A woman was killed and nearly 1,700 tourists were evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in the Dominican beach resort of Bayahibe, local authorities said on Friday.
Evonik Industries said on Thursday it would cut 3,200 jobs worldwide between 2027 and 2029, most of them in the chemicals group’s home market of Germany, in an extension to its cost-cutting drive that was set to end this year.
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Platforms has filed regulatory papers for a Mumbai IPO to raise around $3.8 billion, sources said, in what could be a record listing for the country.
Japan plans to set a target of about $2.3 trillion in combined public and private investment by 2040 across 17 strategic sectors as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s new growth strategy, the Nikkei reported on Friday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that a week should be enough for Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to remove equipment from his country used by Russia in its attacks on Ukraine, adding a threat of Ukrainian action if Lukashenko did not do so.
Bolivia’s crisis intensified on Saturday as President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency, enabling wider military deployment to clear blockades and restore order after protests brought the economy to a halt over the past 50 days.
At least five people were killed in Israeli air strikes and drone attacks in southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanese state media reported, just hours after a ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group took effect.
Li Fengshan grew up so poor he could only afford one meal a day. Today, the 50-year-old drives a white Maserati SUV, funded by ballooning foie gras profits from his geese farm in eastern China.