KYIV, Ukraine — The courtyards of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have been busy with more than just the usual worshippers, going to and from its churches in the sprawling monastic complex that is Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site. Also busy Friday were people in civilian clothes, loading cars with plasma televisions,Continue Reading
Credit Suisse shares jumped more than 30 percent when markets opened early Thursday, as investors appeared reassured by the offer of a liquidity lifeline for the lender from Switzerland’s central bank. The bank’s stock was still up about 22 percent around 11 a.m. central European time, though it remained belowContinue Reading
Russia is amassing more than 94,000 troops at the Ukrainian border in what officials in Ukraine call a “large-scale escalation” from Russia that is expected to take place in January. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We begin this hour in Ukraine, where officials are raising alarm over what they describe as aContinue Reading
Stocks rallied to start to the week Monday, with the Dow erasing its Friday losses, as investors shook off fears around the emerging threat of the omicron variant of Covid-19. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped, while the Nasdaq Composite lagged, though it was still in positive territory. Here’s whatContinue Reading
On Sunday, officials in Britain said they were still gauging the potential impact of the new variant. But increasing the uptake of vaccines and boosters would be the “surest defense,” Dominic Raab, Britain’s deputy prime minister, said to the BBC. “Our message is this: Enjoy Christmas this year. The vaccineContinue Reading
With daily coronavirus case rates reaching record numbers and area hospitals more than 90 percent full, local officials in the Buffalo area reinstituted a mask mandate for all indoor public spaces that went into effect on Tuesday. “We really need to keep the hospitals from being inundated,” Mark Poloncarz, theContinue Reading
Traders during the Sweetgreen initial public offering (IPO) in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stock futures edged up in overnight trading on Thursday as the S&P 500 aims to post a winningContinue Reading
Spain’s Basque region on Tuesday announced new restrictions on gatherings to control its latest coronavirus wave, after months in which Spain stood out as a country that had largely reined in the pandemic, in particular thanks to a high vaccination rate. The virus has spread unevenly in Spain in recentContinue Reading
WARSAW — The Polish authorities said that border guards used water cannons and tear gas on Tuesday to repel what they said was an attempt by migrants moving en masse from Belarus to breach the heavily guarded frontier. Tensions have been building along the European Union’s eastern front for weeksContinue Reading
Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. Lintao Zhang | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will hold a highly anticipated virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday evening, CNBCContinue Reading