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Published by Reuters By Alun John and Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares tracked Wall Street gains on Thursday after the U.S. central bank raised interest rates by 50 basis points but sounded a less hawkish tone than some had feared, lifting investor sentiment and sending the dollar lower. Crude prices, meanwhile, shot

Published by Reuters UK BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s cartel office said on Wednesday it had classified Meta Platforms Inc as a “company with outstanding cross-market importance for competition”, meaning Facebook-owner will face new rules in the country. Under legislation introduced by German lawmakers in early 2021, the state regulator can ban practices at such companies

Published by Al-Araby Russia’s foreign ministry accused Israel on Tuesday of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, escalating a row that began when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Israel said on Monday Lavrov’s comment was an “unforgivable” falsehood that tried to minimise the horrors of the Holocaust – the slaughter of

Published by Al-Araby Israeli forces reportedly shot machine guns at Palestinian crop farmers and animal herders in Gaza on Tuesday. Troops stationed in watch towers in Israel but near Khan Yunis province in Gaza’s south fired at the Palestinians as they worked, official Palestinian news agency Wafa said. The agricultural workers fled the “heavy… gunfire”

Published by Reuters UK By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s prime minister offered talks on Wednesday with protesters calling for the government to step down over its handing of an economic crisis as the opposition threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against it in parliament. The island nation of 22

Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – Twitter Inc said on Sunday that Elon Musk rejected its offer to join the social media firm’s board, a dramatic turn in a week when the billionaire became its biggest shareholder, and it warned of more drama with “distractions ahead”. Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal said in a note

Published by Al-Araby Shehbaz Sharif was set Monday to become Pakistan’s new prime minister, but the country still faces months of political crisis with ousted premier Imran Khan vowing disruption from the wings. Khan was dismissed Sunday after losing a no-confidence vote, paving the way for an opposition alliance that faces the same issues that

Published by Reuters By Natalia Zinets (Reuters) – More than 30 people were killed and over 100 were wounded in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station in east Ukraine on Friday as civilians tried to evacuate to safer parts of the country, the state railway company said. It said two Russian rockets had

Published by Reuters UK By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – Dozens of Chinese firms have built software that uses artificial intelligence to sort data collected on residents, amid high demand from authorities seeking to upgrade their surveillance tools, a Reuters review of government documents shows. According to more than 50 publicly available documents examined by

Published by DPA After several days of hesitation, Austria has joined several European countries and expelled Russian diplomats. Three members of the Russian embassy in Vienna and a diplomat from the consulate general in Salzburg will have to leave the country, a spokeswoman for Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg announced on Thursday. “The people have taken