Investors piled into bonds in the past week and pulled billions of dollars from U.S. and European stocks as they sought safety in assets seen as less risky in times of economic uncertainty, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) said on Friday. The bank’s report, based on EPFR data which...

Denmark's Danske Bank, caught up in a massive money laundering scandal, said Friday its 2018 earnings plunged nearly 30 percent and promised tighter controls to prevent any further regulatory lapses. Net profit came in at 15 billion kroner (2 billion euros) for the year, down 28 percent...

 The United Steelworkers union (USW) and Shell Oil Co reached a tentative agreement on Thursday that sources familiar with the deal said would boost pay by 11 percent over three years for 30,000 U.S. refinery, chemical plant and pipeline workers. Workers represented by the USW will...

The number of rape and sexual offence complaints made to French police "rose sharply" in 2018, according to figures published Thursday by the interior ministry. Rape complaints increased almost 17 percent while sexual assault complaints jumped by around 20 percent, the statistics...

Three Americans hailed as heroes for thwarting a jihadist attack on a train between Amsterdam and Paris were officially welcomed as French citizens on Thursday in a ceremony in the US state of California. Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone, all aged 26, "risked their lives...

Estonia’s push to become a digital society has left it vulnerable to dirty money and sanction breaches, the country’s top banking regulator has warned. The Baltic state took center stage in one of the largest-ever money laundering scandals last year - the Estonian branch of Danske Bank...

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday forecast first-quarter sales below Wall Street estimates, warning that new regulations in India had created uncertainty around one of its key growth markets and saying it would step up investments in 2019. Shares of the company fell 5 percent to $1,635 after...

This Bud’s for you. At least, that is what Anheuser-Busch InBev hopes as it strives to reach more than 100 million U.S. TV viewers during Sunday’s Super Bowl, promoting vintage brands such as Budweiser and Bud Light. The world’s largest brewer will not say how much it is...

U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc said it will start taking orders in China on Friday for a lower-priced version of its Model 3 vehicle, whose price will start at 433,000 yuan ($64,300.56). Tesla, which is building a factory in Shanghai, said in a statement that it will start selling a...

Nayib Bukele is favored to win El Salvador's presidency when voters head to the polls on Sunday, as the country grapples with violence, corruption, poverty and an exodus of migrants seeking to reach the United States. El Salvador is one of the most violent countries in the world, the three...

Amy Spiro is one of many Israeli journalists who recently received a direct message on her Twitter account linking to a sensational news story. The sender, using the Jewish-sounding name "Bina Melamed", directed her to a fake story falsely alleging former Israeli defence minister Avigdor...

The United States and China said their trade war negotiations resulted in major progress as the clock ticks on a March deadline to avert a massive escalation of tariffs that could bruise the global economy. US President Donald Trump hailed "tremendous progress" and welcomed a "beautiful"...

Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank reported Friday a 2018 bottom line in the black for the first time in four years, with a cost-cutting drive delivering results even as revenues fell. The firm reported 267 million euros ($305 million) net profit, compared with a loss of 751 million in...

Pakistan on Thursday dismissed allegations by the U.S. that Islamabad was providing shelter to the terrorist groups on its soil. Earlier this week, U.S Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats in a threat assessment report to the Senate repeated Washington’s longtime claim Islamabad...

Credible pressure needs to be put on Myanmar so that the country develops a favorable environment for the Rohingya to return home, said Bangladesh’s foreign minister on Thursday. AK Abdul Momen made the remarks on Thursday in a meeting in the capital Dhaka with Earl Robert Miller, the U.S....

The death toll from the bursting of a tailings dam at an iron ore mining complex in southeastern Brazil has risen to 110, local media reported Thursday, citing officials. Another 238 people were said to be missing while 71 victims of the disaster have been identified. The dam, owned by...

At least 24 al-Shabaab militants were killed in a U.S. airstrike in central Somalia on Wednesday, according to the U.S. military. The airstrike hit near Shebeeley in the central region of Hiran, said a statement by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). “At this time, it was assessed no...

More than 3,000 additional troops will be deployed to the U.S.'s southern border with Mexico, defense officials told CNN on Thursday. The additional forces will be joining the 2,300 troops already stationed there and will fulfill a request made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

A U.S. federal court in Washington, D.C., late yesterday found the Syrian government culpable in the 2012 killing of Marie Colvin, a correspondent for the U.K. newspaper Sunday Times, and ordered the government to pay US$302.5 million to her family, AFP reported today. According to the opinion,...

Venezuela's self-proclaimed acting president Juan Guaido ruled out the possibility of civil war in his country, saying the overwhelming majority of his compatriots wanted Nicolas Maduro to step down. In an interview to Spain's El Pais newspaper published Thursday, Guaido repeated an appeal...