IBT Staff Reporter

Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations are due to sign a deal next week aimed at resuming Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports, but U.N.

Russian, Ukrainian and Turkish military delegations met with U.N.

Pacific looks to international court for help on climate

Malik al-Dowaish was arrested this month following years of campaigning for the release of his father, who was himself detained in 2016 after he gave a sermon seen as critical of the Saudi Arabian royal family, two sources familiar with the matter said.

Consumers are cutting back on chocolate due to the cost of living crises in Europe and the United States, according to new data and comments from executives at the world's biggest chocolate companies.

Investing based on environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) principles became a $35 trillion industry on the back of a long run-up in stocks that lasted from 2009 until the start of this year.

Russia and Ukraine near grain deal in first talks since March

Film fest to frontline: Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov

Sri Lanka's turmoil explained

Barely hours after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hundreds of people were demanding the resignation of the prime minister as well and fighting street battles with security forces, some armed with assault rifles.

When farmer Rita Tolu saw "a big black wave storming across the horizon and taking over the fields" in April, she knew that little of her dried fodder and alfalfa crops would be left in the following days.

End of the line for Sri Lanka's 'Terminator' president

Chad's official creditors are expected to agree on Wednesday a debt restructuring strategy that includes contingencies based on oil prices and participation of private creditor Glencore, a person familiar with the plans said.

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak won the biggest backing from Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday in the first vote to choose who will succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister, while two more rivals were eliminated.

Conservative lawmakers will vote on Wednesday to narrow the field of eight candidates hoping to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and prime minister, in an increasingly fractious contest marked by the hopefuls trading barbs.

Scandinavian airline SAS and unions representing striking pilots were unable reach a collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday, with negotiations to resume on Thursday as a crippling strike will enter its 11th day.

Scandinavian airline SAS and unions representing striking pilots resumed talks over a new collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday as the walkout entered its 10th day.

Former bosses of Fukushima operator ordered to pay $97 billion damages

UK Tory leadership contenders spar over tax in first TV debate

The wealth management arm of Swiss bank Pictet Group is buying Chinese equities again more than 18 months after it shunned the asset class, joining other foreign investors dipping back in as they bet on improving economic prospects and less regulatory intervention.

Shares in debt-laden EDF were suspended on Wednesday as the French government prepares to detail its plans to fully nationalise Europe's biggest nuclear power operator.

The French government will announce by July 19 details of its plans to take full control of power group EDF, it said on Wednesday, as trading in the utility's shares was suspended to keep the price in check.

China's exports rose at the fastest pace in five months in June as factories revved up after the lifting of COVID lockowns, but a sharp slowdown in imports, fresh virus flare-ups and a darkening global outlook pointed to a bumpy road ahead for the economy.

Spain's Cellnex said on Wednesday it was withdrawing its offer for a stake in Deutsche Telekom's towers business, paving the way for a competing bid from a consortium led by KKR to secure the estimated 18 billion euro ($18.02 billion) deal.

Britain's J D Wetherspoon warned of losses this year as costs for labour, repairs and marketing eat into its bottom line, and said 'natural beer drinkers' belonging to an older population were staying away from pubs, hurting its sales.

South Korea vows probe of 2019 North Korean repatriations

Britain's economy grew unexpectedly in May, driven by a rise in doctor appointments but also broader demand for things such as holidays, according to data that could reassure the Bank of England about its plans to keep on raising interest rates.

Britain's economy grew unexpectedly in May, driven by a rise in doctor appointments and demand for holidays, according to official figures that could reassure the Bank of England about its plans to keep on raising interest rates.

The U.S. dollar's rampant surge may finally force corporate America to wake up to a brewing earnings recession.