Chevron beat third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, returning a record amount of cash to shareholders. The company’s shares were up more than 4% in morning trading following the report’s release. The oil major’s quarterly profit, however, declined substantially compared with the year-ago period due to lower margins on refined product sales, lower prices and the…
EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock Alexandr Stoianoglo has denied being a pro-Kremlin candidate The man challenging Moldova’s pro-EU leader Maia Sandu for the presidency has taken a narrow lead, according to preliminary results, in a pivotal presidential election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia. Alexandr Stoianoglo, who was backed by the pro-Russian Party of Socialists, had…
Sporting Head Coach Ruben Amorim prior to the match between Sporting CP and CD Nacional at Estádio José Alvalade on October 29, 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal. Pedro Loureiro | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images English soccer giants Manchester United on Friday confirmed the appointment of Ruben Amorim as their new manager, shortly after sacking…
Charles Liang, chief executive officer of Super Micro Computer Inc., during the Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The trade show runs through June 7. Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Super Micro investors continued to rush the exits on Friday, pushing the stock down another 11% and bringing this…
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Munich Security Conference at the Hotel Bayerischer Hof in Munich, Germany, on February 16, 2024. Tobias Hase | Picture Alliance | Getty Images With Wall Street laser focused on cloud computing this week, Google outpaced its rivals in growth, a key sign for investors that the internet company…
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Michigan, U.S., November 1, 2024 (L), and Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 19, 2024. Reuters A flurry of remarkably good economic news over…
A tourist takes a photo as the Acropolis’ Propylaea are seen in the background, in Athens, Greece, on June 28, 2024. Elias Marcou | Reuters Flights between the U.S. and Europe have not been this cheap in three years, when many countries were just lifting Covid-19 era rules. Fares are low even for the traditionally…
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Nathan Howard/REUTERS US President Joe Biden playfully bites a baby during a trick-or-treaters celebration for Halloween at the White House in Washington DC. David Ramos/Getty Images Cars are piled high in the street, in the Sedaví area of Valencia. Torrential rains brought devastation…
Getty Images There has been an 80% increase in women reporting problematic crack cocaine use Dublin is in the midst of a crack cocaine crisis, according to the city’s drug counsellors. The number of people seeking treatment for the use of the drug in the Republic of Ireland increased by 594% from 173 cases in…
A former police officer in the US state of Kentucky has been found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed in her own home during a botched raid four years ago. Brett Hankison, 47, could face up to life in prison after being convicted of using excessive force against…
