Morgan Stanley gives affluent clients access to bitcoin funds
Morgan Stanley has become the first big US bank to offer its wealth management clients access to bitcoin funds, CNBC reported on Wednesday.
In an internal memo, the bank told ...
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Israel prepares national drone network
The skies above the Israeli town of Hadera were abuzz with delivery drones on Wednesday as national authorities tested a central control room for safely coordinating the small pilotless aircraft ...
Turkish government begins crackdown on pro-Kurdish party
Turkish police detained three top district officials of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) among 10 people held in an operation targeting Kurdish militants, state media said on Friday, after a ...
Nestle launches natural no-sugar bar; cocoa fruit pulp is the industry trend
As confectionery groups scramble to reduce added sugar, chocolate sweetened with cocoa fruit pulp is about to hit supermarket shelves with food giant Nestle ready to launch its “Incoa” bar.
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Paris goes into lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages
France imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced President Emmanuel Macron to shift ...
Top US, Chinese diplomats clash at start of first talks of Biden presidency
The first high-level U.S.-China talks of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in ...
Pogba winner in Milan sends Man United through
Manchester United reached the Europa League quarter-finals after a brilliantly-taken Paul Pogba goal earned them a 1-0 win at AC Milan to secure a 2-1 aggregate victory in their last-16 ...
Sturgeon denies she misled parliament in high-stakes row
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon denied on Thursday that she had misled parliament over how she handled sexual misconduct claims against her predecessor, in a dispute that threatens her ...
Dinamo stun Spurs as brilliant Orsic nets hat-trick
Dinamo Zagreb sent Tottenham Hotspur crashing out of the Europa League after a stunning hat-trick by forward Mislav Orsic gave the Croatian champions a 3-2 aggregate win over the English ...
Arsenal reach last eight despite defeat by Olympiakos
Arsenal endured a nervous night as they lost 1-0 to Greek side Olympiakos on Thursday but progressed into the Europa League quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate.
After a 3-1 victory in ...
Biden weighing new sanctions to block Russian gas pipeline
President Joe Biden’s administration is weighing additional sanctions to block construction of the nearly completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany, potentially including the project’s parent company ...
Macron imposes lockdown on Paris as virus spreads faster
France’s prime minister on Thursday imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and several other regions after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants forced President ...
Coronavirus: Boris says Astra jab is safe, ‘I’m getting mine tomorrow’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines being rolled out in Britain were safe and he was due to have his ...
Coronavirus: Cyprus to resume AZN jabs Friday after EMA backing (Updated)
Following the opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which clarified that, after a thorough investigation, there was no link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and the thromboembolic events reported by ...
EU halts sanctions on Turkey oil executives as ties improve
The European Union has frozen plans to blacklist more senior executives at Turkey‘s state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), four diplomats said, in the clearest sign that a diplomatic offensive ...
Wimbledon to go ahead without famous queue
Wimbledon’s famous ticket queue will not operate this year and the number of fans inside the grounds at the grasscourt Grand Slam is likely to be reduced, the All ...
EU to send letter to AZ in possible first step of legal action
The European Commission will send a letter to AstraZeneca as part of efforts to resolve a dispute with the Anglo-Swedish company over its supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to the bloc, ...
Turkey’s history of banning parties
Turkey’s top appeals court prosecutor has filed a case with the Constitutional Court to close the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the third largest party in parliament.
Turkey has ...
EU to send letter to AstraZeneca as part of conflict resolution on vaccine contract
The European Commission will send a letter to AstraZeneca as part of its strategy to resolve the dispute with the Anglo-Swedish company over its supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to the ...
Probe into killing of 6 Asian women, 2 others ‘far from over,’ Atlanta police say
Police in Georgia sought clues on Thursday to what sparked the fatal shootings of eight people, six of them Asian woman, in a string of Atlanta-area attacks that heightened fear ...
Russia demands apology from US after Biden called Putin a killer
Russia wants an apology from the United States after President Joe Biden said he thought Vladimir Putin was a killer and may retaliate against Washington unless it gets one, a ...
Britain suddenly faces vaccine supply delays
Britain said on Thursday that there were lumps and bumps in the global vaccine supply chain that were causing slower deliveries than expected and scolded the European Union for threatening ...
PM Rutte projected to land fourth Dutch election win
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will begin initial talks to form a new government on Thursday, after a national election dominated by the coronavirus pandemic in which his conservative VVD ...
Four killed in bombing of Afghan government bus, nine die in helicopter crash
Four people were killed and nine wounded when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying Afghan government employees in Kabul on Thursday, while nine Afghan security force members died in ...