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
The British foreign ministry declined to provide evidence to back its accusations, which come at a time of high tensions between Russia and the West over Russia's massing of troops near its border with Ukraine.
- Asia PacificBlast hits western Afghan city of Herat, killing at least six
A blast ripped through a minivan in the western Afghan city of Herat on Saturday, killing at least six people, according to officials.
- AfricaGhana blast leaves survivors with cuts and questions
In less than an hour Apiate was reduced to a wasteland of rubble, timber and twisted metal, a huge crater yawning at its core from the explosion.
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsPfizer CEO sees annual COVID vaccine rather than frequent boosters
- Asia PacificNew Zealand to impose restrictions after Omicron community spread
- Asia PacificHong Kong warns of worsening COVID outbreak as leader defends hamster cull
- Asia PacificTokyo hits record 10,000 COVID cases, Japan over 50,000 for first time
- EuropeFrance's Constitutional Council approves Macron's vaccine pass
- ChinaChina's Beijing to maintain COVID emergency status as Winter Olympics loom
- Asia PacificAustralia's Queensland state says peak of Omicron two weeks away