MOSCOW / AP The largest provider of humanitarian aid in rebel-held eastern Ukraine said on Wednesday that it has suspended its operations there. The charity foundation run by billionaire Rinat Akhmetov has been distributing food and other supplies to residents in the rebel-controlled east, where most of the international aid organizations have no access. Akhmetov’s foundation said in a statement ...

  Bloomberg Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said another vote on independence is the only way to protect the country’s interests unless the UK softens its plan to leave the European Union and its single market. Speaking at an event organized by the David Hume Institute in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening, Sturgeon said factions in the UK Parliament want to ...

  TOKYO / AP Global stocks turned higher on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump delivered a relatively upbeat speech to the US Congress. Investors were watching for signals on what’s ahead in trade, regulations and tax policies, though they got few specifics. France’s CAC 40 gained 1.6 percent to 4,936 and Germany’s DAX jumped 1.4 percent 11,998. Britain’s FTSE ...