HONG KONG — ByteDance, the Chinese technology firm behind TikTok, is preparing to launch a new employee share buyback program that will value the company at over $330 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. The buyback, expected to begin in the autumn, will offer current employees $200.41 per share—an increase of 5.5% from […]
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Since Friday, 11 civilians have been killed and more than 90 wounded, according to the authorities. Schools and energy infrastructure also were damaged. The Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine was the most affected, with the town of Kostiantynivka particularly hard hit. Six other regions – Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia – were also […]
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TOKYO — Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa abruptly canceled a scheduled visit to Washington on Thursday, citing unresolved technical issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Japan trade agreement. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed the decision, stating that “certain points required further technical discussion” during coordination with U.S. officials. The trip was intended […]
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BERLIN — German banks halted PayPal transactions worth more than €10 billion this week after a failure in the company’s fraud-checking system allowed suspicious direct debits to bypass standard security protocols, according to reporting by Süddeutsche Zeitung. The disruption occurred when PayPal’s fraud detection filters were either fully or partially disabled, resulting in a surge […]
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BRUSSELS — Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary has confirmed that Boeing will deliver 25, 737-8200 aircraft by October 2025, significantly ahead of the previously scheduled timeline of spring 2026. The accelerated delivery was announced during a press briefing in Brussels, where O’Leary expressed satisfaction with Boeing’s improved production pace. “The quality of what they’re delivering […]
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The report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and children’s agency (UNICEF) issued as World Water Week gets underway, highlights persistent gaps in access, with vulnerable communities facing the greatest disparities. Some 2.1 billion people still lack access to safely managed drinking water, while 106 million worldwide are forced to rely on untreated surface sources. “Water, […]
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Unveiled on Wednesday, it creates new opportunities for work, education and family reunification, while strengthening migration governance and placing migration at the heart of stability and economic development. It is being led by Iraq’s ministry for migration and the displaced, with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Government of the […]
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“Today the world looks on in horror as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues to deteriorate to levels not seen in recent history,” said Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, speaking from Jerusalem. He began by focusing on Gaza, which is “sinking deeper into disaster, marked by […]
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Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged city would hold somehow. Then, one morning in late January, the call came: he and the remaining international staff had to be evacuated immediately. “We took the last flight out,” he recalled. Hours later, Goma […]
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BALTIMORE — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran national whose earlier deportation was deemed unlawful by multiple federal courts. The arrest, which took place Monday at ICE’s Baltimore field office, has reignited concerns over executive compliance with judicial mandates. Ábrego García was previously deported in March despite a […]
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