Oil prices rise on softer US dollar, supply woes
Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, bolstered by a weaker US dollar and supply woes, although gains were capped by the spectre of lower fuel demand from China as it persists ...
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YouTube expands audio and podcast advertising for brands
Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube will expand ways for advertisers to reach music and podcast listeners and viewers on connected televisions, the company said on Monday.
The announcements come ...
Not plain sailing for Putin with former Soviet republics as they demand respect
Sensing that Russia has been weakened by its war in Ukraine, some of its closest allies in Central Asia are displaying a newly assertive streak.
The region’s five former ...
Turkish cenbank raises securities maintenance ratio for forex deposits
The Turkish Central Bank said on Tuesday it raised the securities maintenance ratio required for foreign exchange deposits to 5 per cent from 3 per cent and that further steps as part ...
Qatar World Cup ticket sales near 3 million, says Infantino
Ticket sales for the World Cup are approaching the three million mark ahead of the tournament kicking off in Qatar on Nov. 20, FIFA president Gianni Infantino and event organisers said ...
Warriors want NBA title repeat, Celtics seek redemption, LeBron eyes scoring title
The Golden State Warriors look to add another title to their era-defining dynasty, the Boston Celtics aim to bounce back from a disappointing finals performance and LeBron James is eyeing ...
Benzema wins Ballon d’Or for first time
Real Madrid’s France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d’Or award for the best men’s player in the world on Monday, while Barcelona’s Spain midfielder Alexia ...
France begins nationwide strike amid soaring inflation
French trade unions began a nationwide strike on Tuesday, asking for higher salaries amid decades-high inflation and posing President Emmanuel Macron one of his stiffest challenges since his reelection in ...
UK’s Truss: ‘Sorry’ for the mistakes, but ‘I’m sticking around’
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss apologised for “mistakes” in her programme that caused investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge before nearly all of it was ...
Russian ‘suicide drones’ strike terror in Ukraine, U.S. warns on war crimes
Russia attacked Ukraine with drones late on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after a day of strikes on cities in which at least four people were killed and a ...
British markets rally after huge U-turn on govt economic plans
Britain’s government bonds, currency and shares rallied on Monday as new finance minister Jeremy Hunt reversed swathes of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic growth plan, the latest twist ...
Mexico’s non-bank lenders may now need bank licenses to survive
Mexico’s biggest non-bank lenders may need to become licensed banks, analysts said, as they maneuver through growing market turmoil to avoid the fate of three big peers who defaulted ...
Moscow, Kyiv swap 218 prisoners, including 108 Ukrainian women
Moscow and Kyiv on Monday carried out one of the biggest prisoner swaps of the war so far, exchanging a total of 218 detainees, including 108 Ukrainian women, officials from both sides ...
US says Iran supplying drones to Russia violates UN resolution
The United States agrees with British and French assessments that Iran supplying drones to Russia would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran ...
Russia fighter hits apartments in city near Ukraine, 13 dead (Update 2)
A Russian fighter plane crashed into a residential building in the southern city of Yeysk shortly after take-off on Monday, engulfing apartments in a fireball and killing at least 13 people, ...
UN backs African Union’s call for Ethiopia ceasefire
The United Nations on Monday backed an immediate end to hostilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and a return to peace talks, calling for all sides to protect civilians and ...
U.S. puts sanctions on al Shabaab financial facilitator network
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on six men it said were part of a network that has engaged in weapons procurement, financial facilitation and recruitment for ...
UK shares end higher for third straight day after Hunt’s policy U-turn
London shares rose on Monday as new finance minister Jeremy Hunt reversed Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan announced three weeks ago that slammed UK markets and dented investor ...
Russia launches deadly new attacks on central Kyiv using drones (wrapup)
Russia attacked Ukrainian cities with drones on Monday, killing at least four people in an apartment building in downtown Kyiv during morning rush hour, and targeted infrastructure across the country ...
Moscow mayor says draft complete, St Petersburg fires call-up chief
Moscow’s mayor said on Monday that military mobilisation in the Russian capital was now complete while St Petersburg sacked the official in charge there, the latest sign of problems ...
EU slaps human rights sanctions on Iran, warns of more over Ukraine
Several European Union foreign ministers on Monday called for sanctions against Iran over the transfer of Iranian drones to Russia, as the bloc agreed a separate set of asset freezes ...
Exxon’s Russian oil output collapsed after rejecting local tanker insurance
Oil output at the giant Exxon-led (XOM.N) Sakhalin-1 Russian Pacific project collapsed following the US major’s refusal to accept local insurance for tankers after Western insurers pulled out ...
Man City miss a trick as Arsenal just will not go away
Liverpool’s recent jitters meant they were there for the taking by Manchester City on Sunday, but the unusually conservative champions missed a trick, falling further behind Premier League leaders ...
Russia faces turmoil, says former diplomat who resigned over war
President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has set Russia on a path towards turmoil that could unseat the Kremlin chief, trigger civil war or even break the country apart, ...