Microsoft brightens Wall St. mood as rate cut hopes rise
U.S. stock futures inched higher on Friday as strong results for Microsoft’s cloud business fed into a bullish mood following signs from New York Fed...
South African corruption inquiry adjourned to try to convince Zuma to testify further
South Africa’s deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo adjourned a public inquiry into state corruption on Friday to try to find a way to persuade former...
Shaken or stirred: robotic bartender serves up cocktails for Prague clubbers
For revelers at one Prague megaclub, gone are the days of being squashed at the bar waiting to get a watered-down cocktail....
Nashville’s boom may be a hard act to follow
Nashville is shrugging off it’s one-note reputation as the capital of country music, attracting a major Amazon distribution hub and other investments, but economists question...
Britain and Sweden agree to co-operate on fighter plans
Britain and Sweden agreed on Friday to study air combat co-operation and opened the door to other potential partners in a move that could see...
Old shells recycled as oyster sanctuary to halt decline
Conservationists hope to restore stocks of native European oysters by recycling oyster shells for the first time since the Romans got a taste for the...
Gibraltar extends detention of Iranian tanker to August 15
Gibraltar’s supreme court has granted a 30-day extension to allow authorities there to continue to detain the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 until Aug. 15....
BlackRock second-quarter profit misses estimates
BlackRock Inc , the world’s largest asset manager, missed analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Friday, as investment advisory and securities lending revenue fell and...
EU must be aware of China’s intelligence law when drawing up 5G rules: King
China’s National Intelligence Law, which requires Chinese citizens to support state information-gathering, cannot be ignored by the European Union as it draws up rules to...
Millions of Painted Lady butterflies expected to start arriving in Britain
Millions of butterflies are expected to start arriving in Britain this summer, in a once in a decade phenomenon....