Tokyo / AFP Tokyo shares slumped for a third session on Tuesday as a rally in the yen hit exporters ahead of closely watched US and Japanese central bank meetings. Traders followed their US counterparts in selling equities, with Wall Street retreating from record highs on profit-taking and a drop in crude prices. While the Federal Reserve, which concludes …

  London / AFP European stocks tentatively rose and Wall Street was little-changed on Tuesday as investors adopted a wait-and-see approach on the eve of a US interest rate decision and oil prices weakened. London increased 0.3 percent as dealers also awaited Wednesday’s British economic growth data and a Bank of England interest rate call next week. Frankfurt stocks gained …

  AFP Whether in aircraft or hot-air balloons, with or without stop-offs, and sometimes solo: round-the-world trips by air have produced several records since 1924. Solar Impulse 2, which on Tuesday completed the first round-the-world journey using only solar energy, is the latest to circumnavigate the globe and enter the record books. AMERICAN PIONEERS In 1924, the American duos Lowell …