For markets, BoE communication is bottom of the class
As markets navigate a likely end to the steepest interest rate rises in decades, investors say the Bank of England has been less consistent in its messaging than other major ...
Moscow halts grain deal in what UN calls a global blow to people in need (Update 2)
Russia halted participation on Monday in the year-old U.N.-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea, spreading fear in poorer countries that price rises will ...
Moscow takes control of Russian subsidiary of Danone and Carlsberg’s stake in brewer
The Russian state has taken control of French yoghurt maker Danone’s (DANO.PA) Russian subsidiary along with beer company Carlsberg’s (CARLb.CO) stake in a local brewer, according ...
International Day of Yoga 2023
Yoga: Karmasu kaushalam
That is, yoga is the efficiency of action. This mantra always teaches us that, by practising yoga, we gain the ability to become more capable in life. ...
President to attend EU-CELAC summit
President Nikos Christodoulides is traveling to Brussels on Monday to participate in a two-day summit and the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
This ...
South Korea flood death toll rises to 39, Yoon blames botched responses
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday blamed authorities’ failure to follow disaster response rules as the death toll from days of torrential rain grew to 39, including a dozen ...
Blasts on Crimea Bridge kill two, threaten Russian war supply lines
Two people were killed and their daughter was seriously injured on Monday after blasts on the Crimean Bridge, a major supply artery for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine and a ...
Italy’s luxury groups set aside rivalries to keep it local
Italy’s luxury fashion groups, which for decades jealously guarded their independence, have started teaming up to protect their supply chains and the Italian roots of smaller companies, showing a ...
Kosovo buys Turkish Bayraktar drones
Kosovo has bought a batch of Turkish-made Bayraktar drones, its leader said on Sunday, at a time when it faces unrest in the north where ethnic Serbs refuse to recognise ...
Turkey increases fuel tax as it bolsters stretched budget
Turkey raised tax on petrol on Sunday to help to fund a 1.12 trillion lira ($42.2 billion) increase to its 2023 budget after February’s earthquakes and the May presidential election sent spending ...
China, Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan
A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at “safeguarding the security of strategic ...
M7.2 quake hits Alaska Peninsula, tsunami warning issued for nearby region
An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck the Alaska Peninsula region early on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, leading to a tsunami warning for nearby regions.
USGS revised the ...
Rescuers retrieve eight bodies from flooded South Korea underpass
The bodies of eight people trapped in a tunnel submerged by heavy rain in central South Korea were retrieved on Sunday, authorities and local media said, taking the death toll ...
US, China aim to revive climate cooperation as tensions simmer
The United States and China will look to revive efforts to combat global warming this week, in bilateral meetings that observers hope will raise the bar on ambitions ahead of ...
Netanyahu due to be discharged from hospital on Sunday, office says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to be discharged from hospital on Sunday after no irregularities were found in additional medical tests he underwent following his admission for suspected ...
Russia says shot down nine Ukraine drones over Crimea’s Sevastopol
Russia’s air defence forces and fleet in the Black Sea intercepted nine Ukrainian drones over the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Sunday, a Moscow-installed official said.
“No objects, ...
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will attend 2021 Summer Universiade in China
By Lanting Liu
Eighteen Cypriot university athletes will take part in the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games in China from July 28 to 8 August.
They will participate in artistic gymnastics, swimming, ...
Senators move to require release of US government UFO records
The Senate in the coming days is expected to consider a bipartisan measure that would compel the U.S. government to publicly release records relating to possible UFO sightings after ...
Russia’s FSB thwarts attempts to kill two prominent journalists
Russia’s FSB security service said on Saturday it had thwarted alleged Ukrainian-backed plots to kill two prominent Russian journalists, Interfax news agency reported.
The FSB said it had detained ...
Biden forgives $39bn in US student debt using program tweak
US President Joe Biden’s administration will cancel $39 billion in student debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, the Education Department said, describing the relief as the result of a “fix” to ...
South Korea landslides, floods kill more than 20, over 4,000 evacuated
Twenty-two people have died, 14 were missing and thousands evacuated in South Korea as of Saturday, according to ministry data, as a third day of torrential rains caused landslides and the ...
One in four UK single-parent households unable to afford food
More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the country’s ...
Zelenskiy warns of Russian efforts to halt Kyiv’s troops
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians that Russia was throwing all its resources into a campaign to stop Kyiv’s troops from pressing their counter offensive and a top general reported ...
Smart girls don’t marry? Japan rushes to erase stigma for women in science
A third-year student at one of Japan’s top engineering universities, Yuna Kato has her sights set on a career in research but fears it might be short-lived if she ...