Starving zoo animals and cucumber fines. China's indebted cities are desperate for cash
China's local governments are so debt-ridden that they are increasingly imposing what are perceived to be random or unjustified fines on residents in a bid to generate cash.
2023-09-21 08:55
Brazil Cuts Interest Rates by 50 Basis Points Again as Services Inflation Wanes
Brazil’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point for the second straight time
2023-09-21 08:18
Poland Says It’s Cutting Off Arms to Ukraine Over Grain Dispute
Poland said it has stopped supplying weapons to Ukraine, further escalating a dispute over grain shipments that’s threatening
2023-09-21 07:59
Diesel is Milan's hottest ticket with otherworldly looks, cutting-edge textiles
Thousands came out in a rain to watch an open-air Diesel show during Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, making the denim-centric brand the hottest ticket in town
2023-09-21 07:54
US spending in Ukraine explained in four charts
Volodymyr Zelensky needs the US to give more aid to Ukraine, but some are growing wary of the hefty price tag.
2023-09-21 07:51
Costlier Rice Unlikely to Spur Indonesia, Philippine Rate Action
Central banks in Indonesia and the Philippines will likely leave borrowing costs unchanged as they weigh inflationary pressures
2023-09-21 06:57
Budweiser won't cut off the tails of its famous Clydesdale horses
PETA said it's "cracking open some cold ones" after Anheuser-Busch said it's ending the practice of cutting the tails of Budweiser's iconic Clydesdale horses.
2023-09-21 06:29
UN Latest: Zelenskiy Meets Billionaires in Quest For Funds
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is meeting Wall Street billionaires including Citadel founder Ken Griffin and Pershing Square founder
2023-09-21 06:27
Fonterra's full-year profit more than doubles on margin boost
New Zealand's Fonterra reported an annual profit on Thursday that more than doubled and declared a higher final
2023-09-21 05:53
Lawyers who sued Tesla board for excess pay want $10,000 an hour
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware A legal team that forced Tesla's directors to agree in July to return
2023-09-21 05:28
FedEx raises lower end of full-year profit forecast
(Reuters) -FedEx raised the lower end of its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday after a cost-cutting quarter and positioned itself
2023-09-21 05:22
Russia mulls extra tax for some commodities exports, including metals - sources
MOSCOW Russia is considering imposing an additional tax tied to the rouble-dollar rate on exports of metals, fertilisers
2023-09-21 04:58