Russian gas cut to Europe hits economic hopes, Ukraine reports attacks on coastal regions
KYIV - Russia said it will cut gas supplies to Europe from Wednesday in a blow to countries that have backed Ukraine, while missile attacks in Black Sea coastal regions raised doubts...
Live from New York: Bishop robbed of jewelry during livestreamed sermon
NEW YORK - New York City police on Monday were hunting for thieves who burst into a Brooklyn church and brazenly stripped a bishop of the jewelry he was wearing while he was...
Crypto exchange Coinbase faces SEC probe over securities – Bloomberg News
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating whether Coinbase Global Inc improperly let Americans trade digital assets that should have been registered as securities, Bloomberg News reported...
Pakistan’s digital ID card locks out millions
LAHORE - After three years of repeated attempts to get her digital national identity card, Rubina - a woman from the Pakistani city of Karachi - decided to take her...
Walmart ‘train wreck’ profit warning sends shares down 10%
NEW YORK - Top US retailer Walmart Inc on Monday slashed its profit forecast as surging prices for food and fuel prompted customers to cut back on discretionary purchases, and its shares slid 10% in trading after...
Myanmar executes 4 democracy activists
MYANMAR’s military junta on Monday said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out “terror acts” in the Southeast Asian nation’s first executions in decades, sparking widespread condemnation.
Bavarian Nordic monkeypox vaccine wins EU approval
OSLO — Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the European Commission had given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last week by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Musk denies ‘romantic’ affair with Google co-founder Brin’s wife
TESLA, INC. boss Elon Musk said late on Sunday on Twitter that he and Google co-founder Sergey Brin remain friends and denied a report that he had been involved in an affair with Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan.
Record number of COVID-hit Australians in hospital as Omicron surges
SYDNEY — The number of Australians admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 hit a record of about 5,450 on Monday, official data showed, as the spread of highly contagious new Omicron sub-variants strains the healthcare system nationwide.
China Belt & Road spending dips in H1, with no investment in Russia —...
SHANGHAI — China’s finance and investment spending in Belt and Road countries fell slightly in the first half compared to a year earlier, with no new coal projects and investments in Russia, Egypt, and Sri Lanka falling to zero, new research showed.
China’s population expected to start to shrink before 2025
HONG KONG — China’s population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official.
‘God, give us rain’ — Romanian monastery prays for end to drought
DRAGANESTI-VLASCA, Romania — Iulia Coleasa, an 81-year-old who relies on her small plot for food, traveled 15 kilometers in searing heat to a monastery in southern Romania on Sunday to join a service praying for rain.