Politics Mar 29 Credit Suisse violated plea deal with failure to report offshore accounts for clients’ tax evasion, U.S. lawmakers U.S. lawmakers say Credit Suisse violated a plea agreement by failing to report secret offshore accounts that wealthy Americans used to avoid paying taxes.
World Mar 27 Evidence of crimes against humanity in Libya, experts say The investigators commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council also faulted the European Union for sending support to Libyan forces that they say contributed to crimes against migrants and Libyans.
Economy Mar 19 Banking giant UBS announces acquisition of Credit Suisse amid financial turmoil Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking, Swiss President Alain Berset announced on Sunday night.
World Mar 16 Credit Suisse shares soar after European Central Bank offers lifeline Credit Suisse shares surged after the Swiss central bank agreed to loan the bank up to 50 billion francs ($54 billion) to bolster confidence in the country's second-biggest lender following the collapse of two U.S. banks.
World Mar 16 U.N.-backed investigation finds evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine A U.N.-backed investigation has found that Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity.
Economy Mar 15 Credit Suisse shares plunge, drag down European lenders Shares in the globally connected Swiss bank Credit Suisse plunged and dragged down other major European lenders.
World Mar 13 Russia says Moscow is ready to accept wartime grain deal extension A Russian delegation at talks with senior U.N. officials says Moscow is ready to accept an extension to a grain export deal that has helped bring down global food prices amid the war with Ukraine.
World Mar 13 UN seeks extension of deal with Russia that allows food, fertilizer export from Ukraine Senior U.N. officials are hosting Russian envoys in Geneva in a bid to extend an export agreement amid the war with Ukraine and prevent a potential new spike in world food prices.
World Feb 27 U.N. head condemns human rights violations in Ukraine caused by Russia’s invasion U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a speech in Geneva on Monday that the invasion has unleashed widespread death, destruction and displacement.
World Feb 26 Iran foreign minister, senior Russian envoy head to UN’s human rights summit U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will help kick off the latest and longest-ever session of the U.N.'s top human rights body on Monday, with Iran's foreign minister, a senior Russian envoy, and the top diplomats of France and Germany among scores…