Vivendi’s shares fall as concerns mount of hitches to UMG stake sale
Vivendi’s shares fell on Thursday, which traders attributed to a media report of a possible hitches to its planned sale of a stake in its...
Sri Lankan presidential hopeful Rajapaksa faces new lawsuits in U.S. court
Sri Lankan torture victims have filed 10 new claims for damages in a U.S. court against wartime defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa, lawyers for the plaintiffs...
Czech government survives no-confidence vote but cabinet still fragile
The Czech minority government led by the populist ANO party on Thursday survived a vote of no confidence in parliament after public protests against Prime...
Five wounded in suicide bomber attack in Tunisian capital
At least five people were wounded in the Tunisian capital on Thursday when a suicide bomber blew himself up, the government said....
Ethiopia police arrest 56 members of ethnic Amhara party, says group’s spokesman
Police have arrested 56 members of an ethnic Ethiopian party over a failed coup in the northern Amhara region, a spokesman for the party said...
Wildfires spread in Catalonia as heatwave grips Spain
Wildfires raged on Thursday across nearly 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares) in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia and fire fighters said the area affected could...
Exclusive: Trade tensions put energy transition at risk – BP chairman
Trade tensions risk throwing the global economy’s transition to greener energy into disarray and could hurt energy companies’ preparations towards it, BP Chairman Helge Lund...
Olympics: Japan’s Yamashita appointed chief as Takeda resigns in graft probe
The Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) picked former Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita as its new chief after the resignation of Tsunekazu Takeda, who is being...
North Korea says time running out for talks as U.S. envoy due in South
Time is running out for the United States to formulate a new strategy to revive denuclearization talks, a senior North Korean diplomat said on Thursday,...
China says North Korea’s Kim is committed to denuclearize: South Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping told South Korean President Moon Jae-in that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s commitment to denuclearization remained unchanged, South Korea’s presidential...