Huge French pension reform protests give way to fiery overnight clashes
More than a million people took to the streets across France on Thursday with protests turning violent in some areas as demonstrators voiced their fury at proposed pension reforms.
Trudeau lays out China approach ahead of Biden meeting
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out a three-pronged vision of engagement, competition and confrontation with China in a CNN interview on Thursday, ahead of a much-anticipated meeting with US President Joe Biden in which the two Western leaders are expected to cover a number of security issues.
Portrait of the lives of Faroe Islands' unmarried men
In her striking images of the Faroe Islands, a remote archipelago between Iceland and her native Norway, photographer Andrea Gjestvang depicts islanders and livelihoods that are as tough and unforgiving as the windswept landscape.
Israel passes law shielding Netanyahu from being removed amid protests over judicial changes
The Israeli parliament on Thursday passed a law that would limit the ways a sitting prime minister can be declared unfit for office as part of a package of bills the government is pushing through in its controversial judicial overhaul.
Five big takeaways from the Fed's extraordinary meeting
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday as it attempts to fight stubbornly high inflation while addressing risks to financial stability.
Global markets mixed after US Fed raises rates by a quarter-point
European and Asian markets were mixed during Thursday trade as investors digested the decision by the US Federal Reserve to raise its main interest rate by 25 basis points in a bid to bring down inflation.
Swiss central bank says crisis halted as it hikes interest rates
Switzerland's banking crisis has been halted, the country's central bank said Thursday as it hiked interest rates for the fourth time in a bid to contain inflation.
What to do with your money now that the Fed just raised rates for the ninth time
After two weeks of banking turmoil, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday continued its bid to beat down inflation by raising its key interest rate again, the ninth such hike over the past year.
French unions hold first national strike since government rammed through pension reform
France's powerful unions are coming out in force for a nationwide strike Thursday in a rejection of a controversial retirement age reform that the government pushed through parliament last week without a vote.
Taiwan recalls ambassador from Honduras, prepares to lose another diplomatic ally to China
Taiwan announced Thursday it will recall its ambassador to Honduras as ties between the two worsen, with the Central American nation preparing to switch diplomatic recognition from the self-governing island to China.