Danone to withdraw from Russia with €1 bln write-off
French food company Danone (DANO.PA) said on Friday it would shed its dairy food business in Russia in a deal that could lead to a write-off of up to 1 ...
UK’s Kwarteng cuts short his US trip amid reports of fiscal policy U-turn
British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng cut short his trip to Washington for this week’s global finance minister meetings and has headed back to London amid reports Prime Minister Liz ...
Five shot dead in North Carolina capital; juvenile suspect arrested
Five people including an off-duty police officer were shot dead in the North Carolina capital of Raleigh on Thursday, triggering a massive manhunt that shut down part of city for ...
Civilians in ‘annexed’ Kherson flee to Russia as Ukrainians advance
Evacuees from Ukraine‘s southern Kherson region were expected to begin arriving in Russia on Friday after a Moscow-installed official suggested residents should leave for safety, a sign of Moscow’...
China’s digital currency passes 100 bln yuan in spending – PBOC
Transactions using China’s digital yuan surpassed 100 billion yuan ($13.9 billion) as of Aug. 31, China’s central bank said on Wednesday, as the country continues its roll-out of a central bank ...
Belarus security forces given wide powers to deal with external threats- foreign minister
Belarus has given its security forces broad powers under to prevent or respond to provocations from neighbouring countries, Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told the Russian Izvestia newspaper in an interview ...
Iraq elects new president and premier, ending stalemate
Iraq’s parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, who immediately named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani prime minister-designate, ending a year of deadlock after a national election ...
North Korea launches missile into sea after flying warplanes near border – Seoul
North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a series of launches by the ...
Biden says prices ‘too high’ as inflation rises before midterms
U.S. President Joe Biden’s hopes that his party would head into the midterm elections with inflation receding were dashed on Thursday when the final report ahead of the ...
Parkland school shooter sentenced to life
Jurors determined Thursday that Nikolas Cruz should be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for a 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people.
Jurors determined in ...
Putin wishes Qatar success in hosting World Cup
Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Qatar success in staging the upcoming World Cup and said the 2018 hosts were sharing their experience in organising the tournament.
Russia reached the World Cup ...
Palestinian leader does not trust America but happy with Russia
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Russian President Vladmir Putin on Thursday, restating his mistrust of Washington in resolving the conflict with Israel and expressing appreciation for Russia’s role.
Abbas ...
Putin puts “gas hub” plan to Turkey’s Erdogan
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday that Turkey was the most reliable route to deliver gas to the European Union and proposed to build ...
Turbulent UK bond market may force BoE’s hand again
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has been unequivocal: the central bank will end emergency support for bonds on Friday. Yet with markets showing few signs of stabilising, the BoE ...
Ousting under-fire PM Truss would be ‘disastrously bad idea’
British Prime Minister Liz Truss faced growing pressure on Thursday from lawmakers in her own party to rethink tax-cut plans that sent markets into turmoil, with one ally saying it ...
Europe likely entering another COVID wave, says WHO
Another wave of COVID-19 infections may have begun in Europe as cases begin to tick up across the region, the World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and ...
Russian law on stock conversion baffles global banks, clients
Global investors and banks have been voicing confusion about their efforts to convert depositary receipts of Russian companies into ordinary shares in compliance with a new Russian law, according to ...
World War III to become a reality if Ukraine joins NATO (wrapup)
Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said on Thursday, as NATO allies meeting in Brussels unveiled plans to beef up Europe’s air defences after committing ...
Living costs top worry for Israeli voters stuck in election treadmill
Israelis are as fed-up with soaring prices as they are with the country’s seemingly never ending elections. In the Nov. 1 ballot – a fifth in less than four years – steep ...
Several soldiers killed, wounded in blast targeting military bus near Syrian capital
Several soldiers were killed when an explosive device detonated on a military bus in the Damascus countryside on Thursday, local outlet Sham FM said, without providing further details.
The Syrian ...
Putin touts Turkey gas hub while Europe frets over supply
– President Vladimir Putin on Thursday touted Turkey as the best route for redirecting gas supplies to the Europe Union after the Nord Stream leaks, despite the region’s growing efforts ...
Ireland apologise for players’ song after World Cup qualifier
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and national team manager Vera Pauw apologised on Wednesday for players singing a song referencing the IRA after they beat Scotland 1-0 and qualified ...
Government threatens further requisitioning as strikes at TotalEnergies continue
The French government on Thursday said it was prepared to force employees to go back to work at a TotalEnergies TTEF.PAstorage site, as the CGT union and the company ...
Saudi Arabia, United States clash over reason for OPEC+ oil cut (Update)
Saudi Arabia rejected as “not based on facts” criticism of an OPEC+ decision last week to cut its oil production target despite U.S. objections, and said on Thursday that ...