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Glencore posts $2.6 bn loss and suspends dividend
While the Swiss-based firm remained profitable on an operating basis -- $1.5 billion in adjusted earnings before interest and taxes -- it booked impairment charges of $3.2 billion.
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Lebanon gives investigating committee four days to find culprits: minister
"This morning, a decision was taken to create an investigative committee which in four days maximum must provide a detailed report on responsibility -- how, who, what, where? There will be judicial decisions," he told Europe 1 radio.
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France's Macron leaves for Lebanon: presidency
The French president was to meet "all political actors" including President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hassan Diab in the devasted city.
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Hiroshima marks 75 years since atomic bombing in scaled-back ceremony
The city said the significance of the anniversary of the bombing that killed 140,000 people before the end of 1945 had prompted its decision to hold the ceremony despite the spread of the virus, but taking strict precautions.
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Facebook, Twitter pull Trump posts over coronavirus misinformation
The post contained a video clip, from an interview with Fox & Friends earlier in the day, in which Trump claimed that children are “almost immune” to COVID-19.
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'State, what state?' Lebanese together in solidarity and rage
The blast killed more than 100 people, wounded thousands and compounded public anger that erupted in protests last year against a government seen as corrupt and inefficient.
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Fauci expects tens of millions of coronavirus vaccine doses at start of 2021
Fauci said there could be a billion vaccine doses available by the end of 2021, and that he is hopeful the world could get past the pandemic that has claimed more than 700,000 lives worldwide by then.
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Beirut reels from huge blast as death toll climbs to at least 135
An official source familiar with preliminary investigations blamed the incident on 'inaction and negligence', saying 'nothing was done' by committees and judges involved in the matter to order the removal of hazardous material.
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Europe ramps up controls fearing second virus wave
Europe remains the hardest hit region with 211,603 fatalities, but the number of deaths is rising fast in Latin America, with 206,835 recorded.
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US slaps sanctions on leading Zimbabwe businessman
The move against Kudakwashe Tagwirei comes days after Zimbabwe thwarted protests called by a small opposition party over graft and a slumping economy.
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Instagram adds video clips in challenge to TikTok
'Reels' lets users record videos of up to 15 seconds and provides tools for editing, audio and effects, according to the Facebook-owned company.
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TikTok takes steps to curb misinformation ahead of US election
TikTok said it would expand partnerships with PolitiFact and Lead Stories to fact-check potential misinformation about the election. It will also allow users to report vote-related misinformation on the app, the company said in a blog post.
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Large sports crowds 'unrealistic' this year, says WHO
WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said it could be 'disastrous' in such circumstances to allow the return of sports matches with tens of thousands of people attending.
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'Do you really need to party?' WHO asks world's youth
The proportion of those infected aged 15-24 has risen three-fold in about five months, WHO data shows.
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ANALYSIS: Lebanon blast lays bare cost of a weak state
A health emergency created by the coronavirus pandemic may now be followed by a wider humanitarian crisis following the fatal blast in Beirut.
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Nobel laureate John Hume laid to rest in N.Ireland
He was an architect of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, which largely ended three decades of violence that killed 3,500 people.
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Modi enjoys twin triumphs for India's Hindu nationalists
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took centre stage Wednesday at a ceremony laying the foundations for a temple at a flashpoint holy site exactly a year after imposing direct rule on Muslim-majority Kashmir - twin triumphs for his Hindu nationalist government.
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Biden unveils quarter-billion-dollar campaign advertising blitz
The new Biden ad reservations, which include $60 million allocated to digital ads, would exhaust all of the $242 million his campaign reported having available to spend last month
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France sends rescuers, equipment to Lebanon
The planes will leave from Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris around midday (1000 GMT) to arrive in Beirut late afternoon with 55 civil security personnel on board, it said.
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Thousands evacuated as forest fires rage in southern France
The fires have ravaged about 1,000 hectares of vegetation and are threatening residential areas and campsites near the coast, the fire service said.
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BMW losses almost $800mn as sales slide during lockdowns
The German manufacturer of BMWs, Minis and Rolls-Royces, said deliveries had begun to recover, including in China, but the rebound would not be enough to make up for the shortfall in sales lost to the pandemic.
