UK watchdog to 'ramp up' checks on how banks assess risks
By Huw Jones LONDON Britain's financial watchdog told banks on Friday it would "ramp up" checks on whether
2023-09-09 00:19
I won't rush India-UK trade deal, says Rishi Sunak
The prime minister is on a visit to India for talks with leaders of the world's biggest economies.
2023-09-08 21:15
Spanish prosecutor files 'sexual assault and coercion' complaint against Luis Rubiales over unwanted kiss on Spain star
The Spanish national prosecutor has filed a complaint against the suspended president of Spain's soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, "for the crimes of sexual assault and coercion against Jennifer Hermoso," according to a press release.
2023-09-08 20:23
'Just respect for a master': Guillermo del Toro wants cinema release for William Friedkin's last film
Guillermo del Toro has called for the 'The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial' to be released in cinemas as a tribute to director William Friedkin - who passed away aged 87 last month.
2023-09-08 17:22
Johnny Kitagawa: J-pop agency's new boss Higashiyama also faces abuse allegations
Noriyuki Higashiyama said he could not recall if he had sexually assaulted juniors at the boyband agency.
2023-09-08 12:29
Category 4 Hurricane Lee 'rapidly strengthening' across Caribbean
Hurricane Lee has intensified to a Category 4 storm and is "rapidly strengthening" as it churns through the
2023-09-08 11:45
Hong Kong hit by widespread flash flooding after heaviest rainfall since 1884
Record-breaking rainfall in Hong Kong caused widespread flash flooding across the financial hub on Friday, with many businesses and schools forced to shut, just days after the city was battered by a typhoon.
2023-09-08 09:57
Regulator sues AustralianSuper over multiple pension accounts
By Roushni Nair The Australian securities regulator said on Friday it initiated a lawsuit against the trustee of
2023-09-08 09:18
Danelo Cavalcante: Family 'terrified' by killer's escape from US jail
The search enters its second week as the fugitive eludes hundreds of police, tracker dogs and aircraft.
2023-09-08 08:28
7 Facts About Hispanic Heritage Month
For more than 30 years, Americans have celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15 each year. Here’s how this annual celebration came to be—and how you can take part.
2023-09-08 03:59
10 Frightening Facts about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’
Learn about Henry James’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’—the classic ghost story that inspired (among many other things) Netflix’s ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor.’
2023-09-08 03:21
More than 800 rescued after extreme flooding in Greece turns villages into lakes
More than 800 people have been rescued over the past two days from severe floods in Greece, local officials said, after extreme rainfall turned streets into deadly rivers, tore down buildings and bridges and left whole villages submerged.
2023-09-08 00:51