CAIRO (AP) — As Houthi rebels closed in, Eshraq Abdel Gelil and her husband fled their home, walking through the mountains before catching a ride to a nearby city. Four months pregnant, she feared another miscarriage. They are among more than 125,000 people who have…
ISACCEA, Romania (AP) — The text alerts blare first, then the blasts arrive. For 48-year-old Robert Marian, who lives in Isaccea, a small Romanian border town in eastern Tulcea County along the Danube River with a crossing into Ukraine, the proximity of Russian drone strikes…
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates unchanged Thursday even though inflation in the United Kingdom has risen to a five-month high as the fallout from the Iran war continues to ratchet up fuel prices. Economists expect a majority…
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European Parliament on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that allowing Canada to become an associate EU member could be a “hostile act.” Trump’s comments raised the stakes for Carney’s speech, which…
By Tassilo Hummel and David Gauthier-Villars Sept 17 – In a June court filing, luxury-goods giant LVMH <LVMH.PA> forcefully denied it had ever tried to acquire shares in rival Hermès <HRMS.PA> from that company’s founding-family heir Nicolas Puech, who alleges he was fleeced of his 6%…
TOKYO, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Japan will continue to strive towards maintaining orderly yen moves through close communication with the United States, its top government spokesperson said on Thursday in the wake of the yen’s renewed slide. The US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike on Wednesday…
ROME, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Italian gunmaker Beretta is set to launch a bid to raise its stake in U.S. peer Sturm, Ruger & Co to 25% from 10% “in the coming hours”, Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Thursday, citing sources close…
JAKARTA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has called for stricter regulations and sanctions against those who use slash and burn methods to clear land, as the country struggles to contain wildfires that have been raging for weeks. Indonesia is battling its most intense…
CHICAGO (AP) — As Pete Crow-Armstrong came up with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, the Wrigley Field crowd chanted “M-V-Pete! M-V-Pete!” — and not for the first time Wednesday night. The fans serenaded the Chicago star after his first home run, his 43rd…
Russia’s parliamentary election features the Kremlin’s main party, United Russia, and nine others that all support President Vladimir Putin’s policies. The only party that dared to oppose the war in Ukraine has been barred from the ballot. The absence of genuine opposition all but assures…
