Fifteen of the 24 defendants tried over Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday bombings were found guilty on Tuesday, while the remaining nine were acquitted and ordered to be released, according to a
China has overtaken Germany as the main provider of goods to Spain during the first quarter of the year, according to government data, marking a significant change in Spain’s external trade hierarchy.
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Newly released documents show that Queen Elizabeth II was “very keen” for Prince Andrew to take on a prominent role in promoting national trade interests, according to a 2000 memo written by
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Radio Caroline, which broadcasts in parts of England, mistakenly declared that King Charles III had died after a computer error activated its “Death of a Monarch” emergency protocol. The station abruptly halted
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A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 2009 crash of flight AF447, which killed all 228 people on board after the aircraft
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Editorial Recent market commentary, including assessments commonly echoed by outlets such as Bloomberg-style currency tracking desks, has described the Sri Lankan rupee as one of the weakest-performing currencies in the region in
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Thousands of people marched in Montevideo and other cities across Uruguay on Wednesday, demanding the full declassification of military archives related to 205 people who disappeared during the civic-military dictatorship from 1973
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The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz entered the Caribbean Sea on May 20, accompanied by its strike group, marking a significant escalation in U.S. military presence in the region. The deployment, confirmed
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An intelligence aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force narrowly avoided a collision with Russian fighter jets over the Black Sea, in what the UK described as a “dangerous” confrontation involving multiple
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The granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, has won the latest edition of Celebrity Big Brother, marking a striking moment in Italy’s ongoing cultural confrontation with its fascist history.
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The Taliban government in Afghanistan has introduced new legislation that effectively permits child marriage for girls as young as nine, drawing widespread condemnation from rights groups and international observers. The law links
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Saudi Arabia has halted the issuance of new contracts for Western consulting firms and delayed certain payments as it moves to tighten control over public spending amid a widening fiscal deficit and
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The Iran war has created what analysts describe as a “golden window” for the internationalisation of the Chinese renminbi, with increased adoption of Beijing’s cross-border financial infrastructure and growing speculation over its
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Global markets may look buoyant on the surface, but beneath the rally Jamie Dimon sees something far more volatile taking shape. Speaking at JPMorgan Chase’s Global China Summit in Shanghai with Bloomberg’s
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More than 160 oil tankers carrying around 160 million barrels of crude oil and petroleum products are currently stranded in the Persian Gulf, highlighting the growing grip Iran is exerting over one
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has filed for a landmark initial public offering that could raise up to $80 billion at a valuation approaching $2 trillion, but the prospectus makes a striking strategic exclusion:
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