Swiss regulator tapped to lead German financial supervisor
BERLIN — Germany's finance minister announced Monday that he has chosen the head of Switzerland's market regulator, Mark Branson, to lead the troubled German...
German lawmaker dies after collapsing on flight home
<p>BERLIN — A lawmaker with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has died after collapsing on a plane during a flight home to Germany.</p>
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German government welcomes probe into virus protest policing
BERLIN — The German government on Monday welcomed a decision by state authorities to examine the police response to a weekend anti-lockdown protest during...
Cabinet formation talks in Lebanon collapse amid crisis
<p>BEIRUT — Talks on the formation of a new Cabinet in Lebanon collapsed Monday, heralding more economic and financial collapse for the small Arab...
Cyber attack tied to China boosts development bank’s chief
MIAMI — The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the...
Spain, again, orders culling of hundreds of cattle on a ship
MADRID — Only weeks after hundreds of cattle were slaughtered in an eastern Spanish port after being deemed unfit for commercial purposes, Spain has...
Palestinians expand vaccination campaign after UN shipment
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Health Ministry began administering the first doses of coronavirus vaccines it received from the global COVAX initiative...
Turkish police detain politician staging parliament sit-in
<p>ISTANBUL — Turkish police have detained a prominent pro-Kurdish party politician who was staging a days-long protest in parliament.</p>
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Italian minister meets Libya’s new Tripoli government
<p>CAIRO — Italy’s top diplomat on Sunday became the most senior western official to travel to Libya after an interim government took power in...
Acclaimed Egyptian feminist Nawal Saadawi dies at age 89
CAIRO — Nawal Saadawi, a renowned Egyptian feminist, psychiatrist and novelist, whose writings have stirred controversy for decades in an overwhelming conservative society, died...