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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Riot police deployed in Paris as youths set cars ablaze

Youths set cars ablaze in some low-income housing estates in the Paris suburbs, amid tensions heightened by the coronavirus lockdown.

News World
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

France hopes to deploy StopCovid app by June 2, says minister

France is hoping to deploy its state-supported "StopCOVID" contact-tracing app by June 2, said Minister for Digital Affairs Cedric O.

Tech
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Wife of Interpol chief wants to track him down but 'refuses to talk to him'

The wife of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei has hired two law firms to help track down her husband, who has been missing for more than a month.

News
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European shares bounce back

Gains in banking and energy shares lifted European markets on Monday.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Global stock markets climb

Stock markets rise and the dollar extends gains as risk appetite revives following strong US job figures.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European shares dip as airline stocks slump

European stock markets fell on Thursday, weighed down by a drop in the shares of major airlines.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Spanish stocks gain after election

European shares fell on Monday, but the Madrid market rose after Spain's election.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Mining stocks cheer European shares

European shares advanced on Thursday as firmer copper prices lifted mining stocks.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Miners lead European shares up

European shares rose on Wednesday after a five-day losing streak caused by jitters about Britain’s looming EU referendum.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European shares retreat

European shares fell on Wednesday, retreating after two days of gains as a drop in Austria’s Erste bank knocked financial stocks.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European shares rise as financial stocks gain

European shares rise, shrugging off losses at the start of trading as firmer financial stocks lifted the region's equity markets.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Sluggish European stocks make little progress

European stock markets dipped lower on Wednesday, weighed down by renewed expectations of US rate hikes this year.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European markets sag

European stocks declined on Thursday as a drop in the shares of major financial companies weighed on the region's markets.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Weak earnings push European shares lower

European shares slipped on Wednesday as some weak earnings pushed the market lower after two previous days of gains.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European shares propped up by gains at oil majors

European stock markets steadied on Thursday, buoyed by some solid corporate earnings and a rise in the shares of major oil companies.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European stocks steady, VW surges

European markets are holding their ground ahead of a European Central Bank meeting on Thursday afternoon.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European stocks knocked by oil price

Weak oil prices and a fall in the shares of Burberry knocked back European stock markets on Thursday.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European shares rise on solid China data

European shares rose on Wednesday as upbeat Chinese trade data buoyed global stock markets.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European stocks down

European shares fell on Tuesday, with luxury good stocks among the worst performers.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European stocks gain

European shares rose on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen called for caution on raising interest rates.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Airline gloom hits European stocks

European stocks fell on Thursday as a drop in airline Lufthansa and property group Immofinanz took the shine off an update from the US Federal Reserve.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Britain’s FTSE hit by weak mining stocks

A drop in the shares of major mining companies and a gloomy economic outlook from the Bank of Japan pulled Britain's top equity index lower on Tuesday.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

European stocks rise

European shares rise as firmer banking, telecom and consumer goods stocks prop up the region's equity markets.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

FTSE falters after weak China data

Britain’s top equity index fell on Tuesday as weak data from China knocked down the shares of major mining groups.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published

Europe markets resume recovery

European stock markets resumed their recovery on Wednesday, boosted by a rise in the shares of French bank Credit Agricole and miner Glencore.

Business Report Markets
Sudip Kar-Gupta|Published