SPORTS-TRENDS
FIFA World Cup 2018: Russia on brink of last 16 at World Cup, beats Egypt 3-1
Russia move to the brink of the knockout stages while Egypt’s World Cup campaign seems over after two consecutive defeats.
SPORTS-TRENDS
FIFA World Cup 2018: Ronaldo scores hat trick, Portugal draws 3-3 with Spain
Spain came back twice before taking the lead in the second half but Ronaldo's free kick ensured both teams share the spoils in a thrilling six goal encounter.
BUSINESS
European shares gain, Asia falls as trade conflicts deepen
Germany's DAX gained 0.8 percent to 12,706.48 and the CAC 40 in France jumped 1.2 percent to 5,461.90. Britain's FTSE 100 climbed 0.7 percent to 7,733.12. Wall Street looked set for gains, with the future for the S&P 500 up 0.4 percent at 2,715.00 and the Dow future contract gaining 0.3 percent to 24,496.00.
BUSINESS
Justin Trudeau declines to meet Donald Trump because of US precondition
Trudeau said he refused to go because of the "totally unacceptable" precondition. He made the comment while outlining Canada's response to U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
BUSINESS
EU official says Greece's bond market access is 'fragile'
Declan Costello, who supervises the Greek bailout program for the European Commission, made the cautionary remarks at a conference in Athens on Thursday. Greece is preparing to end its third international bailout program in late August with plans to return to financing itself on bond markets.
BUSINESS
Egypt's central bank says mounting foreign debt at $82.9 bn
The CBE, however, maintains that the foreign debt to gross domestic product ratio is "still within the safe limits according to international standards", standing at 36.1 percent. Egypt's foreign debts reached $67.3 billion in December 2016.
BUSINESS
Argentine leader vetoes plan to limit utility rate hikes
The bill's goal was to bring back subsidies on utilities and return rates to the levels of November 2017. It was approved in the Senate early Thursday by a 37-30 vote.
BUSINESS
UK government picks sole man in shortlist for top bank job
In a statement Thursday, Treasury chief Philip Hammond said he was appointing Jonathan Haskell to the Bank of England's nine-person Monetary Policy Committee.
BUSINESS
Spain government poised to fall, Socialists set to take helm
A Basque nationalist party's announcement that it would vote in favor of the motion spelled the almost certain end of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's mandate and foretold the stunning collapse of his minority government in a parliamentary vote Friday, when it will be short of support to survive.
