By Frances Schwartzkopf Swedbank is facing money laundering allegations Swedbank AB regularly topped rankings of Europe’s safest banks half a decade ago. On Thursday, Sweden’s finance ministry told regulators to explain how the venerable institution had become enmeshed in allegations of money laundering. Like Danske Bank A/S of Denmark, Swedbank built its reputation in one of the world’s richest […] Read more
By Christina Zdanowicz and Alessandra Castelli When local fishermen were walking through a mangrove forest in Brazil, they came across something that shouldn’t be there: the carcass of a humpback whale. The baby whale was likely lost at sea and died of starvation or some other unknown cause, according to nonprofit research group Bicho D’agua. […] Read more
By Elisa Tang WWII veteran Joe Cuba is photographed here with his sign asking for 100 cards for this 100th birthday World War II veteran Joe Cuba had one request for his 100th birthday: to receive 100 birthday cards. To his surprise, he received not 100, but thousands of letters, photographs and gifts from people […] Read more
Police officers try to disperse people trying to reach the government palace during a protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plan to extend his 20-year rule by seeking a fifth term in April elections in Algiers, Algeria, March 1, 2019. By: ZOHRA BENSEMRA A total of 183 people were injured during protests across Algeria on Friday […] Read more
By Laura Davison and Saleha Mohsin U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin The amount of the average U.S. tax refund increased 1.3 percent last week compared to a year earlier but the combined value of those checks and the number of people receiving the payments continued to drop. The IRS released its data Thursday that compares […] Read more
European shares were lower in early deals on Wednesday, snapping a three-day winning streak as a warning from Beiersdorf hammered consumer staples stocks and Air France-KLM sank on news the Dutch government would raise its stake in the airline. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.6 percent at 0857 GMT, snapping three days of […] Read more
Thirteen French citizens accused of fighting for the Islamic State group are to be tried in Iraq rather than face charges back home in France. Iraqi President Barham Saleh said the 13 were handed over by Syrian Kurdish forces last month. French President Emmanuel Macron declined to comment, saying it was a sovereign matter […] Read more
Labour wants a choice between “a credible Leave option” and Remain – with a public vote on the PM’s deal if it passes. By Greg Heffer Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News a second EU referendum should be a “basic choice” between a “credible Leave option and Remain” – but voters should not […] Read more
Vatican treasurer, the third most senior Catholic in the world, convicted on five charges in Australian court case Cardinal George Pell, once the third most powerful man in the Vatican and Australia’s most senior Catholic, has been found guilty of child sexual abuse after a trial in Melbourne. A jury delivered the unanimous verdict on […] Read more
Two of Britain’s opposition MPs are working on a plan to bring UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal through, on the condition that it is put to a public vote. Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson have put forward an amendment to the Brexit bill that ties the prime minister’s deal with the potential to […] Read more
