Germany set to remove green power hurdles at next cabinet meeting
Germany is set to seal deals to remove two stumbling blocks to Berlin hitting its target for green energy to reach 65% of production by...
World shares stem losses, oil gains as fresh lockdown fears fade
Global shares pared losses on Friday while oil prices reversed course and edged higher as fears of fresh lockdowns of economies to combat the coronavirus...
Futures climb after Wall Street’s worst day in three months
U.S. stock index futures surged about 2% on Friday, pointing to a quick rebound for Wall Street from its biggest one-day dive in about three...
Governor of Japan’s capital and rival to PM to seek new term
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, whose support has surged with her efforts against the coronavirus, said on Friday she would run for a second term as...
Malaysia PM paves way for year-end snap poll: report
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is preparing for snap election by the end of the year, Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper said, as he seeks a...
‘Stop buying social peace at our expense’, French police tell government
French police marched in protest along the Champs Elysees boulevard to the interior ministry in Paris on Friday, accusing the government of scapegoating law enforcement...
Churchill statue and war memorial boarded up before London protests
A statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill opposite parliament and the Cenotaph war memorial in central London were boarded up on Friday for...
‘Absurd and shameful’ that Churchill statue is at risk of attack, says UK PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was “absurd and shameful” that a statue of Winston Churchill was at risk of attack by...
EU regulators to decide on Alstom, Bombardier deal by July 16
EU antitrust regulators have set a July 16 deadline for a decision on whether to clear French TGV high-speed train maker Alstom’s bid for Bombardier...
Turkey arrests journalist for revealing state secrets: lawyer
A Turkish court jailed a prominent opposition journalist from an online news outlet pending trial on accusations that she revealed state secrets in two articles...