If Vladimir Putin’s decision to deploy tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine’s border in the past few weeks was driven primarily by a desire to get the west’s attention, he did not have to wait too long for his reward. Hours after his defence minister on Tuesday admitted... Read more
AppLovin, the mobile games company that owns hits such as a Matchington Mansion and Wordscapes, has raised $1.8bn in an initial public offering, giving it a market capitalisation of $28.6bn and making it one of the biggest public debuts of the year. The company, backed by private equity group... Read more
Alissa Resnick and Brett Benhazl’s experience buying a home will sound familiar to many Americans negotiating today’s housing market. The married couple began seriously searching for a property to buy in Austin, Texas, after November’s presidential election. After their first two bids fell through, they were ready to go... Read more
Diana Wong had sent letters of encouragement decorated with animal stickers to each of her class of 11 and 12-year-old students to help get them through the endless online classes of the pandemic. But a new national security curriculum that will take effect in Hong Kong from August has... Read more
China’s National Bureau of Statistics will release its estimate for first-quarter gross domestic product growth on Friday, with banner figures expected one year after the Covid-19 pandemic brought the world’s second-largest economy to a halt. The country recorded a historic year-on-year contraction of almost 7 per cent in the... Read more
A recommendation that Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine should not be used in the US is likely to remain in place for another week after members of a government advisory committee said they did not have enough information to change their advice. Experts on the Advisory Committee for Immunization... Read more
Turkey has released prominent journalist Ahmet Altan after nearly five years in jail on charges relating to a failed military coup, one day after the European Court of Human Rights ruled he had been wrongfully detained. The decision on Wednesday from Turkey’s appeals court comes on the heels of... Read more
The former police officer who shot and killed a young black man in a Minneapolis suburb will be charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter, a prosecutor said. The charges against Kim Potter will be filed in Hennepin County, said Pete Orput, the top prosecutor in neighbouring Washington County, which is... Read more
Kroger Co. KR, -0.89% launched its newest hi-tech fulfillment center on Tuesday, the first facility in the U.S. powered by Ocado Group PLC, a U.K.-based robotics and software company. Located north of Cincinnati in Monroe, OH and spanning 375,000 square feet, the facility, also called a “shed,” has more... Read more
Bernard Madoff, the investment manager who orchestrated the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died, according to US media reports. Madoff, 82, passed away at a federal prison in North Carolina, where he was serving a 150-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2009. A Wall Street legend for his seemingly... Read more