Australia’s central bank signals more tightening ahead after hiking rates to decade high
Sydney Reuters — Australia’s central bank raised its cash rate by 25 basis points to a decade-high of 3.35% on Tuesday and reiterated that further increases would be needed, in a more hawkish policy tilt than many had expected. Wrapping up its February policy meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia More...
Diesel prices fall in Europe despite ban on Russian fuel
London CNN — Europe’s ban on Russia’s diesel arrived painlessly on Sunday. Although the EU cut off its biggest supplier, diesel futures prices in the More...
Britain’s NHS was once idolized. Now its worst-ever crisis is fueling a boom in private health care
London CNN — Tens of thousands of nurses and nearly 12,000 ambulance workers went on strike Monday over pay and working conditions in the biggest walkout in the 75-year More...
Landmark national security trial of Hong Kong democracy activists begins. Here’s what you need to know
Hong Kong CNN — Some were seasoned politicians and veteran protest leaders. Others were academics, unionists and health care workers. They hailed from different generations More...
Pervez Musharraf: Pakistan’s former president dies in Dubai
Islamabad CNN — Pakistan’s former President General Pervez Musharraf has died in Dubai after a prolonged illness at Dubai American Hospital, according to a statement More...
Iran pardons or commutes sentence of ‘large’ number of prisoners, state media reports
CNN — Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual amnesty, state media reported Sunday, although it is unclear More...
She used hidden cameras to help students cheat exams. Now she’s wanted by Interpol
CNN — Think “international manhunt” and the image that likely springs to mind is that of a hardened criminal like a murderer, bank robber or billion-dollar fraudster More...
Chile wildfires leave at least 22 people dead, officials say
CNN — At least 22 people have died in connection with widespread forest fires in south-central Chile, according to government officials. Interior Minister More...
Pope Francis pleads for peace as he meets South Sudanese people displaced by war
Juba, South Sudan CNN — Pope Francis called for peace on Saturday as he met a group of several hundred South Sudanese people internally displaced by war at an event More...
There’s a sense that another turning point is approaching in Russia’s war in Ukraine
CNN — Russia’s mass mobilization, looming offensive and missile-borne terror against civilians is triggering fresh calls for even greater Western lethal aid to More...