US extends sanctions waiver on Russian oil to aid vulnerable countries
PARIS 鈥 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday announced another 30-day extension of a sanctions waiver allowing purchases of Russian seaborne oil to...
G7 finance ministers explore responses to Iran war fallout
PARIS 鈥 France鈥檚 finance minister urged the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to do more to help countries most vulnerable to the...
Former Spanish PM Zapatero investigated in influence peddling case
MADRID聽 鈥 Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is being investigated for alleged influence peddling and related crimes, the country鈥檚 High Court...
Indonesian authorities using online disinformation campaigns to target critics, Amnesty says
JAKARTA 鈥 Indonesian authorities, including the military, used online disinformation campaigns to brand activists and journalists as 鈥渇oreign agents鈥 and silence dissent, sometimes leading...
Health workers race to contain Congo’s fast-spreading Ebola outbreak
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo 鈥 Medical personnel were rushing on Monday to the frontlines of a new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic...
Maldives investigates if Italian divers went too deep in fatal cave dive
MALE 鈥 Maldivian authorities are investigating multiple possible factors behind the deaths of five Italian divers in a deepwater cave last week, including whether...
Trump says he paused attack on Iran, signals a nuclear deal may be possible
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/KARACHI 鈥 US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had paused a planned attack against Iran after Tehran sent a peace proposal to...
China鈥檚 economy loses steam at start of Q2 as consumption, output disappoint in April
BEIJING 鈥 China鈥檚 growth lost momentum in April, with industrial output cooling and retail sales sinking to over three-year lows as the world鈥檚 second-biggest...
China has agreed to address US concerns over rare earth shortages, says White House
BEIJING 鈥 China will address US concerns about shortages of certain specialty rare earths caused by Beijing鈥檚 export controls, the White House said on...
Iran war saddles global companies with $25聽billion bill 鈥 and counting
THE US-ISRAELI war with聽 Iran has already cost聽 companies around the world at least $25聽 billion -聽 and the聽 bill is climbing, according to...
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrives at Rotterdam port as final destination
ROTTERDAM 鈥 A luxury liner at the center of an outbreak of hantavirus reached the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Monday, marine tracking sites...
EU to force companies to buy components from non-Chinese suppliers, FT reports
THE EUROPEAN Union is drawing up plans to force companies in the bloc to buy critical components from at least three different suppliers in...