Investing.com – European stock markets retreated Monday, starting the new week on a downbeat note as investors awaited the release of a deluge of corporate earnings as well as policy-setting meetings from both the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve. At 03:05 ET (08:05 GMT), the in Germany dropped 1%, the in France slipped […]

By Barbara Erling and Kuba Stezycki OSWIECIM, Poland (Reuters) – Auschwitz survivors will be joined by world leaders on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp by Soviet troops, in what will likely be one of the last such gatherings of those who experienced its horrors. The

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Gunfire rang out early on Monday across parts of Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo, hours after Rwanda-backed rebels said they had seized the city despite the United Nations Security Council’s calling for an end to the offensive. The recent advance by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel alliance

(Reuters) -Bangladesh’s central bank has hired three “Big Four” accounting firms – EY, Deloitte and KPMG – to audit banks it says lost $17 billion to business people close to the regime of former leader Sheikh Hasina, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing bank governor Ahsan Mansur. In an interview with the newspaper, Mansur

TOKYO (Reuters) – Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management (TSX:) said on Monday it has closed two real-estate investments in Japan worth a combined $1.6 billion. The investments comprise a stake in Tokyo’s landmark Gajoen complex, a mixed-use office, retail and luxury hotel, and a 1 million square foot (93,000 square metre) plot in the

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Monday after U.S. President Trump called on OPEC to reduce prices following the announcement of wide-ranging measures to boost U.S. oil and gas output in his first week in office. futures dropped 53 cents, or 0.68%, to $77.97 a barrel by 0430 GMT after settling up

CHONGQING, China, Jan. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — During the World Economic Forum’s 2025 annual meeting held from January 20-24 in  Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, nearly 3,000 representatives from 130 countries and regions discussed the theme “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age,” exploring topics such as reimagining growth and industries in the intelligent era. SERES Vice President Kang Bo

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security mbbbmlengthy statement. The council urged Rwanda and the DRC to return to talks to achieve peace and address issues related to the presence of Rwanda Defence Forces in the eastern Congo and Congolese support for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).

TOKYO, Jan 27, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – – Anime Tokyo Station is an anime exhibition site focused on Japanese anime content, which has developed a devout fan base even outside Japan. It regularly hosts special exhibitions for popular anime, and attracts over 130,000 visitors a year (as of 2025 January), children and adults alike,

By Liz Lee and Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s manufacturing activity unexpectedly contracted in January, an official factory survey showed on Monday, its weakest since August, keeping alive calls for stimulus in the world’s second-largest economy. The official purchasing managers’ index (PMI) contracted to 49.1 in January from 50.1 in December, below the 50-mark separating