Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic pledged significantly tighter gun restrictions and announced a buyout of weapons after two mass shootings this week stunned the Balkan nation.
The founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, renewed a threat to pull his forces from the battlefield near Bakhmut in Ukraine’s east because of a shortage of ammunition.
Oil recovered in tandem with equities, yet still remains headed for an 8% weekly loss amid a fragile outlook for demand.
A Pakistan court will formally charge former premier Imran Khan on May 10 for hiding earnings from the sale of state gifts acquired during his time in office, a lawyer for the country’s election commission said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to further enhance the Communist Party’s control over the economy as he chaired the meeting of a top policy-making body to discuss key development strategies.
In an expletive-laden video filmed in front of a field of corpses, Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin accused Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the head of the army Valery Gerasimov of failing to supply his troops in Ukraine with enough ammunition.
Latin American financial technology firm R2 secured a $100 million credit line from San Francisco-based Community Investment Management, to boost lending in Mexico, its largest market.
UBS Group AG bankers have descended on Credit Suisse Group AG to start digging through their former rival’s books as the Swiss firm aims to kickstart an integration process it’s deemed one of the most complex ever.
Canadian employment grew more than expected for a fifth straight month, again defying expectations for a coming economic slowdown.
NATO is stepping up monitoring of submarines after the defense alliance warned that Moscow is mapping European Union and US critical underwater assets.
