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An executive of Russian gas company Novatek, Mark Getvaj, has been arrested in the United States for fraud. The American, who also has a Russian passport, has hidden an amount of 93 million dollars in foreign accounts. If…

The US state of California is introducing a new law that restricts large employers such as Amazon from setting productivity quotas for their staff. It is the first legislation of its kind in the United States. "We cannot allow…

The Chinese real estate group China Evergrande Group says it has reached an agreement with domestic bondholders. This prevents the financially troubled group from defaulting on certain interest payments for now. Evergrande is…

The authorities on the Canary Island of La Palma have had to evacuate more people in the town of El Paso due to a volcanic eruption. Spanish media reports that some 6,000 of the 83,000 people on the island have sought refuge…

Oil and gas group Shell will invest heavily in the production of biofuels for the aviation sector. The company aims to produce 2 million tons of biokerosene annually from 2025 to help aviation reduce emissions. That is a tenfold increase in…

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has been extended by six months. The fifteen members of the UN Security Council have decided that unanimously. The political mission called UNAMA was decided in 2002, a year after the…

Irish airline Ryanair has revised its growth targets upwards. The price fighter aims to grow by 50 percent over the next five years, the company announced ahead of its annual shareholders' meeting. The old target was 33 percent.…

North Korea tested its ballistic missiles this morning. According to the government in Tokyo, they have ended up in Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Eastern Sea. It is North Korea's second missile test in a week, while the country is…

The EU must ensure that people from the LGBTI community can exercise their fundamental rights everywhere, says a broad majority of the European Parliament. It also calls on the daily EU administration (the European Commission) to…

A United Nations donor conference for Afghanistan begins on Monday. Barely a month after the Taliban seized power in the country, the country is in a deepening humanitarian crisis. Afghanistan needs about $600 million by the end of this…