World Feb 21 Germany shooting prompts calls for action against far-right extremism Germany's top security official said authorities would step up the police presence throughout the country and keep a closer watch on mosques and other sites, in a first reaction to the rampage.
World Feb 19 German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people Authorities say a 43-year-old German who posted a rant calling for the "complete extermination" of various races and cultures shot and killed nine people, most of them Turkish.
Economy Feb 14 What negative interest rates mean for businesses and home buyers Ultra-low rates have helped push up stock markets to record highs, as vanishing returns on safe assets lead to a search for returns elsewhere.
World Jan 01 Global air crash deaths fall by more than half in 2019 The To70 consultancy said Wednesday that 257 people died in eight fatal accidents in 2019. That compares to 534 deaths in 13 fatal accidents in 2018.
World Dec 12 European Central Bank chief says economic slowdown is stabilizing ECB head Christine Lagarde said that recent economic indicators are “weak overall” but “point to some stabilizing in the slowdown of of economic growth.”…
Economy Dec 06 OPEC nations and Russia agree to cut oil output to lift prices The nations have agreed to cut their crude production by an extra 500,000 barrels a day.
Economy Sep 04 Incoming European Central Bank head defends low interest rates During hearings in the European parliament Wednesday, Lagarde said the job requires both a commitment to the basic mandate to keep prices stable and the "agility" to come up with new ways to meet unforeseen trouble.
Nation Sep 02 Global stocks mixed after U.S. and China increase tariffs U.S. stock and markets were closed for the Labor Day holiday, draining some of the energy from global trading. Benchmarks in London, Paris and Shanghai advanced. Tokyo and Hong Kong declined.
World Aug 25 Best G-7 can do for global economy: just don’t make it worse The global economy craves a double shot of confidence right now but the best that leaders of the Group of Seven can offer is a less intoxicating cocktail: not making things worse.
World Aug 24 G-7 summit in France a test of unity among world leaders Efforts to salvage consensus among the G-7 rich democracies frayed Saturday in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's unpredictable America-first approach even before the official start of the summit in southern France.