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After three decades of wage stagnation, workers in Italy have plenty to protest about, yet strikes over pay are rare and seldom last more than a day, prompting growing questions ...

Oil prices rose marginally in Asian trade on Friday but were on track for a third straight week of decline, hurt by US President Donald Trump’s renewed trade war ...

Turkey’s central bank raised its year-end inflation forecast to 24 per cent on Friday from 21 per cent previously and Governor Fatih Karahan said the bank is “not on autopilot mode” ...

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez will be out of action for the foreseeable future after the Argentina international suffered an anterior cruciate knee ligament injury, manager Ruben Amorim said on ...

Holders Liverpool punched their return ticket to Wembley and a League Cup final against Newcastle United after a 4-0 rout, and 4-1 aggregate victory, over a toothless Tottenham Hotspur at ...

Danish brewer Carlsberg (CARLb.CO) said its annual organic operating profit grew by 6 per cent, at the top end of its guidance range, and forecast further growth of between 1 per ...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Israel and Arab states in mid-February, a State Department official said, making his first trip to the Middle East after a widely ...

Authorities are searching for a Bering Air passenger plane with 10 people on board that was reported missing while en route from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska’s Department of Public Safety ...

British lawmakers said on Thursday that the UK markets watchdog should ditch already softened proposals to publicly name some companies under investigation if it cannot properly balance consumer benefits with ...

Sweden-based Volvo Cars (VOLCARb.ST) reported a fall in fourth-quarter operating profit on Thursday and predicted a turbulent 2025 with challenging market conditions. The company, which is majority-owned by China’s ...

Airbus (AIR.PA) had a relatively slow start to the year in commercial jet production and deliveries after sprinting towards the finish line in December following months of supply chain ...

Russia’s defence ministry said its troops repelled Ukrainian forces who on Thursday mounted a counteroffensive in Russia’s western Kursk region. The Russian report came six months to the ...

The U.S. Justice Department under President Donald Trump is disbanding an effort started after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin. ...

The Netherlands has sent an extradition request to Sierra Leone for convicted cocaine smuggler Jos Leijdekkers, the Dutch justice minister said on Thursday, adding that he hoped to find the ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday that his country “will not be bullied,” days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would cut off funding to South ...

Former Brazil and Real Madrid defender Marcelo announced his retirement from football on Thursday, bringing the curtain down on a trophy-laden career that included five Champions League triumphs. Marcelo, 36, played ...

Boeing (BA.N) said on Thursday it expects Indian and South Asian airlines will add 2,835 commercial aircraft to their fleet over the next 20 years, a four-fold increase over current levels, ...

Two years after the deadliest and most destructive earthquake in modern Turkish history, hundreds of thousands of people remain displaced, with many still living in temporary housing, as rebuilding efforts ...

Former Spanish football federation boss Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss killed Jenni Hermoso’s joy at winning the women’s World Cup in 2023 and she was overwhelmed, crying and exhausted in ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday Israel would hand over Gaza to the United States after fighting was over and the enclave’s population was already resettled elsewhere, ...

British households’ expectations for inflation ended a run of increases and fell in January, according to a monthly survey published by Citi and YouGov on Thursday. The survey showed expectations ...

The Bank of England cut interest rates on Thursday as it halved its growth outlook for this year and said a jump in inflation will prove temporary, while two officials ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order attempting to exclude transgender girls and women from female sports, a directive that supporters say will restore fairness but critics say ...

London’s Grenfell Tower, which was engulfed in flames more than seven years ago in a disaster that killed 72 people, will be demolished, bereaved families and survivors said on Thursday. ...