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US Prez Biden issues first veto, defending Labor Department 'ESG' rule

The Labor Department rule ended a Trump-era ban on managers of retirement plans considering factors such as climate change or pending lawsuits when making investment choices

Silicon Valley Bank successor's auction extended by FDIC for potential deal

The bidding process for the successor of Silicon Valley Bank is being extended by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to give more time to work out a potential deal

Putin welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kremlin amid Ukraine war

Putin welcomed Chinese leader Xi Jinping to the Kremlin on Monday, in a visit that sent a powerful message to Western leaders allied with Ukraine that their efforts to isolate Moscow have fallen short

Donald Trump's call for protests get muted reaction from supporters

Some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap

N Korea launches latest missile simulated nuclear counterattack on S Korea

North Korea said it simulated a nuclear attack on South Korea with a ballistic missile launch over the weekend that was its fifth missile demonstration to protest the joint military exercises

Jinping to meet Putin in boost for isolated Russian leader amid allegations

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in Ukraine

To calm turmoil, UBS to buy Credit Suisse in $3.25 billion rescue deal

Banking giant UBS is buying troubled rival Credit Suisse for almost $3.25 bn, in a deal orchestrated by regulators in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in the global banking system

Joe Biden calls Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu with judicial plan 'concern'

Netanyahu said Sunday the legal changes would be carried out responsibly while protecting the basic rights of all Israelis

New York Community Bank to buy failed Signature Bank in a $2.7 bn deal

The deal will include the purchase of $38.4 billion in Signature Bank's assets, a little more than a third of Signature's total when the bank failed a week ago

Nations approve major UN science report on climate change amid conflict

Governments gave their blessing on Sunday to a major new UN report on climate change, after approval was held up by a battle between rich and developing countries over emissions targets

West Bank shooting attack casts shadow over Israel-Palestinian talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no mention of the summit in his weekly Cabinet meeting

Fight between countries over emissions targets holds up UN climate report

The report by hundreds of the world's top scientists was supposed to be approved by government delegations Friday at the end of a weeklong meeting in the Swiss town of Interlaken

Israeli PM Netanyahu urges military chief to contain reservist protest

Starting Sunday, more than 700 elite officers from the Air Force, special forces, and Mossad said they would stop volunteering for duty

Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Founders of colour unite in a WhatsApp group

In the hours after some of Silicon Valley Bank's biggest customers started pulling out their money, a WhatsApp group of startup founders who are immigrants of colour ballooned

As US-S Korea conduct military drills, N Korea launches missile into sea

Japan says North Korea has launched a suspected missile toward the sea

UN commission calls for efforts to close the gender digital divide

The U.N.'s premiere global body fighting for gender equality on Saturday called for wide-ranging efforts to close the gap between men and women in today's technology-driven world

Strong earthquake of 6.8 magnitude kills at least 13 in Ecuador, 1 in Peru

Ecuador's government also reported damages to healthcare centres and schools. President Guillermo Lasso said he would travel on Saturday to El Oro

Facing arrest warrant, Russia's Putin visits annexed Crimea Rains, high

Russian President Vladimir Putin travelled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's annexation from Ukraine on Saturday

West puts spotlight on North Korea rights abuses; China, Russia oppose

The United States, its Western allies and experts shone a spotlight on the dire human rights situation and increasing repression in North Korea at a UN meeting that China and Russia denounced

Violent protests erupt in France over Macron's retirement age push

Angry protesters took to the streets in Paris and other cities for a second day on Friday, trying to pressure lawmakers to bring down French President Emmanuel Macron's government