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A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Sunday on an Israeli couple in their car, wounding the man, in a West Bank town where a similar shooting last month prompted Israeli settlers to go on a violent rampage.

Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said on Sunday the banking crisis in the United States was going to expedite overall credit tightening and slow the U.S. economy.

The governor of Lagos easily won re-election in low turn-out local voting, figures showed on Sunday, a victory for Nigeria's ruling party just weeks after the commercial capital backed the opposition in a disputed presidential election.

Three prominent U.S. lawmakers on banking matters said on Sunday that they would consider whether a higher federal insurance limit on bank deposits was needed to stem a financial crisis marked by a drain of large, uninsured deposits away from smaller and regional banks.

Swiss authorities are examining imposing losses on Credit Suisse bondholders as part of a rescue of the bank, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.

International Petroleum Corp, the first foreign oil company to sanction a project in Canada's oil sands in more than a decade, could add carbon capture and storage (CCS) to the plant if more government financial incentives become available, its CEO told Reuters.

Assad in UAE as second post-quake Gulf visit signals growing Arab outreach

Italy wants the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to unblock a $1.9 billion loan to Tunisia, fearful that without the cash, the country will be destabilised, unleashing a new wave of migrants towards Europe, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.

North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, South Korea and Japan said, in the latest of a series of tests carried out by the nuclear-armed state since the start of this year.

New pension protests in France ahead of crucial votes

Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a porn star during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly seven years after the money changed changes.

A trademark dispute over a poop-themed dog toy shaped like a Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle coming before the U.S.

Nigeria counts votes after tense local elections

When Caroline Sadaka buys groceries in the Lebanese capital Beirut, she keeps her phone in hand - not to check her shopping list but to calculate the spiralling costs of goods now priced at volatile exchange rates that vary by store and sector.

Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care

The leader of a powerful paramilitary force in Sudan has put himself at the forefront of a planned transition toward democracy, unsettling fellow military rulers and triggering a mobilisation of troops in the capital Khartoum last week.

Some U.S. regional banks' efforts to raise capital and allay fears about their health are running up against concerns from potential buyers and investors about looming losses in their assets, five sources with knowledge of the discussions said.

There will be no reunion for Odell Beckham Jr. and the New York Giants for now.

The Los Angeles Lakers will try to bounce back from a loss to the Mavs when they face the dangerous Orlando Magic Sunday.

Russia's Asia pivot spurs boom in Chinese classes

'No other option': Russia's unequal economic marriage with China

France's Borne: resilient technocrat under pressure

UBS against the clock in Credit Suisse takeover talks

Kazakhstan kicks off snap parliamentary polls

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