Bulgarian soccer chief quits in racism row
The president of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) stepped down on Tuesday after the prime minister urged him to quit following racist abuse from Bulgarian...
Wall Street opens higher on upbeat start to earnings
U.S. stocks opened higher on Tuesday, as strong earnings reports from JPMorgan Chase, UnitedHealth and Johnson & Johnson allayed concerns about the fallout from a...
Goldman profit falls short on weak underwriting, M&A advisory
Goldman Sachs Group Inc missed Wall Street’s estimates for quarterly profit on Tuesday as global economic worries dampened appetite for deals and share sales....
Germany plans steeper-than-expected tax hike on short flights: official
Berlin plans to increase taxes on short-haul flights by more than 5 euros, an official at the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday, a larger tax...
UK queen attends service for Westminster Abbey’s 750th anniversary
Queen Elizabeth attended a service at London’s Westminster Abbey on Tuesday to mark 750 years since King Edward the Confessor’s original church on the site...
Dozens rescued from chains at Nigerian Islamic ‘school’
Nigerian police said on Monday that they had rescued 67 men and boys from a purported Islamic school in northern Nigeria, where they were shackled...
Wall Street headed higher on strong earnings start
Wall Street was set to open higher on Tuesday, as strong earnings reports from JPMorgan Chase, UnitedHealth and Johnson & Johnson allayed concerns about the...
Banks reap $1 billion from U.S. mortgage bond trading boom
Global banks earned $1 billion from trading government-backed U.S. mortgage securities in the first half of 2019, data shows, a fivefold increase on last year...
Kosgei among 11 nominees for female athlete of the year
Kenya’s marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei was one of 11 nominees for the IAAF female athlete of the year, athletics’ governing body announced on...
Dutch police discover family locked away for years on farm
Dutch police acting on a tip-off discovered six young adult siblings who had apparently spent years locked away in a secret room in an isolated...