Police in Copenhagen arrested dozens of people over the weekend for riding electric scooters while intoxicated. The force said on Twitter that it had made 24 arrests for drunk driving, and a further four arrests for driving under the influence of drugs. It comes amid crackdowns across several countries in Europe against electric scooters. In […] Read more
Deutsche Bank employees were seen leaving its London offices on Monday after the German lender announced its intent to cut 18,000 jobs by 2022 in a sweeping overhaul of its global business. A number of visibly disgruntled employees were seen leaving, some with A4 envelopes, while a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to […] Read more
North Korea’s mission to the United Nations has accused the U.S. of being “obsessed with sanctions” and “more and more hell-bent on hostile acts” against Pyongyang. North Korea’s delegation to the UN said Wednesday that the country was responding to a letter sent to all UN member states late last month. In it, the U.S. […] Read more
Southwest Airlines expects it will have to remove the grounded Boeing Co 737 Max jets from its flying schedule beyond the current October 1 re-entry date following the discovery of a fresh safety issue, Chief Executive Gary Kelly told employees on Monday. Last week, Boeing said that it would take until at least September to […] Read more
The meeting between Chinese and American leaders in Osaka may have pressed the pause button on their escalating trade war, but pundits on both sides remain doubtful about how long a ceasefire can avert a looming showdown between the two economic superpowers. In a make-or-break meeting on Saturday that stole the limelight at the Group […] Read more
Stocks in Asia Pacific dipped on Friday as investors watched for developments from the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, where U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet amid the ongoing trade standoff. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.29% to close at 21,275.92, with shares of index heavyweight and […] Read more
The Conservative Party must unite under its next leader — whoever that may be — in order to avoid the “threat” of a “hard-left” government led by the Labour party, the U.K.’s international trade minister told CNBC Thursday. “We’ll have to come together (as a party) because the real threat to the United Kingdom’s security […] Read more
More than 500 Wayfair employees signed on to a petition and are trying to rally support for a walkout Wednesday to protest the company’s apparent sale of $200,000 of mattresses to a detention camp for migrant children along the Mexican border. The company sold the mattresses on June 13 to a charity group that works […] Read more
Xi Jinping will be visiting Japan for the first visit since becoming China’s president, when he heads to Osaka this weekend to attend the Group of 20 summit. While Xi got off to a strained start with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the two have made significant progress in turning around their countries’ tense bilateral […] Read more
As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate, President Donald Trump approved military strikes on several Iranian targets — but abruptly pulled back from launching them on Thursday night, The New York Times reported. The Times report, published late Thursday, cited multiple senior administration officials involved in or briefed on the deliberations of the strikes. […] Read more
