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Diageo full-year organic sales fall more than expected
Diageo Plc, the world's largest spirits maker, reported a biggerthanexpected decline in underlying net sales on Tuesday as demand for its whiskies, vodka and gin fell in all markets except North America.
Valuation of Asian shares rises to decade high on stimulus support
The valuation of Asian shares surged to a more than 101/2year high in July, Refinitiv data showed, as recordlow interest rates and abundant government stimulus helped offset worries over the economic impact of the COVID19 pandemic.
Natasa Stankovic Shows off Post-delivery Figure in Mirrorfie, See Pic
Natasa Stankovic has welcomed a baby boy with husband Hardik Pandya. She shows off her post-delivery body in a social media post.
U.N. chief warns world facing 'generational catastrophe' on education
U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world faces a "generational catastrophe" because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that getting students safely back to the classroom must be "a top priority."
'Opening Act of a Long Drama': Experts Say Covid-19 Economic Fallout Will Spark More Disorder, Conflict
COVID-19 is hampering aid programs, diverting the attention and resources of major powers battling the deadly virus at home, and cutting remittances to already fragile, war-weary economies, they say.
In Pics: Nicole Kidman, Mother Hug it Out as They Meet After Eight Months
Nicole Kidman met her mother after completing the mandatory two-week quarantine at her home in Southern Highlands in Australia.
Isaias strengthens into hurricane ahead of expected landfall in Carolinas
Isaias regained hurricane strength on Monday night just hours before it was due to make landfall in the Carolinas and churn its way up the U.S. East Coast toward Washington, Philadelphia and New York, the National Hurricane Center said.
In Blow to Indian IT Professionals, Trump Signs New Executive Order Against Hiring H1B Visa Holders
The H1B visa, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Fed policymakers call for fiscal support to save U.S. economy
The U.S. economy, battered by a resurgence in the spread of COVID19, needs increased government spending to tide over households and businesses and broader use of masks to better control the virus, U.S. central bankers said on Monday.
Tyson Foods names new CEO as coronavirus raises costs
Tyson Foods Inc named its president, former technology executive Dean Banks, as its new chief executive on Monday as the meatpacker faces unprecedented disruptions from the COVID19 outbreak.
'It Was a Long Time Coming': Liverpool Owner Basks in Club's Premier League Glory
Liverpool won England's top-flight football league after a wait of 30 years.
'Coffee, cigarettes, journalists': video shows hostage-taker captured in Ukraine bank
Ukrainian security forces disguised as part of a TV news crew captured a suspected hostagetaker at a bank branch in Kyiv on Monday, while he was lounging in a chair speaking to journalists whose presence he had demanded along with coffee and cigarettes.
Isaias strengthens into hurricane just before making landfall in Carolinas, heading up East Coast
Isaias regained hurricane strength on Monday night just hours before it was due to make landfall in the Carolinas and head up the U.S. East Coast toward Washington, Philadelphia and New York, the National Hurricane Center said.
Murad, Amal Clooney accuse leaders and UN of failing Yazidis
Six years after Islamic State fighters launched an attack on Iraqs Yazidi minority, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney accused government leaders and the United Nations on Monday of failing to bring the extremists...
Google unveils budget Pixel phone as pandemic curbs spending
Google has started selling a longdelayed budget smartphone boasting the same highquality camera and several other features available in fancier Pixel models that cost hundreds of dollars more.
Q&A: TikTok saga continues with Microsoft talks. Now what?
The latest twist in the TikTok saga is an especially strange turn in a tale filled with strange turns. Suddenly, Microsoft known primarily for work software like Windows and Office is in talks to buy the popular Chineseowned video app, which has raise...