German captain becomes anti-populist heroine in Italy migrant standoff
The young German captain of a migrant-rescue ship stranded off Italy dismissed threats of arrest and personal criticism from the country’s far right interior minister...
Polish schoolgirl takes climate fight to parliament
A teenager started her summer holidays by campaigning in front of Poland’s parliament on Friday in a bid to get politicians to act on climate...
Deutsche Bank considering up to 20,000 job cuts, WSJ reports
Deutsche Bank AG is considering cutting 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, or more than one in six full-time positions globally, the Wall Street Journal reported on...
Lego family, Blackstone take Merlin private in $7.5 billion deal
Lego’s founding family and private equity firm Blackstone are taking Britain’s Merlin private again in an agreed deal valuing the Madame Tussauds and Legoland owner...
Amid Ethiopia unrest, Amhara political party spokesman arrested
Authorities in Ethiopia arrested on Friday the spokesman of a political party which promotes the interests of the Amhara ethnic group, the party president said....
Wall St. modestly higher with G20 summit underway
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as shares of big banks gained after clearing the Federal Reserve’s stress test, with investors closely tracking the G20 summit...
Pfizer gene therapy for rare muscle disease shows promise in small, early study
Pfizer Inc on Friday presented promising results from a tiny early study of its experimental gene therapy for a rare muscle disease, but two of...
Shares in big banks climb as Fed approves capital plans
Shares in the S&P 500 bank index rose 2.6% on Friday after the U.S. Federal Reserve approved the capital plans of the biggest U.S. banks,...
In Russia, nation-wide grudge grows over Moscow’s waste
In Russia, a nationwide grudge is gaining pace over the management of waste produced in its capital city of Moscow. Emer McCarthy reports....
Trump makes light of election meddling with Putin
President Donald Trump on Friday sardonically asked his Russian counterpart to please not meddle in U.S. elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that...
