Ukraine plans overhaul of citizenship process after Putin’s passport offer
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has ordered an overhaul of the process for granting Ukrainian citizenship, in response to a Russian decree expanding the number of...
Factbox: Will Spain’s Sanchez stay on as prime minister?
Spain enters a week of votes and debates which will be vital in determining whether Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez, who has been acting prime minister...
Hungary’s favorite gardener still digging up new tips as he turns 100
Gyorgy Balint, Hungary’s favorite gardener, turns 100 this month and his advice is more sought after than ever....
Novartis raises full-year targets, aims to settle U.S. lawsuit
Novartis boss Vas Narasimhan raised full-year targets on Thursday and announced that $700 million has been set aside in the hope of settling a decade-old...
Honeywell beats quarterly profit estimates, raises 2019 forecast
Honeywell International Inc on Thursday reported a better-than-expected quarterly earnings and raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts, riding on higher demand for aircraft parts...
Goldman Sachs’ equities-backed earnings results may pressure
Booming stock markets around the globe helped Goldman Sachs Group Inc offset declines in other businesses last quarter, but those gains may not be sustainable,...
GM’s mid-engine Corvette gears up to take on Europeans
General Motors Co was set on Thursday to unveil its newly designed mid-engine 2020 Corvette in a splashy tribute to its emblematic sports car, even...
New Zealand’s Ardern says plight of Pacific Islanders should spur climate action
Climate change is having a real impact on Pacific islanders and that should spur countries to greater action to tackle the problem, New Zealand Prime...
Congolese Ebola victim may have entered Rwanda, says WHO
A woman who died this month of Ebola may have carried the disease into Rwanda, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, a day after...
U.S. general says will work ‘aggressively’ to enable free passage in the Gulf
U.S. Central Command chief General Kenneth McKenzie said on Thursday it was talking to other countries about freedom of navigation in the Gulf and will...