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Macron in Bangladesh to 'consolidate' France's Indo-Pacific push
President Emmanuel Macron was in Bangladesh on Monday in a bid to "consolidate" France's Indo-Pacific strategy and counterbalance a "new imperialism" in a region where China's influence is increasingly being extended.
Alibaba announces surprise departure of ex-CEO
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced the surprise departure of former CEO Daniel Zhang, who had been set Monday to take charge of a key subsidiary as the firm undergoes a major restructuring.
Support slumps for Australian Indigenous rights referendum
Australia's historic Indigenous rights referendum is haemorrhaging support, with a barrage of damning new polls showing only a minority in favour of the October vote.
Pause or hike? ECB rate decision on a knife edge
The European Central Bank is walking a tightrope between still-high inflation and a darkening eurozone outlook as it decides whether to lift interest rates again or finally pause its historic hiking cycle.
The worst market crashes
Fifteen years ago, on September 15, 2008, the Lehman Brothers investment bank went bankrupt, a victim of the global financial crisis during which stock markets crashed.
Strike worries overshadow Detroit Auto Show
This week's Detroit Auto Show is meant to showcase impressive new electric vehicles, but the fanfare looks destined to be upstaged by a brewing labor dispute and the increasing likelihood of a strike.
Arm's listing on NY exchange is a big wager in an uncertain market
Shares in the British chip designer Arm will be listed Thursday on New York's Nasdaq exchange in the biggest such offering in two years, a $50 billion wager by principal shareholder SoftBank Group amid a still uncertain market.
How it went down: Three accounts of the Lehman bankruptcy
A key catalyst for the 2008 global financial crisis, the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers still reverberates for those who lived through it. Here are the accounts of three who were there.
Troops dislodge 11,500 illegal miners from Venezuelan reserve
Venezuelan soldiers have dislodged more than 11,500 illegal gold miners from the country's biggest natural reserve since July, where they cleared forest and contaminated water, the head of the military operation announced Sunday.
Family killed by Nazis beatified in Catholic first
A Polish couple and their seven children, killed by Nazis during World War II for hiding Jews, were beatified Sunday, the first time an entire family was given one of Catholicism's highest honours.
Family killed by Nazis to be beatified in Catholic first
A Polish couple and their seven children, killed by Nazis during World War II for hiding Jews, will be beatified Sunday, the first time an entire family is given one of Catholicism's highest honours.
Wet feet dampen G20 leaders' Gandhi tributes in India
World leaders walked barefoot through puddles Sunday to pay their respects to revered Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, after monsoon downpours dampened Prime Minister Narendra Modi's set-piece G20 programme.
Italian PM Meloni targets tight 2024 budget
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is tightening the budgetary screws to show that Rome can balance its books, even if it means delaying electoral promises.
US takes on Google in landmark antitrust trial
Google faces its biggest ever legal challenge in a Washington court on Tuesday, as it fends off accusations from the US government that it acted unlawfully to build its overwhelming dominance of online search.
Tech's carbon footprint: can AI revolutionize responsibly?
Across the globe, data servers are humming, consuming both megawatts and precious natural resources to bring life to our digital world.
US retailers voice alarm at rising theft, 'flash rob' attacks
Toothpaste, chocolate, washing powder and deodorant -- everyday products are increasingly under lock and key at US retailers, as petty theft and organized shoplifting rise while consumers grapple with costs of living.
Malaysia's Forest City teeters over China property giant woes
On the approach to Malaysia's $100-billion island megaproject backed by Chinese investment, a collapsed bridge forces drivers to detour before they reach an artificial city emerging from palm oil trees where condos, roads and shops lay empty.
From art squat to Berlin gentrification lightning rod
Berlin's Tacheles art squat, a symbol of the anything-goes vibe of the city after the fall of the Wall, is completing a disputed transformation into offices, shops and luxury flats.
