Britain’s Princess Charlotte to celebrate sixth birthday
Britain’s royal family released a photograph on Saturday of a smiling Princess Charlotte, one of Queen Elizabeth’s great-grandchildren, the day before the princess celebrates her sixth birthday. Charlotte is fourth in line to the British throne and is the only daughter of Prince William, Elizabeth’s grandson, and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge. In the […]
Thousands of revelers attend Wuhan music festival
Thousands of people attended the first day of the Wuhan Strawberry Music Festival on Saturday. In warm conditions on the first day of a five-day May Day national holiday revelers in the central Chinese city danced, bounced and screamed with delight as some of their favorite acts took the stage. The festival was making a […]
Buffett says Berkshire “not competitive” with SPACs on deals
Warren Buffett on Saturday compared the buying frenzy by special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, to gambling with other people’s money and said their activity has made it tough for his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N), to compete on deals. Berkshire Hathaway has $70 billion to $80 billion it would “love to put to work,” but […]
N. Korea says Biden policy shows hostile U.S. intent, vows response
North Korea lashed out at the United States and its allies in South Korea on Sunday in a series of statements saying recent comments from Washington are proof of a hostile policy that requires a corresponding response from Pyongyang. The statements, carried on state news agency KCNA, come after the White House on Friday said […]
Indian scientists flag virus mutations that could ‘evade immune response’
Germany to start returning Benin Bronzes from 2022
Germany aims to start returning Benin Bronzes to Nigeria next year, its foreign and culture ministries said, part of a growing trend to return cultural artefacts seized during the colonial era to their places of origin. Britain’s soldiers seized thousands of metal castings and sculptures in 1897 during a raid on the Kingdom of Benin, […]
Famine looms in southern Madagascar, U.N.’s food agency says
Famine is looming in southern Madagascar, where children are “starving” after drought and sandstorms ruined harvests, the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. Amer Daoudi, senior director of WFP operations globally, speaking from Antananarivo, Madagascar, said he had visited villages where people had resorted to eating locusts and leaves. “I witnessed horrific images […]
Barclays, BNP Paribas see equities bonanza outweigh fixed income slide
Barclays (BARC.L) and BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) reported bumper first-quarter profits on Friday, as an equities trading boom offset a slump in demand for fixed income products. The topsy-turvy trading results for two of Europe’s biggest remaining investment banks highlighted how volatile markets amid the global pandemic caused seesawing demand for different asset classes. Barclays’ January-March profit more than doubled […]
The real threat to Chad’s military rulers: unemployed youth
When Neldjibaye Madjissem graduated with a mathematics degree in 2015, he began searching for work as a school teacher. Six years on, he is still looking – and is angry. The 31-year-old blames Chad’s government for lack of work, mismanagement of oil revenues and corruption. No wonder people are protesting on the streets in their […]
Indian shares set to snap 4-day gaining streak, Reliance earnings eyed
Indian shares stepped back on Friday after four straight sessions of gains that set them on course for their strongest week since early-February, with earnings of Reliance Industries, the country’s most valuable company, in focus. The NSE Nifty 50 index (.NSEI) fell 0.78% to 14,778.9 by 0349 GMT, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex (.BSESN) slipped 0.84% to 49,345.57. […]
