Economy & Business
France’s air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe
Delays and flight cancellations were set to impact swathes of Europe on Thursday, after authorities failed to reach a deal with some ...Oil jumps after Israel launches strikes on Iran
Oil prices rallied and equities fell Friday as reports said explosions had been heard in Iran and Syria, fuelling fears of an ...Greek economy surges after decade of pain
By Lefteris Papadimas Reuters A decade ago, Greece was in the throes of a devastating debt crisis marked by years of austerity, ...Nearly 55 million people face hunger in West and Central Africa
By Ngouda Dione Reuters Soaring prices have helped fuel a food crisis in West and Central Africa, where nearly 55 million people ...Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud ...
A top Vietnamese property tycoon faces a potential death sentence Thursday as she and her co-accused await verdicts in one of the ...Baltimore bridge collapses after being hit by ship
A major bridge in Baltimore snapped and collapsed after a container ship rammed into it early Tuesday, and several vehicles fell into ...Thousands march in Colombia to protest government reforms
By Andres Rojas and Camilo Cohecha Reuters Thousands of people marched through Colombia’s biggest cities on Wednesday to protest political, economic and ...Death toll in Bangladesh building fire rises to 46
By Ruma Paul Reuters A massive fire in Bangladesh that raged through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with ...G20 says two-state solution only answer to Israel-Palestinian conflict
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle Reuters Foreign ministers at the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil were nearly unanimous in ...Siberian shipyard workers brave freezing cold for “the hardest job in the world”
A drone flies low over a snow-covered shipyard in Russia’s Far East, where workers toil in subzero temperatures to maintain the hulking ...