IBT Staff Reporter

Britain's Go-Ahead said it plans to expand its transport operations and reinstate its pre-COVID-19 dividend policy after a months-long strategic review, lifting its shares on Tuesday.

Gold eased on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar held firm on rising prospects of more sanctions against Russia and possibly bigger interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve to rein in inflation.

The NFT bubble isn't popping, but it may have sprung a leak.

Pakistan's Supreme Court resumed a hearing on Tuesday to decide the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan's attempt to block an opposition bid to oust him, a dispute that has led to political turmoil in the nuclear-armed country.

Pakistan's Supreme Court adjourned until Wednesday a hearing to decide the legality of Prime Minister Imran Khan's blocking of an opposition bid to oust him, a dispute that has led to political turmoil in the nuclear-armed country.

Zelensky calls on world to stop Russia, more atrocities feared

Sri Lanka's parliament will meet on Tuesday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dissolved his cabinet and sought to form a unity government to find a way out of the island nation's worst economic crisis in decades and quell public anger.

At least 41 Sri Lankan lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition on Tuesday, leaving the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a minority in parliament as it struggles with the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

At least 41 Sri Lankan lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition on Tuesday, leaving the government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a minority in parliament as it struggles with the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Dozens of Sri Lankan lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition on Tuesday, leaving President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's government in a minority in parliament as it struggled to quell protests amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked a state of emergency late on Tuesday after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition, leaving his government in a minority in parliament as it struggled to quell protests amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades.

The Japanese government flew 20 Ukrainian refugees into Tokyo on Tuesday in a high-profile show of support for the international effort to help Ukraine by a country that has long been reluctant to take in foreigners.

The Japanese government flew 20 Ukrainian refugees into Tokyo on Tuesday in a high-profile show of support for international efforts to help Ukraine, an unusually warm welcome from a country that has long been reluctant to accept foreigners.

Abramovich: surprise participant in Russia-Ukraine talks

Peruvians on Monday continued a wave of protests against a rapid surge in fuel and fertilizer prices triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as the Andean nation's government moved to try to lower prices.

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo imposed a curfew in the capital, Lima, on Tuesday, banning people from leaving their homes in an attempt to curb protests against rising fuel and fertilizer costs that have spread throughout the country.

Chinese authorities on Tuesday extended a lockdown in Shanghai to cover all of the financial centre's 26 million people, despite growing anger over quarantine rules in the city, where latest results show only 268 symptomatic daily COVID-19 cases.

The euro languished near a one-week low against the dollar on Tuesday amid talk of more sanctions against Moscow following international outrage over Ukraine civilian killings.

The Australian dollar jumped to a nine-month high on Tuesday after the country's central bank signalled higher interest rates were closer, while the euro languished near a one-week low amid talk of more sanctions against Russia.

The Australian dollar jumped to a nine-month high on Tuesday after the country's central bank signalled higher interest rates were closer, while the euro languished near a one-week low, weighed down by the prospect of new sanctions against Russia.

The euro weakened on Tuesday with the Swiss franc and the Swedish crown the winners as French election worries and the chance of more sanctions against Russia unnerved investors.

Commodity currencies rallied in choppy trading on Tuesday led by the Australian dollar, boosted by the prospect of policy tightening by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), while the euro fell on French election worries and the likelihood of more sanctions on Russia over Ukraine.

Russia's latest sovereign bond coupon payments have been stopped, a source familiar with the matter and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Treasury said, putting it closer to a historic default.

The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at U.S.

Facebook owner Meta Platforms briefly restricted hashtags related to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town seized back from Russian forces, a company spokesman confirmed on Monday.

Colombian researchers seek safety for bees in urban jungle

Ecuador banana industry slips over war in Ukraine

Oil futures extended gains on Tuesday as the United States and Europe planned new sanctions to punish Moscow over alleged war crimes by Russian troops in Ukraine, adding to concerns about supply disruptions, while Iran nuclear talks stalled.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the United States and Europe planned new sanctions to punish Russia over alleged war crimes in Ukraine, raising concerns of tighter global supply, while Iran's nuclear talks with world powers stalled.