Gold gains on softer dollar as traders await US inflation data
Gold prices advanced on Tuesday after falling over 1 per cent in the previous session, as the dollar eased ahead of key US inflation data.
Spot gold was up 0.5 per cent ...
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Man City thrash Bayern 3-0 as Haaland reaches another milestone
Rodri struck a wonder goal and Erling Haaland set another scoring record as Manchester City beat Bayern Munich 3-0 on Tuesday to continue their quest for a first-ever Champions League ...
Israel halts Jewish visits to Al-Aqsa, says gunmen shot dead
Israel halted visits by Jews and tourists to a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Tuesday and its military said soldiers shot dead two Palestinian gunmen in the occupied West Bank, ...
Kentucky, Tennessee leaders call for tighter gun control after mass shootings
Kentucky and Tennessee political leaders on Tuesday called for tighter controls on guns, including tougher laws preventing people in crisis from accessing firearms, after two mass shootings killed 11 people in ...
Bitcoin pushes past $30,000 as investors eye end of rate rises
Major cryptocurrency bitcoin breached the key $30,000 level for the first time in 10 months on Tuesday, adding to its steady gains as investors raised bets that the US Federal Reserve will ...
Real’s Ancelotti backs Lampard, rules himself out of Chelsea return
Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti backed Frank Lampard to do well as manager of his former side Chelsea and ruled himself out of a return to the Premier League ...
Erdogan launches election campaign with pledge to slash Turkey inflation
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan launched his AK Party’s (AKP) re-election campaign on Tuesday with a pledge to slash inflation to single digits and boost economic growth, as he seeks ...
UN tally of confirmed civilian deaths in Ukraine approaches 8,500
Nearly 8,500 civilians are confirmed to have been killed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a U.N. body said on Tuesday, with many thousands more unverified deaths still feared.
The ...
Cryptoverse: Ethereum upgrade to unlock $33 billion
Investors are finally set to gain access to more than $33 billion of ether this week under a planned revamp of the blockchain.
A new software upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain, ...
Credit Suisse job cuts must be frozen, bank employees leader says
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) and UBS (UBSG.S) must freeze any job cuts planned as part of their emergency merger, the Swiss Bank Employees’ Association (SBPV) said on Tuesday, in ...
Britain braces for ‘unparalleled’ disruption from doctors’ strike
Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the government to ...
Russian parliament backs electronic call-up papers in crackdown on draft dodgers
Russia is ready to introduce electronic military draft papers for the first time in its history in an effort to make it harder for men to avoid being drafted after ...
UK retailers report Mother’s Day boost in March
British retailers reported a boost in spending from Mother’s Day purchases in March, during an otherwise downbeat sales period when cost of living pressures and unusually wet weather kept ...
Egypt’s headline inflation rate increased to 32.7 per cent in March
Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rate in March climbed to 32.7 per cent year-on-year, just shy of an all-time record, from 31.9 per cent in February, data from the country’s ...
Guardiola defends Man City’s lack of Champions League success
Manchester City are desperate to win their first Champions League but desire alone will not be enough to claim success in Europe’s top competition, manager Pep Guardiola said ahead ...
Leicester appoint Smith as manager until end of season
Leicester City have named ex-Aston Villa and Norwich City boss Dean Smith as caretaker manager until the end of the season after parting ways with Brendan Rodgers, the Premier League ...
Ukraine cities pounded, US scrambles to find source of leaked
Russian forces pounded frontline cities in eastern Ukraine with air strikes and artillery attacks, while U.S. officials stepped up efforts to locate the source of a leak of classified ...
Biden heads to Northern Ireland at delicate political juncture
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Belfast on Tuesday at a delicate political time in Northern Ireland as he helps mark the 25-year anniversary of a peace deal that ...
The credit crunch the Fed fears may already be taking shape
Jeffrey Haley, the CEO of American National Bank and Trust Company, saw the crunch coming at the start of 2023.
Rising interest rates and a slowing economy to him meant that ...
Global PC shipments slide in first quarter, Apple takes biggest hit
Global shipments of personal computers (PCs) fell by 29 per cent in the first quarter of 2023 due to weak demand, excess inventory and a deteriorating macroeconomic climate, with Apple Inc taking ...
Bank worker kills five co-workers in Louisville, Kentucky shooting (Update)
A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social ...
Egyptian minister to visit Turkey as ties improve – Ankara
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is likely to visit Turkey again this week, the government in Ankara said on Monday, adding that progress could be made towards reinstatement of ...
Mother of Israeli sisters killed in West Bank attack dies
The mother of two Israeli sisters who were killed last week in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank has died of her wounds, hospital officials said on Monday.
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Ronaldo angered by blow to title hopes of Al-Nassr, opponents hail ‘checkmate’
Al-Nassr suffered a huge blow to their hopes of winning the Saudi Professional League after a goalless draw with lowly Al-Feiha, and Cristiano Ronaldo left the pitch in anger after ...