Business
Macron and Putin have first phone call in over two years
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have spoken on the phone for the first time in more than two…
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Business
Algeria sentences French sports journalist to seven years' imprisonment
French journalists' unions on Tuesday called on Algeria to release a French football writer who has been jailed for seven years for…
Business
Liberian president killed in coup gets state funeral after 45 years
Liberia's former President William Tolbert is having a symbolic reburial, 45 years after he was murdered during a coup and his body…
Business
Barcelona records the hottest June in over 100 years as a heat wave grips Europe
PARIS (AP) — Barcelona has recorded its hottest month of June since records started over a century ago, Spain’s national weather service…
Beauty
NYC Pride Was the Year’s Best Party (as Usual), and Photographer Ryan McGinley Was on Hand to Capture It All
Given the swiftness with which the second Trump administration has targeted trans health care—and myriad other aspects of queer and trans…
Business
French sportswriter sentenced to 7 years for 'glorifying terrorism' in Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A French journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer…
Fashion
Amal Clooney Just Brought Back the Shoe Trend That's Been Losing Relevance for Years
Seemingly half of Hollywood has decamped to Italy for the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, but George and Amal Clooney were not…
Culture
Japan’s NTT files billion-dollar Reit listing with MAS; IPO set to be SGX’s biggest in four years
Japanese telco Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is spinning off some of its data centres into a Singapore-listed real estate…
Culture
Info-Tech Systems launches IPO at S$0.87 apiece, marks SGX’s first mainboard listing in two years
Software services provider Info-Tech Systems has launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 24,856,000 shares at S$0.87 each, in…
Style
The Shrewdly Regenerative Apocalypse of “28 Years Later”
Perhaps because cannibalism comes with the territory, the zombie movie has proved uncommonly immune to a certain strain of critical…
Business
Deal or no deal? Zimbabwe still divided over land 25 years after white farmers evicted
A quarter of a century after their land was seized during a chaotic land reform programme that made global headlines, a small group of…
Beauty
A Summer Kick-Off From Telfar, Who Celebrated 20 Years in Business With a Comeback Show
Telfar, the brand, and Telfar, the designer, have always moved at their own pace. On Saturday night, Telfar Clemens summoned friends,…
Culture
OCBC says ‘no intention’ to convert Great Eastern Class C non-voting shares to ordinary shares in five years
OCBC exit offer is final; it does not plan to launch another offer in the foreseeable future OCBC said it has “no intention” to convert…
Business
South African engineers freed after two years in Equatorial Guinea jail
Two South African engineers have returned home after spending more than two years in jail in Equatorial Guinea on what the UN has called…
Business
Russian activist who helped Ukrainian refugees jailed for 22 years
A Russian activist who helped Ukrainians flee Moscow’s invasion has been sentenced to 22 years in prison on charges of treason and…
Business
10 years after Europe's migration crisis, the fallout reverberates in Greece and beyond
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — Fleeing Iran with her husband and toddler, Amena Namjoyan reached a rocky beach of this eastern Greek island along…
Beauty
All of Kate Middleton’s Trooping the Colour Looks From Across the Years
On Saturday, Kate Middleton made her long-awaited return to public life, after stepping back from the spotlight earlier this year while…
Business
Nigeria pardons activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 30 years after execution
Nigeria's president has pardoned the late activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, 30 years after his execution sparked global outrage. Along with eight…
Business
Czech court sentences Colombian to 8 years for arson attack which officials think is tied to Russia
PRAGUE (AP) — A court in the Czech capital sentenced a Colombian national to eight years in prison on Monday for an arson attack and…
Culture
Private assets giant Brookfield expects alternative investments to replace public markets in 25 years
Bruce Flatt, the billionaire chief executive officer of Toronto-based Brookfield, is understandably bullish on the prospects of…
Business
Russian forces closing in on Sumy city three years after Ukraine forced them out of region
Russian military units appear to be within 18 miles (29km) of the city of Sumy, three years after Ukraine forced them out of the northern…
Business
Drought, rising prices and dwindling herds undercut this year's Eid al-Adha in North Africa
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Flocks of sheep once quilted Morocco’s mountain pastures, stretched across Algeria’s vast plateaus and grazed…
Culture
Procter & Gamble to cut 7,000 jobs over two years in new restructuring plan
Procter & Gamble said on Thursday (Jun 5) it would cut 7,000 jobs, or about 6 per cent, of its total workforce over the next two years, as…
Culture
STMicro to cut 5,000 jobs in next 3 years, says CEO
STMicroelectronics expects 5,000 staff to leave the company in the next three years, including 2,800 job cuts announced earlier this year,…