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US bank regulator grilled over 'toxic culture' at...
US lawmakers attacked the head of a top financial regulator for a second consecutive day on Thursday over his agency's failure to...
Nigeria lawmaker's plan for mass wedding of orphan...
A Nigerian state lawmaker's plan to sponsor the marriage of 100 brides orphaned by violence has sparked a row over religious and c...
Walmart profits rise on strong sales from wealthie...
Walmart reported higher profits Thursday behind solid gains at US stores as the retail giant pointed to increased purchases by wea...
Stocks waver after hitting record highs
Stock markets wavered Thursday following record-breaking rallies that were fuelled by cooling US inflation.
European stocks dip from records, shrugging off ga...
Europe's major stock markets staged a modest pullback Thursday as investors cashed in profits from record-breaking rallies, shrugg...
China's Baidu posts weakest quarterly revenue grow...
Chinese internet giant Baidu announced Thursday its slowest quarterly revenue growth in over a year, as competition between top pl...
Siemens to sell electrical motors business to KPS
German industrial giant Siemens said Thursday it will sell its electrical motors business Innomotics to private US equity firm KPS...
France deploys troops, bans TikTok, to quell New C...
France deployed troops to New Caledonia's ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency on Thurs...
Consumer groups accuse Temu of manipulating online...
European consumer groups on Thursday accused Chinese shopping app Temu of using "manipulative techniques" to force users to spend...
Asian markets track Wall St records after US infla...
Asian equities rallied Thursday after US data showed inflation cooled last month, fuelling speculation that the Federal Reserve wi...
What will be the repercussions of Biden's new Chin...
US President Joe Biden unveiled steep tariff hikes on Chinese green tech this week, hitting imports like electric vehicles, chips...
Mission impossible? Next Boeing CEO faces pile of...
Since announcing plans in late March to replace CEO Dave Calhoun at the end of 2024, Boeing's problems have seemingly gone from ba...
Japan economy suffers worse-than-expected contract...
Japan's economy suffered a worse-than-expected contraction in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday, in further bad new...
US consumer inflation eases slightly in April, sen...
US consumer inflation eased slightly last month, according to government data published Wednesday, in a positive sign for Presiden...
Multiple women accuse David Copperfield of sex mis...
Magician David Copperfield has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than a dozen women in episodes said to have taken place o...
Victoria's Secret reviving fashion show after six-...
American lingerie giant Victoria's Secret announced Wednesday that its annual fashion show, scrapped after 2018 due to sluggish sa...
German travel giant says takes overtourism 'very s...
German travel giant TUI said Wednesday it takes protests against overtourism, like recent demonstrations in the Canary Islands, ve...
Lea Seydoux: 'I've witnessed the changes on set si...
French star Lea Seydoux said Wednesday she had personally witnessed more respect for women on film sets since the #MeToo movement.
Stocks waver before US inflation but London hits r...
Asian and European equities diverged Wednesday as most dealers sat on their hands before key US inflation data, but London set a n...
Semenya faces 'important day' at European rights c...
Caster Semenya said Wednesday's hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) into whether the double Olympic champion can...
Qatar eyes more long-term gas supply deals this ye...
Qatar expects to sign more long-term natural gas supply deals this year to meet growing international demand, Energy Minister Saad...
EU cuts inflation forecast for 2024 despite uncert...
The EU on Wednesday predicted lower inflation in the eurozone in 2024 than previously forecast but warned the single-currency area...
S. African communities terrorised by gold mining g...
Walking between the corrugated iron shacks of the informal settlement west of Johannesburg she calls home, Lutho Makheyi points ou...
A-list stars, menstruating superheroes in Cannes V...
From a voyage through the human body with Cate Blanchett, to a feminist superhero satire featuring giant tampons and octopus demon...
Chief of state oil company dismissed in Brazil
The CEO of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras has been sacked, the government announced Tuesday.
Asian markets mixed as focus turns to US inflation...
Asian markets wobbled Wednesday ahead of key US inflation data later in the day, with traders struggling to pick up the baton afte...
Five years after 13-0 World Cup mauling, Thai wome...
Thai women's goalkeeper Sukanya Chor Charoenying will never forget her World Cup debut five years ago -- a record 13-0 defeat to t...
Watches belonging to F1 great Schumacher fetch mil...
Eight watches belonging to Formula One legend Michael Schumacher were sold at auction in Geneva on Tuesday for a total of four mil...
Blinken vows US will back Ukraine till security 'g...
The United States will back Ukraine until its security is "guaranteed", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed on a trip to Ky...
In major change, Google to use AI-generated answer...
Google on Tuesday said it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries, in one of the biggest changes to its world leadi...
In big change, Google to use AI-generated answers...
Google on Tuesday said it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries made by users in the United States, in one of the...
Court convicts German far-right politician of usin...
A German court on Thursday convicted one of the country's most controversial far-right politicians, Bjoern Hoecke, of deliberately...