China slams NBA in dispute over free speech
Chinese state media slammed the NBA on Wednesday saying it is peddling in a “secessionist pipe dream” escalating an ongoing dispute between Beijing and the...
Nordic banks agree to fund common payment service
Six of the Nordic region’s biggest banks have agreed to invest in pan-Nordic instant payment system P27, aiming to integrate payment services in the region...
Turkish military, Syrian rebels to enter Syria ‘shortly’: Erdogan aide
Turkish forces and Syrian rebel allies will push into Syria “shortly”, a Turkish official said on Wednesday, in an operation world powers fear could open...
Turkish incursion into Syria has not begun: officials
A planned Turkish incursion into northeast Syria has not begun, but final preparations are being made and the deployment of troops and equipment has been...
Hundreds of black-clad activists chant ‘Liberate Hong Kong’ outside High Court
Hundreds of black clad pro-democracy demonstrators outside Hong Kong’s High Court on Wednesday chanted “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”, as a leading activist...
Thousands rush to climb Australia’s Uluru ahead of ban
Thousands of people are rushing to climb Australia’s Uluru, ignoring the calls of indigenous people to stay off what they consider a sacred monolith, before...
Shell still has appetite for Mideast investments, says CEO
Royal Dutch Shell has no intention to change its plans to invest in the Middle East, Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said on Wednesday...
Oil steadies as U.S.-China tensions offset supply concern
Oil prices traded flat on Wednesday as fading hopes for progress in U.S.-China trade talks pressured the market by raising uncertainty about global economic growth,...
Global stocks struggle as hopes fade for trade and Brexit deals
European stocks steadied on Wednesday, but sentiment remained fragile as negotiations for a Brexit withdrawal deal seemed all but dead and the U.S.-China trade dispute...
Multinationals face heftier tax bills under OECD proposals
Governments will get more power to tax big multinationals doing business in their countries under a major overhaul of decades-old cross-border tax rules outlined on...