Mainz / AP A terminally ill woman’s dearest wish was to see her favourite soccer team play one last time. The woman, in her mid-50s, had suffered a heart attack and an infection of the abdominal cavity. Her hospice room was covered in football scarves and posters of German club FC Kaiserslautern. Thanks to the Workers’ Samaritan Federation (ASB), ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Arabia’s stock market continued rebounding on Tuesday in a generally strong Gulf region, while a drop by shares in real estate firm Emaar Misr dragged down Egypt. The Saudi index climbed 1.1 percent, adding to Monday’s 1.7 percent gain. With the fourth-quarter earnings reporting season more or less over, many Saudi firms have posted flat ...

  Bloomberg The dollar slipped to a six-week low, boosting commodities from copper to crude as the post-election rally continued to falter in the Trump administration’s early days. US stocks fluctuated as investors assessed a slate of mixed corporate results. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index headed for its longest slump since November, extending losses after weak housing data. Johnson & ...