losing at Wimbledon in 2019, The Australian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Lebanon’s crisis deepens as presidential vote fails
Lebanon slid deeper into crisis on Wednesday when Hezbollah and its allies thwarted a bid by their rivals to elect a top IMF official as president, sharpening sectarian tensions and ...
Russia’s Medvedev: We now have free hand to destroy enemies’ undersea communications cables
A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday there was no reason for Moscow not to destroy its enemies’ undersea communication cables given what he said was ...
UK police seek motive for Nottingham murders
British police were questioning a man on suspicion of murder Wednesday as they sought the motive for a stabbing and van attack in the city of Nottingham which had left ...
Ukraine: The counteroffensive begins
The furious speculation on whether the Ukrainian counteroffensive will succeed has been ongoing for several months already, so the first thing I must tell you is that I don’t ...