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…
World Feb 09 UN declares ‘The Year of Millets’ to address global food insecurity With concerns about war, drought and the environment raising new worries about food supplies, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization has christened 2023 as the "Year of Millets" — grains that have been cultivated in all corners of the globe…
World Jan 20 Ukrainian grain ship inspections decreased by half since October Inspections of ships carrying Ukrainian grain and other food exports have slowed to half their peak rate under a U.N.-brokered wartime agreement.
World Jan 19 Germany faces pressure to provide tanks for Ukraine as Zelenskyy frustrated on weapons Germany faces mounting pressure to supply battle tanks to Kyiv and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is airing frustration about not obtaining enough weaponry as Western allies confer on how best to support Ukraine nearly 11 months into Russia's invasion.