Global stocks hover as weak European data, trade anxiety offsets U.S. jobs boost
Global stocks were a little changed on Monday as broadly positive U.S. jobs data quelled some fears about an economic slowdown, but nervousness over U.S.-China trade talks persisted and more…
At least two die, 22 rescued from migrant boat off Sicily
At least two people died when a boat carrying dozens of migrants sank off the coast of the island of Lampedusa, south of Sicily, Italy’s coastguard said on Monday. The…
Saudi Arabia working on removing Sudan from U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list – tweet
Saudi Arabia is working on removing Sudan from the United States’ list of state sponsors of terrorism, a foreign ministry tweet said on Sunday. The tweet comes following a visit…
Pope installs 10 new cardinals to set future direction of church
Pope Francis installed new cardinals on Saturday, putting his stamp on the future of the Roman Catholic Church with men who share his vision for social justice, the rights of…
PayPal becomes first member to exit Facebook’s Libra Association
U.S. payments processor PayPal Holdings Inc said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member…
EU to urge G20 regulatory response on Facebook’s Libra, calls for tech tax reform
Facebook Libra European Union finance ministers will tell their counterparts at a G20 meeting in mid-October that a global regulatory response is needed to “stablecoins” such as Facebook’s Libra,…
FBI director warns Facebook could become platform of ‘child pornographers’
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that Facebook’s proposal to encrypt its popular messaging program would turn the platform into a “dream come true for predators and child pornographers.” Wray,…
Facebook says it removed several accounts from Indonesia, UAE, Nigeria, and Egypt for “coordinated inauthentic behavior”
Facebook Inc has announced it removed hundreds of pages, groups and accounts on its platforms for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” linked to three operations in Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt,…
U.S. committee seeks to interview Boeing engineer on safety of 737 MAX
A U.S. panel has asked Boeing Co to make an engineer available for an interview after reports that the worker filed an internal ethics complaint on 737 MAX’s safety and…
Khashoggi memorial to be held outside Saudi consulate where he died
Jamal Khashoggi’s friends, rights activists and press freedom groups will hold a memorial in Istanbul on Wednesday outside Riyadh’s consulate, where the Saudi journalist was murdered. The event on the…