A pedestrian crosses a flooded street following heavy rainfall in Paris on October 17, 2024. Joel Saget | Afp | Getty Images France’s economy shrank slightly in the fourth quarter, flash data showed Thursday, highlighting the urgent need for warring French lawmakers to overcome their differences and agree on a 2025 budget. The economy recorded…
The Frankfurt skyline at dusk on a November day. Helmut Fricke | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The German economy shrank by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter in the three months ending in December, according to preliminary data released by Germany’s statistics office Destatis on Thursday. The figure is adjusted for price, calendar and seasonal variations. Analysts polled…
Watch: First responders at scene of plane crash in Washington DC A passenger plane carrying 64 passengers and crew has crashed into a river in Washington DC after it collided in mid-air with a US Army helicopter. Eighteen bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River so far, where search and rescue teams are scouring…
Basillioh Rukanga BBC News AFP The M23 have been been advancing to other areas after their offensive in Goma Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has vowed to restore government authority in the east, where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have seized much of the city of Goma and are reportedly advancing south to seize more territory. In a…
Nick Eardley, Matt Murphy & Joshua Cheetham BBC Verify PA Media The Royal Navy released images of the Sparta II (centre) as it moved through international waters in late December, before arriving in Syria Russia has stepped up its military withdrawal from Syria, removing vehicles and containers from its key Tartous port on the country’s…
An airliner carrying 64 people crashed into the Potomac river after it collided with a military helicopter outside Washington DC. The collision happened as the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, was approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport at around 21:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday. Authorities have not confirmed whether there are any casualties…
A Frontier Airlines plane near a Spirit Airlines plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on May 16, 2022 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Bankrupt Spirit Airlines said it turned down a new merger offer from rival budget carrier Frontier Airlines. Frontier said Wednesday that it has met with Spirit’s board…
Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg Scott Mlyn | CNBC California is a tough market for insurers — and growing more so, according to Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg. The executive has long proclaimed that Chubb won’t write insurance where it can’t get a reasonable return for taking on risk. And it’s that approach that helped it report…
The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate in check Wednesday, reversing a recent trend of easing policy as it examines what is likely to be a bumpy political and economic landscape ahead. In a widely anticipated move, the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee left unchanged its overnight borrowing rate in a range between…
A view of emergency response looking from Arlington, Va., south of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, across the Potomac River toward the District of Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. Alex Brandon | AP An American Airlines regional jet with 64 people aboard collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near Washington D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington…
