Top court to rule on British PM Johnson’s suspension of parliament
Britain’s top court met on Tuesday to consider whether a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend parliament until shortly before the date for...
Factbox: Will Supreme Court force British PM Johnson to recall parliament?
Britain’s Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday about whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit was illegal....
Taliban attacks kill 30, Afghan leader unhurt as bomb hits rally
Taliban suicide attackers killed at least 30 people in Afghanistan on Tuesday, their deadliest bombing taking place near an election rally by President Ashraf Ghani,...
AB InBev braves HK turmoil with second Asia IPO attempt, seeking up to $6.6 billion
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV will kick off a second attempt to spin off its Asian business in Hong Kong with the launch on Wednesday of an...
Oxycontin maker Purdue begins bankruptcy in push to settle opioid lawsuits
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP is expected in court on Tuesday to lay out its plan for using bankruptcy to resolve more than 2,600 lawsuits...
Saudi Aramco pursues IPO planning despite attack damage doubts
Saudi Aramco is pressing ahead with its listing plans this week, although some investors and analysts doubt it can now meet its timeline as it...
Trial of Tepco executives over Japan’s Fukushima disaster heads to conclusion
A Tokyo court will hand down a verdict later this week on whether three Tokyo Electric Power executives are liable for the 2011 Fukushima disaster,...
Spanish center-right leader seeks meeting with acting PM to break deadlock
The leader of Spain’s center-right Ciudadanos party has requested a meeting with acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to try to break a political deadlock and...
Conservative leader tells Sanchez will vote against him as PM: source
The leader of Spain’s main opposition People’s Party, Pablo Casado, told Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez in a telephone conversation on Tuesday his party would oppose...
ECB’s Villeroy tells Facebook that Libra faces tough scrutiny
European Central Bank board member Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Tuesday that “stablecoins” like Facebookâs Libra highlight gaps in rules and the media giant’s...