International Business

ISTANBUL (AP) — A Russian-flagged dry goods ship sank off the Black Sea coast in Turkey on Sunday and a rescue operations for the crew was underway, an official said.

The tech billionaire and his wife own 242,000 acres of farmland across the U.S.  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates are now the largest private farmland owners in the U.S., according to The Land Report.

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor said it’s in the early stages of discussions with Apple over potentially working together to develop an electric car.

An Iranian government spokesman on Tuesday rejected allegations that Iran’s seizure of a South Korean vessel amounted to hostage-taking, and said was it was South Korea that was holding $7 billion of Iran’s funds “hostage.”

Iran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at its underground Fordow nuclear facility, the government spokesman told the semi-official Mehr news agency on Monday.

A disgruntled former Mercedes-Benz worker has been arrested after he went on a £5 million wrecking spree with a stolen JCB at a Spanish factory he used to work at.

Two Nigerians appeared in court today charged over the hijacking of an oil tanker in the English Channel.

A long-awaited trade deal between the UK and the EU has been struck just days before the deadline.

Chinese regulators announced a multi-pronged antitrust investigation Thursday into its most successful Internet company, making moves that could potentially break up Alibaba’s sprawling e-commerce business or splinter its highly lucrative financial services affiliate.

The US Congress has passed a long-awaited $900bn (£660bn) package of coronavirus pandemic aid after months of political wrangling.