Commerzbank posts 20% hike in annual profit and launches new share buyback as it wards off UniCredit
Commerzbank on Friday unexpectedly released quarterly results, touting “record” annual profit and announcing a new share buyback scheme.
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Key Fed measure shows core inflation at 2.8%, in line with expectations
The personal consumption expenditures price index for December was expected to show a 2.6% increase on an annual basis
German party could rely on far-right again for immigration vote
CDU leader Friedrich Merz may need support in the Bundestag from the AfD, a move that has attracted wide condemnation.
Germany’s inflation steady at 2.8% in January ahead of February election
The reading was also in line with a forecast from economists polled by Reuters.
Norway Seizes Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Cutting an Undersea Cable
The authorities said they believed the vessel may have been involved in damaging the cable, the latest act of apparent sabotage in the Baltic Sea.
Rwanda illegally occupying DR Congo, minister tells BBC
A Rwandan spokesperson denies the charges, saying it is trying to prevent the conflict spilling over.
Why Trump tariffs will be ‘very bad for America and for the world’
If enacted tariffs will increase inflation, slow economic growth, and result in US consumers footing the bill As Donald Trump threatens to slap steep tariffs on many countries, he is boasting that his taxes on imports will be a boon to the US economy, but most economists strongly disagree – many say Trump’s tariffs will…
Father of youngest hostage among three men to be released on Saturday, Hamas says
Yarden Bibas and two others will be exchanged for more Palestinian prisoners in the fourth swap since the ceasefire began.
Pressure grows on Met over ‘heavy-handed’ policing of pro-Gaza protest
Trade unions write to home secretary to complain about officers’ behaviour and tactics in London on 18 January The Met police is facing growing questions over its handling of a pro-Palestine protest in central London at which more than 70 people were arrested. On Friday, trade union leaders became the latest group to write to…
Long-lost anti-fascist mural from 1930s restored and back on show in Mexico
Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish’s The Struggle Against Terrorism revealed as some fear resurgence of fascism A long-neglected 1930s mural in Mexico that warns about the rise of fascism has been revealed and restored – just as some historians say the world faces that threat once more. The mural, which is titled The Struggle Against…