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Greece's rail watchdog on Friday said a probe had uncovered serious signs of poor training among staff on duty during the country's deadliest train tragedy, which killed 57 people last month.
German Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger will travel to Taiwan next week, Berlin said Friday, as the first cabinet member to visit in 26 years in a move set to spark tensions with China.
Asian and European stock markets mostly rose Friday, extending a global rally, as traders welcomed a multi-billion-dollar show of support for troubled banks aimed at soothing concerns about contagion in the sector.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to Moscow next week, where he will hold talks with his strategic ally Vladimir Putin just over a year into Russia's war in Ukraine.
Asian and European markets rose Friday, extending a global rally, as traders welcomed multi-billion-dollar shows of support for troubled banks aimed at soothing concerns about contagion in the sector.
The global cryptocurrency industry has been slammed by setbacks, scandals and high-profile failures in recent months, sparking a regulatory rush to protect consumers from fraud and scams.
Asian markets rose Friday, tracking New York and European equities, as traders welcomed multi-billion-dollar shows of support for troubled banks aimed at soothing concerns about contagion in the sector.
Omar Zlitni holds a decades-old, black-and-white photo of himself as a boxer in his prime, posing in shorts and a training vest before Libya's then-dictator, Moamer Kadhafi, banned his beloved sport.
It took a loaded pistol pointed at Lazzaro D'Auria's head for the Italian landowner to finally say yes to the country's newest and most violent mafia.
Marauding attacks by gang members in northeast Brazil continued for a third night despite a beefed up presence of security forces, authorities said on Thursday.
French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced on Thursday it would cut the US price of its most prescribed insulin by 78 percent, falling in line with two other major drug makers.
Wall Street rallied Thursday after a consortium of US private banks announced a $30 billion rescue package for First Republic, while European stocks jumped on a European Central Bank's interest rate decision that was called a "dovish hike."
Credit Suisse rallied on the stock market Thursday after grabbing a $54 billion central bank lifeline in a bid to restore investor confidence but analysts remain wary about the major lender's future.
America's largest banks moved Thursday to shore up First Republic, easing fears that the regional lender could be the next domino to fall after two collapses including Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's cabinet passed a decree Thursday relaunching a controversial project to build a huge, multibillion-euro bridge linking Sicily to the mainland.
Wall Street rallied Thursday on reports that private US banks were in talks to save First Republic Bank while European stocks jumped as the European Central Bank lifted interest rates but took a somewhat "dovish" tone for the future.
Meta on Thursday released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment.
The US maternal mortality rate surged in 2021, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Black women more than twice as likely to die than white women, according to a report released on Thursday.
Stocks surged higher Thursday after the European Central Bank went ahead with a big interest rate hike despite fears of a banking crisis but took a somewhat "dovish" tone for the future.
Russia's forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children to areas under its control amounts to a war crime, UN investigators said Thursday, adding that they are probing allegations of genocide in the Ukraine conflict.
Lebanon's central bank chief Riad Salameh, once lauded for reviving the economy, faces investigations into his personal wealth and is widely viewed as a key culprit in the country's dramatic economic crash.
Shares of First Republic Bank nosedived on Wall Street Thursday following a report that the embattled California bank is considering strategic options, including a possible sale.
Stock markets wobbled on Thursday after the ECB went ahead with a big interest rate hike despite fears of a banking crisis.
The European Central Bank stuck to a planned interest rate increase Thursday as it remained laser-focused on battling sky-high inflation despite market turmoil over fears of a widening banking crisis.
Ten workers trapped in a coal mine in central Colombia were found dead, bringing the death toll from an explosion in the pit to 21, President Gustavo Petro said Thursday.
Credit Suisse rallied on the stock market Thursday after grabbing a $54 billion central bank lifeline in a bid to restore investor confidence but analysts remain wary about the major lender's future.
Deliveroo reduced net losses last year on cost-cutting, while revenues rallied on higher pricing in the face of soaring global inflation, the international food delivery app said Thursday.
Greek police fired tear gas and protesters hurled firebombs on Thursday as more than 40,000 people took to the streets to slam the government and voice outrage at last month's train disaster that killed 57 people.
European stock markets rebounded slightly Thursday after troubled banking giant Credit Suisse secured a big financial lifeline and before a crucial interest-rate decision by the European Central Bank.
France will force Paris rubbish collectors to return to work after a days-long strike against pension reforms has left many streets in the capital piled with stinking waste.
A proposed reform of France's pension system, which has sparked massive protests and strikes since the start of the year, is poised for a final vote in parliament on Thursday in a decisive moment for President Emmanuel Macron.
Credit Suisse shares surged more than 30 percent Thursday after announcing it would borrow up to $53.7 billion from the Swiss central bank following a market drubbing over fears of a global banking crisis.