London, Oct. 3, (dpa/GNA) – British alcoholic beverage maker Diageo said on Tuesday that it has launched and priced a $1.7 billion bond offering.…
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Spain unemployment logs unexpected increase
Madrid, Oct. 3, (dpa-AFX/GNA) – Spain’s unemployment registered an unexpected increase in September due to the weakness in the service sector, data from the…
US payment provider Visa to invest $100m in generative AI
New York, Oct. 3, (dpa/GNA) – US payments provider Visa announced on Monday it will invest $100 million in companies developing generative artificial intelligence…
Trading in shares of Chinese property giant Evergrande resumes
Beijing, Oct. 3, (dpa/GNA) – Trading in the shares of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande resumed on Tuesday in Hong Kong after a temporary…
Tupac Shakur: Sister calls new murder charge ‘pivotal moment’
Sept 30 (BBC/GNA) – The charge of a former gang leader with the murder of Tupac Shakur 1996 is a “pivotal moment”, the late…
Tupac Shakur: Duane Davis charged with 1996 murder of rapper
Sept 29 (BBC/GNA) – US police have charged a former gang leader with the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, a breakthrough in a…
One dead after second gas explosion in Turkey in two days
Istanbul, Sept 29, (dpa/GNA) – A 68-year-old woman was killed in a gas explosion on Friday, in a six-storey residential building in Turkish capital…
Pilot dead after helicopter downed over storm-hit Greek island
Athens, Sept 29, (dpa/GNA) – A day after a helicopter overflying the storm-hit Greek island of Evia went down, the body of the pilot…
Bomber kills 54 at Pakistan rally marking prophet Mohammed’s birthday
Islamabad, Sept 29, (dpa/GNA) – At least 54 people were killed in south-western Pakistan on Friday, when a suicide bomber targeted a procession to…
Stoltenberg, in Kiev, sees progress in Ukrainian counteroffensive
Kiev, Sept. 29, (dpa/GNA) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev on Thursday during his second visit to Ukraine…
Ukrainian president, NATO chief meet on cooperation, rapprochement
KIEV, Sept. 29 (Xinhua/GNA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Thursday met with Secretary-General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, to discuss cooperation and rapprochement between…
Croydon stabbing: Our hearts are broken, Elianne Andam’s family says
London, Sept. 28, (BBC/GNA) – A vigil has been held for 15-year-old Elianne Andam, who was fatally stabbed on her way to her south…
2nd BREIP conference held in Shanghai on Wed. to build bridge for global economic information connectivity
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua/GNA) – The Second Conference of the Belt and Road Economic Information Partnership and 2023 Shanghai Entrepreneurs Conference for the Belt and RoadHigh-quality Development…
Six-time Olympic luge champion Geisenberger ends her career
Berlin, Sept 25, (dpa/GNA) – Six-time Olympic luge champion, Natalie Geisenberger of Germany, has said she is retiring from the sport at age 35.…
Ukrainian special investigator calls for help with prosecution
Kiev, Sept. 25, (dpa/GNA) – The Ukrainian special investigator for the documentation of war crimes, Gyunduz Mamedov, has called for international support in prosecuting…
US Abrams tanks arrive as Kiev claims Black Sea Fleet scalp
Kiev/Moscow, Sept. 25, (dpa/GNA) – The first US Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, as Kiev also claimed…
Kiev reports destruction of Russian ammunition depot
Kiev, Sept. 25, (dpa/GNA) – There was a large explosion on a factory site in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine on Monday.…
Iran foils 30-explosion terrorist plot targetting capital: ministry
TEHRAN, Sept. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) – The Iranian intelligence has foiled a terrorist plot, targetting multiple crowded places here in the Iranian capital, and arrested…
Russia puts more ICC judges on its wanted list
Moscow, Sept. 23, (dpa/GNA) – Russia has put additional judges and high-ranking officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on its wanted list. The…