Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Friday killed at least eight fighters and one child, according to security sources, as armed group Hezbollah responded with artillery
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The United States on Friday added 105 Russian and Chinese firms to a trade restriction list over their alleged support of the Russian military as Washington seeks to keep up pressure on
August 23, 2024
Delta Air's chief operating officer, Mike Spanos, will leave the airline next month to take on a role at another company, CEO Ed Bastian said in a memo to employees on Friday.
August 23, 2024
The union representing over 9,000 Canadian rail workers vowed on Friday to challenge the federal government's
August 23, 2024
Canada's retail sales dropped in June, data showed on Friday, as consumers continued to feel the impact of high interest rates and cut back on discretionary
August 23, 2024
Canadian factory sales most likely rose 1.1% in July from June, largely driven by higher sales in petroleum and coal product as well as chemical subsectors, Statistics Canada said
August 23, 2024
K-pop star Suga, a member of the boy band supergroup BTS, appeared before police on Friday for further questioning over a case of drunk driving on an electric scooter.
August 23, 2024
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday the two countries must be able to talk frankly about their disagreements and also pursue
August 23, 2024
A court in southern Russia on Friday sentenced five men to more than six years in prison each in the first convictions related to a mass anti-Israel protest last October at an
August 23, 2024
Russia's security services shot dead four inmates on Friday who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff
August 23, 2024
Canada's main stock index rose to a record high on Friday, with energy and financials contributing to broad-based gains as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell endorsed the
August 23, 2024
German chemicals group Covestro and Swiss cement maker Holcim said on Friday they were helping Germany probe suspected espionage after
August 23, 2024Volkswagen's goal of building 200 gigawatt hours of battery capacity by 2030 is not "set in stone" and the carmaker will monitor how demand for electric vehicles (EVs)
August 23, 2024
Hugo Boss' second-biggest shareholder, British sports and fashion retailer Frasers, has filed a request to acquire more shares in the German company, according to a filing with
August 23, 2024
Top U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Friday it was working with law enforcement to determine the extent of a computer systems breach and was yet to determine if the incident
August 23, 2024
The United Nations Libya mission said late on Thursday it was concerned about reports of forces mobilising in Tripoli and threats of force to resolve a crisis over control of the
August 23, 2024
U.S. equity funds attracted significant inflows in the seven days to Aug. 21, bolstered by bets of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September and easing worries about a potential downturn in
August 23, 2024
A bus carrying 43 Indian tourists and crew members plunged into a rain-swollen river in neighbouring Nepal on Friday, killing more than half of those on board, a Nepali armed
August 23, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Jerome Powell takes centre stage at the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole jamboree on Friday but the Fed chair would have to sound super
August 23, 2024
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will travel to China next week for talks with top Chinese diplomat
August 23, 2024
Global investors ploughed money into equity funds in the week to Aug. 21, encouraged by expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September and easing concerns about the U.S. economy.
August 23, 2024
U.S. stocks rallied on Friday as dovish remarks from U.S.
August 23, 2024
South Korea's medical association warned on Friday that a spike in COVID-19 cases and an ongoing strike by trainee doctors could cripple hospital emergency rooms next month at a time
August 23, 2024
Russia has suspended a ferry service between southern Russia and Crimea after a Ukrainian attack the previous day hit a vessel loaded with rail cars carrying fuel, Russia's
August 23, 2024
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