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Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX crypto exchange said it is not in talks to acquire Robinhood Markets Inc, after a report https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-27/sam-bankman-fried-s-ftx-seeking-to-buy-robinhood-hood on Monday claimed the exchange was exploring such a deal.

Russian forces shelled central districts of the city of Kharkiv on Monday, hitting apartment buildings and a primary school and killing five people and wounding 22, the regional governor said.

Moroccan authorities have begun prosecuting 65 migrants who joined Friday's mass attempt to cross into a Spanish enclave by storming a border post, leading to the death of at least 23 migrants, a judicial source said on Monday.

A federal judge in California on Monday ordered a new trial on the damages Tesla Inc owes to a Black former factory worker who accused the company of race discrimination, after he turned down a $15 million award.

Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales as economic crisis worsens

The board of directors of Brazil's Petrobras elected Caio Paes de Andrade as its new chief executive on Monday, as a messy management transition at the state-run oil company inches toward conclusion.

Albemarle Corp plans to build a lithium processing plant in the United States that would produce as much of the electric vehicle battery metal as the entire company produces today, a bullish bet on America's all-electric future, an executive said on Monday.

Bitcoin miners have been forced to tap into their cryptocurrency stashes as a plunge in prices, rising energy costs and increased competition bite into profitability.

Leonardo Del Vecchio leaves a business empire worth 27 billion euros ($29 billion), ranging from the eyewear company that was his life's work to the stake in merchant bank Mediobanca he built in his 80s.

Blood and fears as Russian missile hits flats in east Ukraine city

Spain advances transgender rights bill

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak in the next few weeks, U.S.

NATO allies to boost high readiness forces to 300,000

The Italian Treasury is set to guarantee a 2 billion euro ($2.1 billion) bank credit line for Telecom Italia (TIM), three sources close to the matter said on Monday, in a boost to the phone company's turnaround efforts.

Protesters meet Ecuador govt after rejecting fuel price cut

Talks between Ecuadorean indigenous groups and the government continued late on Monday in an effort to secure a deal on demands for deeper cuts to gasoline prices and tighter limits on oil and mining development after two weeks of protests.

Ecuadorean indigenous organizations said on Monday they would meet with the government to discuss demands for lower fuel and food prices which have sparked two weeks of protests, hitting the country's weakened economy and threatening its oil production.

Ecuadorean indigenous organizations said on Monday a 10-cent per gallon cut to gasoline and diesel prices announced by President Guillermo Lasso was not enough to halt two weeks of protests which have hit the country's weakened economy and threatened its oil production.

Citigroup has snapped up one of Deutsche Bank's most seasoned investment bankers to bolster its leadership team in charge of banking, capital markets and advisory (BCMA) in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

'Greenwashing': a new climate misinformation battleground

Turkey's troubled lira rallies on 'backdoor capital controls'

Marie-France Chouffeur, a 52-year old farm worker from a small town in central France, had never voted for the far-right before April's presidential election, when she backed National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen against incumbent Emmanuel Macron.

Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 59, officials said.

Two Russian missiles slammed into a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 50, the regional governor said.

Judges retire to consider verdicts in Paris attack trials

One dead as rare tornado tears through Dutch city

Holders of Russia's external debt, which Washington says is already in default, face unusual circumstances: Moscow has the funds and says it wants to pay but is unable to do so because of sanctions imposed after it invaded Ukraine.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer as the German pharmaceutical and chemical giant tries to avoid potentially billions of dollars in damages.

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Monday pledged to stand with Ukraine "for as long as it takes" by cranking up sanctions on Russia and backing security commitments for Kyiv in a post-war settlement.