Sberbank, Mail.ru to set up Yandex.Taxi rival as Russia’s internet booms
Russia’s Sberbank and internet firm Mail.ru said on Thursday they would invest up to 64 billion roubles ($1 billion) in a new joint platform for...
Spain’s Sanchez to face confirmation vote without key support
Spanish acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez looked all but certain to lose a parliamentary confirmation vote on Thursday after coalition talks with far-left Unidas Podemos...
Special Report: A Cloudspotters’ Guide to Climate Change
A path of trampled grass leads up the hill to St. Helen’s, the only church on Lundy Island. Near its doors, a stray lamb nibbles...
Britain set to endure hottest-ever day in European heatwave
Temperatures in Britain are set to reach their highest-ever levels on Thursday as northern Europe baked in a heatwave for the second time in a...
Nuclear talks in doubt as North Korea tests ballistic missiles, envoy cancels trip
North Korea test-fired two new short-range ballistic missiles on Thursday, South Korean officials said, its first missile test since its leader, Kim Jong Un, and...
U.S. Democrats and Republicans can’t even agree on the weather: Reuters/Ipsos
Only 200 miles separate Michael Tilden and Miranda Garcia in rain-soaked Iowa. But they are worlds apart when it comes to their opinion of the...
Futures muted after mixed bag of earnings
U.S. stock index futures struggled for direction on Thursday as a clutch of earnings reports again pointed to a slowing global economy, while holding up...
Nissan to cut 12,500 jobs as crisis deepens after profit wipe out
Nissan Motor Co unveiled its biggest restructuring plan in a decade, axing nearly a tenth of its workforce and flagging possible plant closures to rein...
Hershey reports 38% rise in second-quarter profit
Chocolate maker Hershey Co reported a 38% rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by price hikes and lower raw material costs....
Tunisia’s Essebsi, leading figure in democratic transition, dies
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the north African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency...