August2021

Grocery chain Aldi said on Monday it is hiring more than 20,000 new workers and raising its wages in the United States as it gets ready for the busy holiday season at a time when retailers...

Saudi Aramco is looking to raise at least $17 billion from the sale of a significant minority stake in its gas pipelines, higher than the $12.4 billion raised from its oil pipeline deal, sources familiar with...

U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they had opened a formal safety probe into Tesla Inc’s driver assistance system Autopilot after a series of crashes involving emergency vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said...

Twitter is making changes to its new redesign, after users complained of headaches and discomfort. Unveiled only last week, the redesign mainly involved high-contrast colours and a custom-designed font, Chirp. At the time, the social network...

House prices have fallen for the first time this year, according to property website Rightmove. It said the average price of property coming to market in August fell 0.3%, a drop of £1,076, to £337,371. That...

Ultra Electronics, a major supplier to the Royal Navy, has agreed to be bought by US-owned Cobham in a £2.6bn takeover being monitored by the UK government. Cobham said it would “offer legally binding and enforceable...

Japan’s economy grew 0.3 percent in the three months to June, slightly more than expected despite a surge in virus cases and new restrictions, data showed on Monday. The growth came after a contraction in the...

Seventy people died and 47 are still missing in Turkey after flash floods hit Black Sea regions last week, officials said on Monday. The death toll has been climbing all weekend as rescue and recovery workers...

Officials in Haiti have verified that at least 724 people have died as a result of Saturday’s strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation. Rescuers are sifting through the rubble in the hope of finding...