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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy perked up slightly at the start of the year, recording 0.3% growth in the January-March quarter compared to the last three months of 2023 […]

(Bloomberg) — Germany’s economic prospects are looking up after two grueling years of near-zero growth. The consumer-led revival, though, papers over enduring industrial weakness for which there’s no quick fix. […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank director Gabriel Galipolo said on Wednesday that the monetary authority should not get spooked with “short-term” market fluctuations and will need time to […]

Investing.com – Saudi Arabia stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Insurance, Building & Construction and Energy & Utilities sectors led shares higher. At the close in Saudi Arabia, the Tadawul […]

(Reuters) – Most stock markets in the Gulf were subdued on Sunday amid geopolitical strife and uncertainties surrounding U.S. Federal Reserve policy. In its first ever direct attack on Israel, […]

DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai, a city in the desert proud of its modern gloss, faced the towering task on Thursday of clearing its water clogged roads and drying out flooded homes […]

DUBAI (Reuters) -Deaths from heavy rains earlier this week in the United Arab Emirates rose to four, authorities said on Friday, as well as flooding roads and jamming Dubai’s international […]

Investing.com — The quarterly corporate earnings season continues Tuesday, with Bank of America and Morgan Stanley the latest of the country’s major banks to report. Elsewhere, China’s growth exceeded expectations, while U.K. […]

France stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower. At the close in […]

Germany stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer & Cyclical, Food & Beverages and Media sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction, Utilities and Retail sectors led shares lower. At the close […]

By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s top official on Hong Kong affairs said the city should “tightly hold” onto the bottom line of national security […]

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian prosecutors have discontinued mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s criminal prosecution of Meta over what he said were thousands of scam cryptocurrency advertisements on Facebook […]

Former US President Donald Trump confirmed in an interview with “Israel Hayom” newspaper that he will not allow Iran to manufacture a nuclear bomb, if he wins the next presidential […]

By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping met American business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, as the government tries to […]

By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) -Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday he would step down as Ireland’s prime minister and the leader of the governing Fine Gael party, in a surprise […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and Aidan Lewis CAIRO/JERUSALEM/LONDON (Reuters) – Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now […]

Denmark stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher. At the close in Copenhagen, the OMX Copenhagen 20 rose 0.73%. The best […]

Paul Alexander, the man who lived in an iron lung for more than 70 years, has died at the age of 78. A fundraiser for his healthcare confirmed Alexander, of […]

Japan’s Nissan (OTC:NSANY) Motor and Honda (NYSE:HMC) Motor are considering cutting production in China as they face stiff competition from BYD (SZ:002594) and other electric vehicle makers, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Tuesday. Nissan […]

By Ellen Zhang, Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – China still faces structural employment issues and overall pressure on jobs has not eased, the human resources minister said […]

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – The World Bank approved a $350 million loan for Costa Rica to fund infrastructure and climate and disaster resilience projects, the lender said on Friday. The […]

By Bernard Orr and Ethan Wang BEIJING (Reuters) – The U.S. is clinging to wrong perceptions of China and has yet to fulfill its “promises” despite some progress since presidents […]

WASHINGTON/STOCKHOLM, March 7 (Reuters) – Sweden is expected to formally join NATO in Washington on Thursday, two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced a complete rethink of its national […]

Spanish police said on Saturday they had made 14 arrests in connection with one million euros ($1.1 million) worth of counterfeit 100 euro bank notes which passed undetected by ATMs […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – People in the Gaza Strip are risking their lives to find food, water and other supplies such is the level of hunger and despair amid the unrelenting […]

By Doaa Rouqa DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – After surviving on bitter loaves made from animal feed instead of proper flour, three young brothers who fled their home in […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. military service member who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington over the weekend, in an apparent act of protest against the […]

BY THE NUMBERS The math is mind-boggling in a layperson sort of way and down to fractions of days and minutes. There’s even a leap second occasionally, but there’s no […]

European stocks powered higher Thursday, taking the benchmark index to a record close as investors assessed earnings and data showing light ahead for the regional economy. EUROPEAN MARKETS TICKER COMPANY […]