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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Husqvarna cools on 2019 margin after chill dents lawn mower demand
Husqvarna , the world’s biggest maker of garden power tools such as robotic lawn mowers, blamed cold weather for a fall in second-quarter sales and...
Ryanair halves 2020 growth plans on Boeing MAX delays
Ryanair has slashed its growth plans for next summer, blaming delays in deliveries of Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX jet, lifting the shares of rival airlines...
Von der Leyen lays out cards to EU lawmakers ahead of vote
Germany’s Ursula von der Leyen sought on Tuesday to win over skeptical European socialist and liberal lawmakers to back her as European Commission president, laying...