The week in bank CEO pay packages: Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman gets a 6% raise to $35 million in total compensation, while JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon gets 9.5% for a total of $34.5 million … British pubs, restaurants and bakery chains are coming after some of the world’s biggest insurers in court … And the U.S. Fed has a white paper out on issuing its own digital currency
Russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in Ukraine, a senior British minister said on Sunday after the UK accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader there.
- European MarketsAsia shares tense as Fed looms, Ukraine a concern
Asian share markets slipped on Monday with the Federal Reserve expected to confirm it will soon start draining the massive liquidity that has fuelled the huge gains in growth stocks in recent years.
- Middle EastEXCLUSIVE Iran nuclear agreement unlikely without release of U.S. prisoners, negotiator says
The United States is unlikely to strike an agreement with Iran to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal unless Tehran releases four U.S. citizens Washington says it is holding hostage, the lead U.S. nuclear negotiator told Reuters on Sunday.
- Retail & ConsumerDelivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks
- Asia PacificTaiwan reports new large-scale Chinese air force incursion
Taiwan on Sunday reported the largest incursion since October by China's air force in its air defence zone, with the island's defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn away 39 aircraft in the latest uptick in tensions.
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsRich countries' access to foreign nurses during Omicron raises ethical concerns, group says
- Middle EastFourth COVID vaccine shot raises resistance to serious illness for over-60s: Israel
- Asia PacificAustralia COVID-19 deaths mount as return to school threatens new Omicron peak
- Asia PacificOne surrendered Hong Kong hamster tests COVID positive as city lockdown grows
- ChinaBeijing introduces more COVID measures as cases mount before Olympics
- Asia PacificNew Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding amid new Omicron restrictions
- EuropeItaly reports 138,860 COVID cases on Sunday, 227 deaths