July2022

H&M has announced it is leaving Russia but will temporarily reopen its shops there to sell off its remaining stock. The world’s second-biggest clothing retailer said it was “impossible” to continue its business in Russia due...

Police in India’s national capital Delhi have arrested an American woman for allegedly staging her own kidnapping. The 27-year-old woman faked her abduction to “blackmail” her parents into sending money after she ran out of cash,...

Ghana has confirmed its first two cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. It says both patients died recently in hospital in the...

The UK could have its hottest day on record this week, with temperatures forecast to hit up to 41C (106F). At 16:00 BST it was 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk, making this the hottest day of...

Stocks rose in Asia on Monday following a rally on Wall Street in response to data indicating US consumers remained resilient to surging inflation and higher interest rates, easing concerns about a possible recession. Speculation that...

China’s banking regulator has urged lenders to extend more credit to real estate developers, as a growing number of homebuyers withhold mortgage payments on unfinished housing projects across 50 cities. Furious at postponed deliveries of pre-sold...

Inflation in New Zealand rose to a 32-year high of 7.3 percent on-year in the second quarter, according to official figures released Monday. The main drivers were rising fuel, food and housing costs, said Stats NZ,...

On Monday, a teenager who killed 17 people at his old high school in Parkland, Florida, will stand trial. The jury’s decision will determine whether to impose the death penalty or a life sentence. On Valentine’s...

Dhaka is a center for commerce and culture as well as a city known for its hospitality. The first 5-star hotel in Bangladesh was established on July 17, 2003, and for the past 19 years, Hotel...

In Ghana, the deadly Marburg virus was discovered for the first time. Two of the victims have since passed away. According to the nation’s Ministry of Health, bats are how the virus gets into people. Later,...