[ad_1] SVB’s failure is the biggest since Washington Mutual went under at the height of the 2008 crisis. | Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo Silicon Valley Bank collapsed on Friday after a run on deposits drove the Northern California institution into insolvency, marking the largest bank failure since the financial crisis.Continue Reading
[ad_1] ATHENS — Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was attacked in central Athens late on Friday, suffering a broken nose, cuts and bruises. The assault, which his party DiEM25 described as a “brazen fascist attack,” took place while Varoufakis was dining in the central Exarchia district with party membersContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — The U.K. government was scrambling on Sunday to limit the fallout for the British tech sector from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a big U.S. lender to many startups and technology companies. The government isContinue Reading
[ad_1] The BJP has struck such a blow to AAP that it has become a life and death situation. No wonder Kejriwal wants to cut all losses and save the party and his image. The first action has been to order immediate resignation from the two Ministers embroiled in corruptionContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — The European Parliament’s Socialists are warily eyeing their colleagues and assistants, wondering which putative ally might turn out to be a liar as new details emerge in a growing cash-for-favors scandal. Long-simmering geographic divisions within theContinue Reading
[ad_1] At least 43 migrants drowned on Sunday after the fishing boat on which they were traveling sank off the coast of the Italian region of Calabria. According to local authorities, some 250 migrants were crammed aboard the ship, which broke in two about 20 kilometers from the city ofContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had changed forever. But few could have predicted that less than six months later, all angry talk of a cross-Channel trade warContinue Reading
[ad_1] The yellow-and-blue flag of Ukraine has become a powerful symbol for millions of people across the Western world who want to express their solidarity with the victims of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aggression. Adopted officially in 1992, the year after Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union, theContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the call. “I woke at 5 o’clock,” the Estonian prime minister recalled recently. The phone was ringing. Her Lithuanian counterpart was on the line. “Oh my God, it’s really happening,” came the ominousContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — China’s attempt to style itself as a neutral peacemaker in the Ukraine war fell flat on Friday when NATO and the EU both slammed its playbook for ending the conflict one year after Russia’s full-scale invasion.Continue Reading