Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso withdraw from West Africa economic bloc ECOWAS, citing coup sanctions, officials say

Morgan Stanley’s board awarded James Gorman a handsome 17% raise raise in 2023, making his total compensation for his last year as the bank’s chief executive $37 million. On top of his $1.5 million base salary, Gorman received a cash bonus of just under $9 million, according to a regulatory filing Friday reviewed by Bloomberg….

Billionaire whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club pleads guilty to insider trading in New York

MILAN — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni slammed carmaker Stellantis, accusing it of weakening Italy’s industrial footprint since the merger of FiatChrysler and PSA Peugeot that created the world’s fourth largest auto maker. As one of Italy’s top private sector employers, Fiat and its successors, FiatChrysler and then Stellantis, have always gotten government attention, but rarely…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The election year decision by President Joe Biden aligns with environmentalists who fear the huge increase in exports, in the form of…

KYIV, Ukraine — The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Wednesday that he’s worried that the war in Ukraine has been forgotten as the country prepares to mark two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi also told The Associated Press in an interview that it was important to remind…

BERLIN — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s national railway operator, German news agency dpa reported Saturday. The strike by the GDL union on passengers trains, which has brought the country to a near standstill since early Wednesday, will end Monday morning at…