Pakistan shopkeepers strike nationwide over inflation
Thousands of Pakistan traders shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills stirring widespread discontent ahead of national elections.
Pressure mounts on Country Garden despite temporary reprieve
Country Garden creditors have approved postponing the repayment of a key loan, narrowly avoiding a potential default, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
China's Country Garden wins vote on debt to avoid default: Bloomberg
Chinese developer Country Garden has won approval from creditors to extend a deadline for a key bond repayment, narrowly avoiding a potential default, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
In Rio wasteland, health teams take medical care to homeless
The patients don't have addresses, phone numbers or in many cases even last names. But the addicts and homeless people of this Rio de Janeiro wasteland can count one blessing amid the misery: health care.
'Legacy admissions' under fire at US universities
Should you get a leg up on your university application just because Mom or Dad had studied at that school?
Global stocks mixed as US jobs data fuels hope of rate hike pause
Global stocks diverged Friday, with the latest jobs report in the United States helping to solidify expectations of a pause in US interest rate hikes.
Spain sports court opens Rubiales probe, chief out to 'prove truth'
Spain's sports court agreed to investigate Luis Rubiales for forcibly kissing a Women's World Cup player as the scandal-hit football chief insisted he would defend himself to "prove the truth".
Kenya unveils plans for nationwide e-bike scheme
Kenya unveiled Friday plans to roll out electric motorbikes across the country under a green transport scheme to reduce carbon emissions and pollution.
Spain sports court opens probe into Rubiales' World Cup kiss
Spain's sports court has agreed to investigate Luis Rubiales for forcibly kissing a Women's World Cup player, paving the way for fresh sanctions against the scandal-hit football boss, the government said Friday.
Stocks get short-lived boost from US jobs data
Stocks got only a modest and short-lived boost Friday despite the latest US jobs report helping solidify expectations of a pause in US interest rate hikes.
African children 'least able to cope' with climate risks: UN
Children in Africa are exceptionally vulnerable to climate change but are "woefully" ignored by those responsible for funding the fight against the crisis, the United Nations said Friday.
Wes Anderson says no one should modify Roald Dahl's work
Director Wes Anderson, who presented his take on a Roald Dahl story at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, came out strongly against moves to alter the author's books for "sensitivity" reasons.
Morocco begins probe after Algeria jet ski killings
Morocco has begun investigating the death of a French-Moroccan after he and another Moroccan tourist on jet skis were shot dead by Algerian coastguards, media reports said on Friday.
US hiring rises unexpectedly but labor market shows signs of cooling
Hiring in the United States logged a surprise jump last month, government data showed on Friday, but unemployment rose to the highest level since early 2022 as the economy shows signs of cooling.
Morocco launches probe into Algeria jet ski killing: report
Morocco has begun an investigation into the death of a French-Moroccan after he and another Moroccan on jet skis were shot dead by Algerian coastguards, media reports said Friday.
Better than AI? The UK police who never forget a face
Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world.
Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets
Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.
In Argentina, voters toy with ditching pesos for dollars
In inflation-hit Argentina, where rentals, cars, and appliances are increasingly priced in dollars to sidestep the volatile peso, a leading presidential candidate has sparked debate over whether to officially adopt the currency as a remedy to a battered economy.
Filipinos' 'crazy passion' for basketball survives World Cup loss
Teenagers from a crowded Manila slum shoot hoops on a court bearing the shiny logo of the FIBA World Cup, the tournament where the Philippines team disappointed a basketball-mad nation.
US graduates brace for return of student loan repayments
After a three-and-a-half year pandemic-era pause, US federal student loans start accumulating interest again from Friday, with repayments set to cut the monthly take-home pay of millions of Americans by hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of dollars.
Chinese carmakers confront European industry at Munich show
Chinese manufacturers will be out in force at next week's IAA auto show, one of the industry's biggest, revving their new electric models on the turf of German carmakers, which have been lagging in the e-mobility race.