Bleak German mood weighs on Europe, Brexit pummels pound
Darkening German investor morale and fresh Brexit woes cast a shadow over European markets on Tuesday, with German benchmark bond yields coming under pressure and...
Dutch appeals court postpones verdict on Crimean gold
A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday postponed its verdict on the ownership of a collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that was on loan to...
Wall Street finds blockchain hard to tame after early euphoria
Two years ago Nasdaq Inc and Citigroup Inc announced a new blockchain system they said would make payments of private securities transactions more efficient. Nasdaq...
Factbox – Blockchain projects: A status update
Banks, exchange operators and other companies are investing billions of dollars to find uses for blockchain, a digital ledger used by cryptocurrencies like bitcoin....
Dozens feared trapped by India building collapse
A four-story residential building collapsed in India’s financial capital of Mumbai on Tuesday (July 16), trapping an estimated 40 people in the rubble, police and...
Italy seizes missile from neo-Nazi sympathisers
Italian police on Monday seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers. Mia Womersley reports....
Samsung, SK Hynix ask Korean firm to boost chemicals supply amid Japanese curbs
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have asked a local supplier to the boost supply of a key chipmaking chemical to guard against any...
Migration from eastern Europe raises German population to record high
Germany’s population reached a record high of more than 83 million people last year, largely because migration, most of which came from eastern Europe, data...
Colombian caught in Spain with cocaine under toupee
A Colombian man was detained at Barcelona’s international airport after half a kilo of cocaine was found hidden under an over-sized toupee, Spanish police said...
Floods worsen in India’s northeast; rare rhinos in danger
Floods in northeast India worsened on Tuesday with incessant rain swelling already raging rivers, inundating villages and a rhinoceros sanctuary as 1,000 soldiers were deployed...