The Federal Reserve, which has been boosting liquidity since mid-September, injected $104.293 billion to the financial markets on Thursday. The addition of liquidity came in two parts, with one happening via overnight repurchase agreements totaling $73.593 billion. The other was from a $30.7 billion 13-day repo operation. In both interventions, dealers took less money than...
The Turkish oil-and-gas drilling ship ‘Fatih' has started its operations off the coast of northeastern Cyprus, Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay was quoted as saying on Friday, despite warnings from the EU for Ankara to stand down. On Monday, the EU Foreign Affairs Council adopted a framework for restrictive measures against Ankara over its drilling...
British police said they are investigating the alleged assault on the Hong Kong justice secretary in London, but so far there have been not been any arrests.
Oscar-winning visual effects business DNEG has pulled its planned listing on the London Stock Exchange less than a month after first revealing its intentions.
Israel says it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza, after rocket fire that rattled a day-old truce.
Chile said on Friday it will stage a referendum to replace the country's dictatorship-era constitution next year – a key demand of protesters after nearly a month of sometimes violent civil unrest, AFP reported. The current constitution, in force since 1980 and enacted by the former military junta of Augusto Pinochet, has been changed numerous...
The 16-year-old boy suspected of killing two students in a burst of gunfire at a school outside Los Angeles has been described as a quiet, smart kid you would never have expected to turn violent.
