U.S. and Russia agree to keep talking after meeting on Ukraine
By Simon Lewis GENEVA -The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a…
By Simon Lewis GENEVA -The top U.S. and Russian diplomats made no major breakthrough at talks on Ukraine on Friday but agreed to keep talking to try to resolve a…
By Elvira Pollina MILAN – Telecom Italia (TIM) on Friday appointed veteran manager Pietro Labriola as chief executive, in a move that could complicate a takeover approach by U.S. private…
By Tim Hepher PARIS -Airbus on Thursday raised the stakes in a dispute with major customer Qatar Airways over grounded and undelivered A350 jets by announcing it had revoked a…
FRANKFURT – Commerzbank on Friday said its fourth-quarter earnings would be impacted by provisions made at its Polish mBank subsidiary but that it would still post a net profit for…
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE – Serbian politicians on Friday blasted environmentalists for forcing them to scuttle Rio Tinto Plc’s proposed $2.4 billion lithium project, warning the move could hurt efforts…
By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday said two years of universal early childhood education and an expanded income tax credit were critical…
-A federal judge in Texas ruled on Friday that President Joe Biden could not require federal employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and blocked the government from disciplining employees who…
WASHINGTON -The U.S. House of Representatives will soon introduce a bill to increase U.S. competitiveness with China and boost federal spending on semiconductors, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday as…
By Arunima Kumar and Liz Hampton – Schlumberger beat expectations with a rise in fourth-quarter profit on Friday as higher crude and natural gas prices drove demand for the world’s…
By Christian Kraemer and Holger Hansen BERLIN -The German government will cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.6% from its October estimate of 4.1%, according to a…
– Hong Kong is permitting airline operators to restart the use of Boeing Co’s 737 Max aircraft in the city’s airspace, its Civil Aviation Department (CAD) said in a directive…
LONDON -Stay-at-home market darling Netflix slumped on Friday, joining a broad decline in shares of other pandemic favourites this week as investors priced in expectations for a return to normal…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -Volkswagen AG agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with Ohio over claims the German automaker violated state laws by manipulating vehicle computer software in its vehicles…
-Louie Anderson, a three-time Emmy Award winner, comedian and game show host, died on Friday morning after a battle with cancer, his publicist told Deadline. He was 68. The star…
By Benjamin Mallet and Florence Tan PARIS -Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corp, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, said on Friday they were withdrawing from the country,…
By Nadine Schimroszik and Supantha Mukherjee BERLIN/STOCKHOLM -Intel still intends to develop European chip manufacturing capacity despite the delayed plans being overshadowed by its announcement on Friday of a more…
By Mrinalika Roy and Manojna Maddipatla -The World Health Organization on Friday recommended extending the use of a reduced dosage of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 5 to 11…
By Fabian Cambero and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO -Chile’s leftist President-elect Gabriel Boric unveiled his Cabinet on Friday, throwing markets and investors a bone by picking current central bank…
By Jonathan Landay and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK -Four Belarusian government officials have been charged in the United States with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last May to…
By Deena Beasley – Alzheimer’s patient groups, disappointed by Medicare’s plan to sharply limit coverage of new drugs for the brain-wasting disease, are planning publicity and lobbying campaigns to protest…
SYDNEY -Britain warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that its allies would stand together to fight for democracy against dictatorships that it said were…
By Balazs Koranyi, Leika Kihara and David Lawder – The world’s biggest central banks, moving in tandem at the height of the pandemic, are set to tighten policy at vastly…
By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON -JPMorgan, Barclays and Deutsche Bank have told staff they can return to the office in England, joining a growing number of banks reopening…
-U.S. federal agencies have been directed to raise the minimum wage for government employees to $15 an hour, according to a new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).…
-More than 8,000 workers at nearly 80 Kroger Co-owned King Soopers stores called off their strike on Friday after reaching a tentative deal with the U.S. retail giant, the United…