Explainer-What is the 'Bridgetown Initiative' asking for at Paris financial summit?
PARIS President Macron hosts a summit in Paris this week to discuss reform of the world's multilateral finance
2023-06-20 13:28
Macron's Paris summit seeks new life for global finance agenda
By Leigh Thomas and Simon Jessop PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron hosts a summit on Thursday and Friday
2023-06-20 13:26
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announces new CEO and chairman in major management reshuffle
China's Alibaba Group has announced that Eddie Wu, chairman of its e-commerce group, will succeed Daniel Zhang as CEO in a major management reshuffle
2023-06-20 13:22
Large fire breaks out at Germany's biggest theme park, police says blaze is "under control"
A large fire at Germany’s biggest theme park has sent a dense plume of black smoke billowing into the sky that was visible for miles
2023-06-20 11:27
Asia shares fall on China's modest rate cut
By Selena Li HONG KONG Stocks in Asia fell on Tuesday as investors worried China's latest rate cut
2023-06-20 11:22
China cuts lending benchmarks to revive slowing demand
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE China cut its key lending benchmarks on Tuesday, the first such reductions in 10 months as authorities
2023-06-20 11:17
Ex-PM Cameron says the UK focused too much on flu rather than other potential pandemics before COVID
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has told a public inquiry that his government made a mistake by focusing too much on preparations for a flu pandemic rather than considering other types of pandemic in the years before the COVID-19 outbreak
2023-06-20 10:17
UK lawmakers back scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over 'partygate'
Britain’s House of Commons has endorsed a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office
2023-06-20 05:28
Macron urges Europe to develop its own air defense systems and not rely on the US
French President Emmanuel Macron is urging European nations to seek more independence on airspace defense
2023-06-20 04:26
UN: International donors promise $1.5 billion in aid to Sudan
The United Nations says International donors have promised Monday almost $1.5 billion in additional aid to conflict-stricken Sudan
2023-06-20 04:15
UN complains Russia blocks aid workers from area of Ukraine dam collapse; Moscow says it's unsafe
The Kremlin's spokesman says U.N. aid workers who want to visit areas ravaged by a recent dam collapse in southern Ukraine can’t go there because fighting in the war makes it unsafe
2023-06-20 00:54
Intel spends $33 billion in Germany in landmark expansion
By Friederike Heine, Supantha Mukherjee and Andreas Rinke BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Intel will spend more than 30 billion euros ($33 billion)
2023-06-20 00:50