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Palestinian Christians are reviving their seasonal public celebrations, hoping to bring light and holiday spirit at the end of a gloomy year in the West Bank. Source link
BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg on scene of Moscow car bombingA Russian general has been killed in a car bombing in Moscow, officials have said.Russia’s Investigative Committee said Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov died on Monday morning after an explosive device planted under a car detonated.Sarvarov, 56, was the head of the armed forces’ operational training department, the committee added.It said one theory being investigated was that the bomb was planted with the involvement of Ukrainian intelligence services. Ukraine has not commented.Sarvarov died in hospital as a result of his injuries, the committee said, adding it had opened an investigation into…
Uber and Lyft are both planning to launch driverless taxi trials in London in 2026, in separate partnerships with Chinese tech giant Baidu.The move reinforces the UK’s role as Europe’s leading testbed for commercialising robotaxis, fuelled by the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 which provides a legal framework for driverless car liability. It also sets the scene for the competing trials between US and Chinese autonomous giants for the first time in a European capital, following Alphabet-owned Waymo’s recent start of supervised tests in London. Image: Lyft’s boss, revealed the trials would use Apollo Go RT6 vehicles that are “purpose-built for…
Donald Trump has sparked a renewed disagreement with Denmark after appointing a special envoy to Greenland, the Arctic island he has said he would like to annex.Trump announced on Sunday that Jeff Landry, the Republican governor of Louisiana, would become the US’s special envoy to Greenland, a semi-autonomous part of the Kingdom of Denmark.Writing on social media, the US president said Landry understood how “essential Greenland is to our national security” and would advance US interests.Greenland’s prime minister said the island must “decide our own future” and its “territorial integrity must be respected”.The move angered Copenhagen, which will call the…
Bondholders for one of China’s biggest real estate developers extended a grace period to negotiate a delayed repayment of a $285 million bond. Source link
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said Monday he will summon the U.S. ambassador to Denmark for a conversation about President Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.”I’m deeply upset about the appointment and the statement, which I find completely unacceptable,” Løkke Rasmussen told Danish media TV2 in an interview Monday morning. He added he hoped a meeting could take place today or tomorrow.Since starting his second term as president, Trump has repeatedly said that the U.S. needs the resource-rich Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, for security reasons. He has refused to rule out the use of…
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Muslim co-workers accused the garment factory worker of blasphemy and dragged him into the street, where an angry mob murdered him. Source link
A spokesman for the Nigerian government said that the “remaining” students from a Catholic school had been freed, but the Diocese said only that a “second batch” had been released. Source link
President Javier Milei is eliminating barriers to what had been a closed-off economy, moving in the opposite direction of his main political ally, President Trump. Source link
A Venezuela-bound vessel fled after rebuffing an attempt by the Coast Guard to seize it, the latest twist in the escalating U.S. pressure campaign against the Maduro government. Source link
French cheeses displayed in a store in Paris. Bertrand Guay | Afp | Getty ImagesChina announced tariffs of up to 42.7% on dairy products from the European Union Monday, following the results of an anti-subsidy investigation that began in August 2024. In a statement by the country’s Ministry of Commerce, China said that EU subsidies for dairy products had caused “substantial damage” to China’s domestic dairy industries. The tariffs are set to take effect on April 23, the ministry said, and the rates would be determined by the amount of “ad valorem subsidy rates” from the Customs Tariff Commission.Tariffs range from 21.9%…
The Indian rupee moved in a narrow band on Monday as steady interbank dollar bids blunted positive cues from improved risk appetite globally. Wong Yu Liang | Moment | Getty ImagesThe lack of progress on the U.S.-India trade deal, compounded by persistent outflows in foreign funds, has weighed on the rupee this year, making it Asia’s worst-performing currency.The world’s fifth largest economy could see its currency drop to 92 against the dollar by end-March, Nomura and S&P Global Market Intelligence forecast, with any strengthening largely hinging on a trade deal with the U.S. The rupee was last trading at 89.6…
New Delhi, India – March 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon witness the exchange of MOUs during the joint press statement at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 17, 2025. The India Today Group | The India Today Group | Getty ImagesIndia and New Zealand on Monday announced a free trade deal that will make a majority of the goods trade between the two countries duty free. The trade pact, which will be reviewed after one year, will be signed in the first half of next year.”This historic agreement eliminates and reduces tariffs on 95%…
A Baidu Apollo RT6 robotaxi during Baidu’s Apollo Day in Wuhan, China, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesChinese tech giant Baidu has announced plans to bring robotaxis to London starting next year through its partnerships with Lyft and Uber, as the UK emerges as a growing autonomous vehicle battleground.The announced collaborations will bring Baidu’s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles to the British capital through the Uber and Lyft platforms, the companies said on their respective social media accounts. Lyft’s testing of Baidu’s initial fleet of dozens of vehicles will begin in 2026, pending regulatory approval, “with plans…
The US Coast Guard is in “active pursuit” of another vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region continue to escalate.US authorities have already seized two oil tankers this month – one of them on Saturday. Sunday’s pursuit related to a “sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion”, a US official said. “It is flying a false flag and under a judicial seizure order.”Washington has accused Venezuela of using oil money to fund drug-related crime, while Venezuela has described the tanker seizures as “theft and kidnapping”.US President Donald Trump last week ordered…
US and Ukrainian envoys say “productive and constructive” talks have taken place in Miami, but there still appears to be no major breakthrough in efforts to end Ukraine’s war with Russia.Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, issued a joint statement with the top Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem Umerov, after three days of meetings with European allies.The pair said the meeting focused on aligning positions on a 20-point plan, a “multilateral security guarantee framework”, a “US Security guarantee framework for Ukraine” and an “economic & prosperity plan”. Separate talks have been taking place in Miami between the US and the Russian envoy,…
The market seems to be content, for now at least, to keep betting big on AI.While the value of some companies integral to the AI boom like Nvidia, Oracle and Coreweave have seen their value fall since the highs of the mid-2025, the US stockmarket remains dominated by investment in AI. Of the S&P500 index of leading companies 75% of returns are thanks to 41 AI stocks. The “magnificent seven” of big tech companies, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple and Tesla, account for 37% of the S&P’s performance. Such dominance, based almost exclusively on building one kind of AI…
Guy Delauney Balkans correspondentAFP via Getty ImagesZagreb’s Christmas market was voted the best in Europe three years in a rowChristmas markets are not just tradition across Europe, they are big businesses that give cities a huge economic boost every December. For Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, it is an effective way of attracting tourists outside of the country’s main summer season.The words “tourism” and “Croatia” are likely to conjure visons of sparkling Adriatic vistas during the hottest months of the year.Tourism accounts for more than a fifth of the economy of this Balkan country, and it is keen to encourage…
BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. The PBOC serves as the country’s central bank, overseeing monetary policy, financial regulation, and currency issuance. (Photo by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChina’s central bank kept its loan prime rates steady on Monday, even as the world’s second largest economy has seen weak economic data and an extended slump in its property sector. The People’s Bank of China kept its 1-year and 5-year loan…
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were set to climb Monday as investors look toward benchmark lending rate decisions coming out of China later in the day. The one-year rate influences most new and outstanding loans, while the five-year benchmark affects mortgages.Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.54% in early trade.Japan’s Nikkei 225 futures pointed to a stronger open, with the futures contract in Chicago at 50,565 and its counterpart in Osaka at 50,330, compared…
U.S. forces had boarded a different tanker on Saturday. The actions signaled a crackdown on such vessels. Source link
A week after gunmen killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration, hints of political divisions and anti-immigration rhetoric emerge in Australia. Source link
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