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US is providing Ukraine with $2.6 billion in military aid as war rages

The US will send Ukraine about $500 million in ammunition and equipment and spend more than $2 billion to buy an array of amunitions, radar and other weapons for that country in the future

Credit Suisse shareholders upbraided failures as chairman apologises

Swiss regulators, who will hold a news conference on Wednesday, say contracts show the bonds can be written down in a viability event

Oil drilling in Gulf safer, but safety issues linger, says report

Thirteen years after the Deepwater Horizons spill fouled the Gulf of Mexico, regulators, and industry have reduced some risks in deep water exploration in the gulf but some safety issues persist

A calmer Wall Street holds relatively steady ahead of US jobs data

Stocks are holding relatively steady Tuesday, as Wall Street continues to find more calm following its tumultuous swings in March

Finland's parliamentary website targeted ahead of NATO entry: Report

Finland's parliamentary website was paralysed by a denial-of-service attack on Tuesday, just before the country made its historic entry into NATO

Biden offers $450 million for clean energy projects at coal mines

President Joe Biden's administration is making USD 450 million available for solar farms and other clean energy projects across the country at the site of current or former coal mines

TikTok fined $15.9 million by UK watchdog over misuse of kids' data

Britain's privacy watchdog hit TikTok with a multimillion-dollar penalty on Tuesday for a slew of data protection breaches, including misusing children's data

US President Biden to meet with experts on AI 'risks and opportunities'

Artificial intelligence burst to the forefront in the national conversation after the release of the popular ChatGPT AI chatbot

US to provide military aid of $2.6 bn to Ukraine against Russian forces

U.S. officials also are concerned that the president of Belarus has warned that Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed in his country, along with part of Moscow's tactical nuclear arsenal

EU lashes out at China for extending support to Russia in Ukraine war

The European Union's foreign policy chief lashed out at China for its support of Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine and called it a blatant violation of Beijing's United Nations commitments

In setback to Putin, Finland set to officially become NATO member

Finland is set to officially become a member of NATO later on Tuesday and take its place among the ranks of the world's biggest security alliance

Credit Suisse in for firestorm as shareholders get last crack at meet

Once-venerable Credit Suisse is heading into a possible firestorm as shareholders meet for what is shaping up to be their last crack at managers

Venezuela opposition envoy urges US prez Biden to ease oil sanctions

The new representative of Venezuela's opposition in the US is urging the Biden administration to relax crippling oil sanctions on Nicolas Maduro's government

Homes destroyed, 4 reported dead from Papua New Guinea earthquake

An earthquake in a remote region of Papua New Guinea killed four people and destroyed more than 300 homes, local media reported, as disaster relief officials worked to further assess damage Tuesday.

Donald Trump heads to New York amid tight security ahead of his surrender

Former President Donald Trump boarded his private plane and flew from Florida toward New York ahead of his expected booking and arraignment

Finland to join NATO military alliance this week, says chief Stoltenberg

Stoltenberg said that Turkey, the last country to have ratified Finland's membership, will hand its official texts to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

NASA's first moon crew in 50 years includes 1 woman and three men

NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men

Malaysia Parliament votes to scrap mandatory death sentences

While the death sentence remains, courts will now be given the option of imposing jail sentences of up to 40 years, Deputy Law Minister Ramkarpal Singh said

Swiss prosecutors probe Credit Suisse ahead of its takeover by UBS

The Swiss attorney general's office says it has opened a probe into the events surrounding embattled bank Credit Suisse, which is to be taken over by rival UBS

Donald Trump faces setbacks in other probes as New York case proceeds

Donald Trump faces the most urgent legal challenge of his life this week in New York, where he's set to be arraigned Tuesday on charges arising from hush money payments during his 2016 campaign