IBT Staff Reporter

Yellen acknowledges 'some global fallout' from any Russia sanctions

High US inflation 'not acceptable' but recovery on track: Yellen to AFP

The EU welcomed more than 40 African leaders to Brussels on Thursday in an effort to reassert its influence on a continent where China and Russia have made hefty investment inroads, and where many felt let down by Europe's COVID-19 vaccines rollout.

Police issue ultimatum to protesters to leave Canada capital

Liverpool see off spirited Inter to put one foot in Champions League quarters

Podsights helps marketers gauge the effectiveness of their ads, one area that Spotify said has been a major challenge. Chartable provides audience insights that help podcast publishers measure the effectiveness of their growth campaigns.

For NATO members, the most powerful measure against Russia were it to invade Ukraine would be U.S.

The U.S. National Labor Relations Board said Wednesday that Amazon.com Inc and a group of New York workers have agreed tentatively on terms for a union election, and an organizer said the vote would take place late next month.

Spanish agricultural drama 'Alcarras' wins Berlin film fest

Honduran ex-president to remain in custody as US seeks extradition

Handcuffed and shackled, former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrived at his first extradition hearing on Wednesday, where he was met by dozens of boisterous fans as well as emboldened critics who assailed what they called his narco-dictatorship.

Macron hosts African leaders ahead of expected Mali withdrawal

Florida's House of Representatives is expected on Wednesday to pass a ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a measure multiple Republican-led states are pushing as the U.S.

Haiti began a donor conference on Wednesday to raise some of the estimated $2 billion needed for reconstruction in its southern peninsula after an earthquake that killed thousands of people.

The Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Wednesday the arrest of two assistant prosecutors from the Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity (FECI), the latest in a string of detentions of anti-corruption officials.

Police issue warning to protesters to leave Canada capital

Shares of ViacomCBS Inc, rebranded as Paramount Global, plunged 21% on Wednesday to their lowest in over a year, after the media company's earnings miss and its move to ramp up investments in streaming raised questions over its ability to stay profitable.

A draft bill that would ban the wearing of the hijab in sporting competitions will pass on to France's National Assembly after the Senate on Wednesday declined to vote on the legislation.

A draft bill that would "democratise sport" in France passed to the National Assembly after the Senate declined to vote on the legislation.

A unit of Norwegian plant nutrition company Yara International ASA has acquired for an undisclosed sum a 14% stake in Brazilian online farm products trade platform Orbia, majority owned by Germany's Bayer AG.

Russian teenager Valieva set to go for second Beijing Olympic title

Germany to start lifting Covid curbs as Omicron passes peak

Canada's main oil-producing province of Alberta looks set to return to a budget surplus this coming fiscal year, ending seven years of deficit, as surging oil prices swell provincial royalty revenues and provide a boost to Premier Jason Kenney ahead of a spring leadership review.

Britain's Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Bloomberg on Wednesday as judges ruled that a person under criminal investigation has in general a reasonable expectation of privacy until charged, a decision with far-reaching consequences for media reporting.

Inflation estimates for Colombia this year rose and predictions of interest rate rises quickened among analysts polled in a central bank survey.

Meta Platforms Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that he had promoted policy chief Nick Clegg into a larger role to lead on all policy matters, signaling less involvement from Zuckerberg in the area.

Despair, solidarity for Brazil storm victims

The gunman convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man in Georgia, repeatedly used racist language in text messages with friends, and also shared a music video of a white supremacist singer, jurors at his federal hate crimes trial heard on Wednesday.

Carrefour said on Wednesday it was confident about its turnaround after Europe's largest food retailer delivered record free cash flow of 1.23 billion euros ($1.40 billion) and a 7.7% rise in operating profit for 2021.