SINGAPORE — Russia’s weekend backtrack from a United Nations (UN)-brokered deal to export Black Sea grains is likely to hit shipments to import-dependent countries, deepening a global food crisis and sparking gains in prices. Hundreds of thousands of tons of ...

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA — Brazilian leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated President Jair Bolsonaro in a runoff election, but the far-right incumbent did not concede defeat on Sunday night, raising concerns that he might contest the result. The ...

New research has revealed that women are missing out on a potential £599 billion – which is greater than the GDP of Switzerland – in what has been dubbed the Gender Investment Gap. The survey found that there are an ...

Michael Gove says that HS2 could be scaled back as Rishi Sunak targets big infrastructure projects in his attempts to save £50 billion. The levelling-up secretary suggested the high-speed rail line linking London, Manchester and Birmingham could have its budget ...

One in three key workers are on the brink of quitting their jobs in a “mass exodus” that would cause public services to crumble, unions have warned. The Trades Union Congress said about 1.8 million public sector workers such as ...

British politicians have called on Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to sever ties with its main sponsor, AIA, as they accused the club of “collaborating with supporters of human rights abuses in Hong Kong”. The Chinese company AIA Group, Asia’s largest ...

SYDNEY – The United States is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an air base in northern Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) reported on Monday, a move which could further inflame tensions with Beijing. Dedicated facilities for the bombers will be set up at Australian ...

SEOUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Young people flocking to Seoul’s popular Itaewon district on Saturday for the first virtually unrestricted Halloween festivities in three years instead found themselves caught up in a deadly crush that killed at least 153 people. The crowd of partiers, some still in their teens and many clad in Halloween costumes, ...

SEOUL – South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday promised a thorough investigation into the Halloween crush over the weekend that killed more than 150 people in the capital and plunged the country into a week of mourning. Officials said the death toll had risen overnight to 154 with ...

Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world’s most influential social media platforms. “Whole verification process is being revamped right now”, Musk said in his tweet without giving more details. Twitter TWTR.N is ...