German finance minister Scholz ready to seek SPD leadership: spokeswoman
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has told interim leaders of his Social Democrats (SPD) that he would be ready to run for the leadership of...
British policeman killed investigating burglary, PM Johnson shocked
British police launched a murder investigation after an officer was killed in southeast England, the latest in a spate of violent crimes that has forced...
Stocks gain on stimulus hopes but still head for third losing week
World stocks rose on Friday as expectations grew of further stimulus by central banks, offsetting worries about slowing economic growth, which intensified this week as...
Trump intervention triggered EPA’s surprise biofuel waiver decision: sources
A phone call from U.S. President Donald Trump last week ended a nearly two-month-long review of the nation’s biofuels program, three sources familiar with the...
Deere cuts full-year earnings forecast after profits miss estimates
Deere & Co.’s third-quarter earnings on Friday missed Wall Street estimates, hurt by the U.S.-China trade war that has dented the demand for farm equipment,...
Democrat O’Rourke proposes domestic terrorism agencies to combat hate, gun massacres
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke unveiled a plan on Friday to classify white supremacist violence as an organized crime problem and to create federal domestic...
Greenland tells Trump it is open for business but not for sale
Greenland on Friday dismissed the notion that it might be up for sale after reports that U.S. President Donald Trump had privately discussed with his...
Historic Budapest synagogue to reopen amid Jewish cultural revival
Tamas Irsai was a teenager when he last sang in the choir in Budapest’s Rumbach synagogue during World War Two, before most Hungarian Jews were...
After ban, Israel permits U.S. Rep Tlaib to make humanitarian visit to family in West Bank
Israel decided on Friday to allow U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib – a critic of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians – to visit family in the...
Not for sale: Danish MPs ridicule idea of Trump buying Greenland
Danish politicians on Friday poured scorn on the notion of selling Greenland to the United States following reports that President Donald Trump had privately discussed...