US single-family building permits at 7-month high; housing slump persists
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Permits for future U.S. single-family homebuilding jumped to a seven-month high in April, giving…
May 17, 2023
New Jersey county settles US claims over treatment of jailed inmates following suicides
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A New Jersey county on Wednesday agreed to a consent decree with the U.S. government…
Why Hamas was not Israel’s target in Gaza airstrikes – this time
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s latest round of airstrikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza…
Celsius bankruptcy auction nears end, with Fahrenheit in the lead
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for Celsius Network on Wednesday said the crypto lender hopes to…
Russia’s consumer prices barely change for second week running
(Reuters) -Russia’s weekly consumer prices rose marginally in the period to May 15, the state statistics service Rosstat said on…
European shares slip on US debt ceiling concerns
By Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Wednesday as concerns about whether the United States can…
House Speaker McCarthy says U.S. debt ceiling deal by Sunday is “doable”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling limit…
At Hiroshima G7, bomb survivors grapple with a disarmament dream deferred
By Sakura Murakami HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – The last time a U.S. president visited Hiroshima, atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori…
Russian economy shrank 1.9% in first quarter – stats service
(Reuters) – Russia’s economy shrank 1.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, data from the Rosstat federal statistics service…
BP Unit To Pay Record $40 Million To Settle U.S. Air Pollution Civil Charges
By Sarah N. Lynch and Laura Sanicola WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A subsidiary of BP plc will pay a record-setting $40…