Denmark suspends economic crime prosecutor
Denmark’s prosecution service said on Thursday that the state prosecutor for serious economic and international crime, Morten Niels Jakobsen had been suspended until further notice....
Carolina Coast Braces for Flooding, Hazards From Dorian – TIME
Carolina Coast Braces for Flooding, Hazards From Dorian TIME Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it threatens landfall in the Carolinas CNN Deadly...
New Italian coalition sworn in, seen bolstering EU ties
A new Italian government was sworn into office on Thursday, with the pro-European Democratic Party (PD) flanking the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in an unlikely alliance...
Russia’s Putin: need wider G7-style group, with China, India, Turkey
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ready to host a meeting of the G7/G8 group of nations, and would welcome a...
Putin rebuffs call by Japan’s Abe to sign World War Two peace treaty
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday that Tokyo’s military ties with the United States and many other issues made...
South Africa acknowledges ‘Afrophobia’ partly to blame for violence against foreigners
South Africa’s Foreign Minister acknowledged on Thursday that prejudice against people from other African countries was one of the causes behind deadly attacks on foreign-owned...
Sinochem unit discussing blockchain platform with Shell, Macquarie: sources
Sinochem Energy Technology Co Ltd, a subsidiary of state oil and chemicals firm Sinochem Group, is in talks with Royal Dutch Shell and Macquarie Group...
Nordea names former Handelsbanken boss as new CEO
Finland’s Nordea on Thursday named Frank Vang-Jensen, head of personal banking at the Nordic region’s biggest bank, as its new chief executive, who pledged to...
Leaving Bahamas devastated, Dorian regains strength to crawl up U.S. coast
Hurricane Dorian left stretches of the Bahamas looking as if they had been carpet bombed, and was regaining strength as it crawled up the U.S....
Turkey, Volkswagen close in on production plant deal: sources
Turkey is increasingly confident German carmaker Volkswagen will build a production plant in the country after an “extremely positive” meeting between a senior company official...