UK lawmakers narrowly voted to shelve a bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales during a quiet Friday sitting at which a lukewarm government stance tipped votes in favor of opponents to the law.
The Italian government tapped Riccardo Smimmo to be the new ambassador to Addis Ababa after the previous envoy abruptly left Ethiopia 10 months into his tenure.
Canada’s oil and mineral resources can help alleviate US inflation pressures, but the Trump administration needs to back off its tariff policies against its northern neighbor, the leader of the country’s Conservative Party said.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz is determined to hold on to power in Germany in defiance of the growing numbers within his party seeking to push him out of office, according to people familiar with his thinking.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham was just weighing his first careful steps toward a reset with the European Union when he got lapped on the road to Brussels by Canada’s Mark Carney.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the government isn’t involved in the future of lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA, which is at the center of concurring bids.
Former Goldman Sachs Group chief economist Jim O’Neill warned UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham against raising taxes on banks and businesses, saying the moves would threaten economic growth. O'Neill also cautioned that rising gilt yields could yet reverse before the October 28 budg...
Vietnam’s competition regulator is reviewing Grab Holdings Ltd.’s pricing, fees and commission policies after its drivers called for a weekend work stoppage over concerns that lower fares, deductions and the company’s commission are significantly cutting into their income.
Nigeria’s parliamentary leadership has suspended lawmakers’ official travel to South Africa over xenophobic attacks.
The top-ranked Russian official at the United Nations nuclear watchdog faces an ethics probe for writing a self-help book that described feminists as “hysterical fanatics” and gays and lesbians as “perverts” — and then promoting it to a UN youth group.
A day after Germany blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on cargo planes at its Leipzig-Halle airport, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a tacit admission that the continent was not responding quickly enough to the threat.
Stanford University is seeking permission to expand its sprawling California campus over the next two decades, offering $100 million for affordable housing and other community needs as part of a bid to win local approval.
Jeff Currie, founder & CEO at Real Macro and co-founder & director at 1947 Oil and Gas, discusses the impact of China’s return to the oil market, shortages in oil and crude products, and the possibility of $5 gasoline in the US ahead of the midterm elections. (Source: Bloomberg)
Disruption over the past two decades has created divides that could seep into today’s events.
Jeff Currie, founder & CEO at Real Macro and co-founder & director at 1947 Oil and Gas, explains why the need for refineries to balance production of gasoline and diesel products can push gas prices higher ahead of the US midterm elections. (Source: Bloomberg)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in New Delhi on Friday for a BRICS summit marked by deep divisions as the war involving Iran, the US and Israel enters a dangerous new phase.
Senegal’s running crisis feeds a political feud that threatens its long-cherished resilience