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The UK's second biggest city on Tuesday admitted that it cannot balance its books, blaming Conservative governments for years of under-funding.
Shares in French beauty brand L'Occitane plunged by a record of almost 30 percent in Hong Kong on Tuesday after its chairman called off talks on taking the firm private.
The UAE pledged $4.5 billion in clean energy investments in Africa on Tuesday at a landmark climate summit aimed to showcase the continent's potential as a green powerhouse.
Equities were mixed Tuesday, as traders await more measures by China to stimulate its economy and support the creaking property market, while fresh services data reinforced the need for action.
Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday in favour of same-sex partnerships including civil unions but stopped short of granting full marriage rights in a partial win for the city's LGBTQ community.
The risk of bombing has made it virtually impossible to insure ships leaving Ukraine via the Black Sea, leaving the sector to find an alternative route, especially for grain.
Struggling Chinese developer Country Garden has made multi-million-dollar interest payments on two outstanding loans, reports said Tuesday, narrowly avoiding what would have been its first default.
Equities fell Tuesday, with traders unable to build on the previous day's rally as they await fresh measures out of China to stimulate the economy and support the creaking property market.
Hong Kong's top court will decide Tuesday whether to recognise same-sex marriages, rendering a verdict in one of the most consequential cases on the subject in the city's history.
Embattled Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce is retiring two months earlier than planned, the Australian airline said Tuesday, with Vanessa Hudson taking over as the carrier's first female boss.
European stocks slid Monday as a positive lead from Asia on Chinese stimulus measures petered out, while oil prices continued their march higher.
Firefighters are gaining the upper hand on the massive blaze that has been raging for two weeks in the Dadia National Park in northeastern Greece, authorities said Monday.
Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and humanity has not been able to stem the tide, a major scientific assessment said Monday.
Invasive species that wreck crops, ravage forests, spread disease, and upend ecosystems are spreading ever faster across the globe, and humanity has not been able to stem the tide, a major scientific assessment said Monday.
Stock markets rose and the dollar weakened against the euro and pound Monday as US jobs data firmed expectations that the Federal Reserve would stop raising interest rates.
Kenya's president opened a landmark African climate summit on Monday saying the continent had an "unparalleled opportunity" to benefit from action to tackle global warming.
Turkey's annual inflation approached 60 percent last month, official data showed Monday, putting pressure on the central bank to further hike interest rates at the risk of angering President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
France on Monday was due to receive five Afghan women "threatened by the Taliban" after repeated requests it create a humanitarian corridor for women shut out of public life, an official said.
Trading in French beauty brand L'Occitane was halted in Hong Kong on Monday after reports emerged that its controlling shareholder may take the company private.
Trading in French beauty brand L'Occitane was in Hong Kong on Monday after reports emerged that its controlling shareholder may take the company private.
Pope Francis, on the final day of his diplomatically tinged visit to Mongolia, headed to the capital's outskirts to inaugurate a homeless shelter and clinic.
France's Rugby World Cup build-up was overshadowed Sunday by demands for lock forward Bastien Chalureau to be dropped from the squad after he was convicted of a racially motivated attack.
Across the globe, data servers are humming, consuming both megawatts and precious natural resources to bring life to our digital world.
Toothpaste, chocolate, washing powder and deodorant -- everyday products are increasingly under lock and key at US retailers, as petty theft and organized shoplifting rise while consumers grapple with costs of living.
On the approach to Malaysia's $100-billion island megaproject backed by Chinese investment, a collapsed bridge forces drivers to detour before they reach an artificial city emerging from palm oil trees where condos, roads and shops lay empty.
Berlin's Tacheles art squat, a symbol of the anything-goes vibe of the city after the fall of the Wall, is completing a disputed transformation into offices, shops and luxury flats.
Thousands of Pakistan traders shuttered their shops on Saturday, striking over soaring energy and fuel bills stirring widespread discontent ahead of national elections.
Country Garden creditors have approved postponing the repayment of a key loan, narrowly avoiding a potential default, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
Chinese developer Country Garden has won approval from creditors to extend a deadline for a key bond repayment, narrowly avoiding a potential default, Bloomberg reported Saturday.
The patients don't have addresses, phone numbers or in many cases even last names. But the addicts and homeless people of this Rio de Janeiro wasteland can count one blessing amid the misery: health care.
Should you get a leg up on your university application just because Mom or Dad had studied at that school?
Global stocks diverged Friday, with the latest jobs report in the United States helping to solidify expectations of a pause in US interest rate hikes.
Spain's sports court agreed to investigate Luis Rubiales for forcibly kissing a Women's World Cup player as the scandal-hit football chief insisted he would defend himself to "prove the truth".
Kenya unveiled Friday plans to roll out electric motorbikes across the country under a green transport scheme to reduce carbon emissions and pollution.
Spain's sports court has agreed to investigate Luis Rubiales for forcibly kissing a Women's World Cup player, paving the way for fresh sanctions against the scandal-hit football boss, the government said Friday.
Stocks got only a modest and short-lived boost Friday despite the latest US jobs report helping solidify expectations of a pause in US interest rate hikes.
Children in Africa are exceptionally vulnerable to climate change but are "woefully" ignored by those responsible for funding the fight against the crisis, the United Nations said Friday.
Director Wes Anderson, who presented his take on a Roald Dahl story at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, came out strongly against moves to alter the author's books for "sensitivity" reasons.
Morocco has begun investigating the death of a French-Moroccan after he and another Moroccan tourist on jet skis were shot dead by Algerian coastguards, media reports said on Friday.