September2024

The opposition-dominated parliament in Senegal was dissolved, according to a Thursday announcement by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who also scheduled fresh parliamentary elections for November 17. “I have dissolved the National Assembly to ask the sovereign...

Microsoft is cutting about 650 more positions from its gaming unit as it continues to tighten its belt following the blockbuster buyout of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard. The elimination of mostly corporate and support...

At least six people, including three Rohingyas, were killed in separate landslides in Sadar upazila and at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of the district in the early hours of today. Three members of a...

Erik ten Hag’s mindset, in Cristiano Ronaldo’s opinion, is excessively pessimistic, and the Manchester United manager should aim for the Premier League title even though his team must “rebuild from the bottom”. Ten Hag and the...

Asian markets mostly rose Friday and the yen sat around nine-month highs after another healthy day on Wall Street as investors gear up for an expected US interest rate cut next week. More data suggesting the...

Severe flooding across West and Central Africa has hit an estimated 4 million people so far this year, many of them children, displacing at least 500,000 people and destroying more than 300,000 homes. The flooding ranges...

In Beijing on Friday, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun told an international assembly of military officials that “negotiation” was the only way to resolve disputes like the battles in Gaza and Ukraine. “Encouraging peace and negotiation...

Europe’s main stock markets rallied at the start of trading on Thursday following strong gains in Tokyo and on Wall Street thanks to big uplifts for tech shares. Investors were awaiting an expected cut in eurozone...

With inflation slowing and the economic outlook darkening, the European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates again Thursday but is unlikely to give much away about its next moves. After raising rates at a...

After two previous sightings this year, the head of the facility announced on Friday that a fresh Javan rhino baby had been discovered in an Indonesian national park, adding to the optimism surrounding one of the...