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The Bank of England pictured in December 2024.Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesLONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday ended its last meeting of the year with a…

For the uninitiated, sorting one's rubbish can be a convoluted process in Japan - a country that boasts one of the world's strictest waste disposal rules.But in the city of…

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an annual televised phone-in with the country's citizens dubbed "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin" at the Moscow's World Trade Center studio in Moscow on June…

CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFPIt was Gisèle Pelicot's decision to open the case to the public that has given the trial international significanceJudges in the French city of Avignon have sentenced Dominique Pelicot…

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 17, 2024.NYSEThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to…

A state of exceptional natural disaster has been declared in Mayotte as the French Indian Ocean territory reels from the devastation of Cyclone Chido.At least 31 people are reported by…

The stock sell-off on Wall Street was "healthy," as the Federal Reserve's cautionary projection on future rate cuts gives investors a "reality check," according to Jeremy Siegel, professor emeritus of…

Getty ImagesAt least 100 North Korean soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Ukraine war since entering combat on the Russian side earlier this month, a South Korean MP…

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged while sticking to its view that…

BBCCrouched alone on the floor, in a tiny, windowless cell, Nasim could hear what sounded like other prisoners being tortured. The guard would bang on the door and say: "Can…