Facebook is to be fined more than €746m (£648m) and ordered to suspend data transfers to the US as an Irish regulator prepares to punish the social media network for its handling of user information. The fine, first reported by ...
PARIS — Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organization for Animal ...
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON — As talks over raising the US government’s $31.4-trillion debt ceiling go down to the wire, Wall Street banks and asset managers have been preparing for the fallout from a potential default. The financial industry has prepared for ...
SAUDI ARABIA’s tab for using icons of western popular culture to enhance its stature and sway on the global stage could soon rise by another nine figures. The kingdom is reportedly willing to pay Argentinian maestro Lionel Messi $400 million-a-year ...
The housing market has enjoyed a delayed spring boost, with sales prices rising at the highest rate so far this year as mortgage rates ease. The average price of properties sold in Britain hit a record £372,894 this month, according ...
Workers in the hospitality industry have reported receiving above-average salary increases last year as the sector struggles with a skills shortage. Hospitality employees received an average pay rise of 9.5 per cent, according to a survey by Caterer.com, a hiring ...
BEIJING – China has issued guidance to all provinces to build a basic elderly care system by 2025, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, in the latest step to prevent a demographic crisis. Who takes care of the elderly in China, where pensions are tiny, is one of the major headaches policymakers face as they deal with ...
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged support for the Pacific Islands at a summit in Papua New Guinea on Monday, with the US Secretary of State scheduled to also meet Pacific leaders and sign a defense agreement with Papua New Guinea. Washington and its allies are seeking to deter Pacific Island nations, which span 40 million square kilometers ...
BEIJING/TOKYO – State-backed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times called the G7 an “anti-China workshop” on Monday, after Beijing summoned Japan’s envoy and berated Britain in a fiery response to statements issued at the weekend G7 summit in Hiroshima. A joint communique issued on Saturday singled out China on issues ranging ...
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet to discuss the debt ceiling on Monday, after the two leaders held a phone call on Sunday as the president flew back to Washington that both ...