Canada’s banking regulator has temporarily seized the assets of Silicon Valley Bank’s lone Canadian branch after the financial institution collapsed. U.S. banking regulators were forced on Friday to urgently close…
Governments to vet crucial UN climate science report
PARIS – Diplomats from nearly 200 nations and top climate scientists begin a week-long huddle in Switzerland on Monday to distil nearly a decade of published science into a 20-odd-page…
German airports face fresh disruption as staff plan pay strike
FRANKFURT – German airline passengers faced disruption on Monday, with scores of flights cancelled at Berlin airport as ground staff went on strike over pay. Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen airports…
Pope Francis marks 10th anniversary with Mass and podcast
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis marked 10 years as head of the Roman Catholic Church on Monday by celebrating mass with cardinals in the chapel of the Vatican’s Santa Marta…
Fierce fighting raging for centre of Bakhmut: Ukraine, Wagner
KYIV – Fierce fighting was raging for control of the centre of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, the longest-running and bloodiest battle of the war, the Ukrainian military and the Wagner…
British PM Sunak rules out law change for return of Greek Parthenon marbles
SAN DIEGO – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ruled out changing a law which prohibits the British Museum handing the Parthenon marbles permanently back to Greece. The law states the…
Biden meets Australian, British leaders in California on subs pact
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden will meet with the leaders of Australia and Britain at a California naval base on Monday for an expected announcement of a nuclear submarine…
Spiralling dispute with star host puts BBC’s reputation on the line
LONDON – As an English soccer star, Mr Gary Lineker was renowned for having never been penalised with a yellow or red card in his 16-year career. As a politically…
Paris Olympics planners sweat over opening ceremony
PARIS – The unprecedented opening ceremony planned for the 2024 Paris Olympics, just 500 days away, promises to be both spectacular and a serious security headache, with the arrangements still…
Record-strength cyclone Freddy displaces hundreds in second Mozambique landfall
JOHANNESBURG – Cyclone Freddy displaced hundreds of people as it battered central Mozambique on Sunday after making landfall for a second time in a month, breaking records for the duration…