By Michael Holden and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -The late Queen Elizabeth would be “very proud” of King Charles on his coronation, his son William said on Sunday as he celebrated his father at a concert at Windsor Castle, and Britons held thousands of street parties in the king’s honour. Amid pomp and pageantry, Charles…
By Aidan Lewis and Sarah El Safty CAIRO (Reuters) -The Arab League readmitted Syria on Sunday after more than a decade of suspension, consolidating a regional push to normalise ties with President Bashar al-Assad in a move criticised by Washington. The decision said Syria could resume its participation in Arab League meetings immediately, while calling…
(Reuters) – Australia’s Westpac Banking Corp on Monday posted a 22% jump in first-half net profits as margins improved on the back of rising interest rates but warned tough mortgage competition will negatively impact margins going into the second half. Over the past year, aggressive monetary tightening boosted banks’ earnings and margins. However, that could…
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s government said that 115 Venezuelan migrants who had been stranded on the border with Peru were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight Sunday. Hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans seeking to return home, had been stranded in the country’s northern border after being denied entry into Peru. The incident sparked diplomatic tensions…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Asian markets are set for a positive start to the week on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data on Friday soothed recession and banking sector fears, and sparked the best day for world equities in five months. The…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Asian markets are set for a positive start to the week on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data on Friday soothed recession and banking sector fears, and sparked the best day for world equities in five months. The…
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Anti-monarchists on Sunday criticised the policing of the coronation of King Charles as heavy-handed, saying there was no longer a right to peaceful protest in Britain after dozens of protesters were arrested and detained into the night. Police arrested Graham Smith, leader of the Republic group, and dozens others in…
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s Education Minister Branko Ruzic resigned on Sunday over last week’s shooting at an elementary school in which eight children and a security guard were killed, amid public anger over that and another mass shooting just a day later. The country is in shock and mourning over the two shootings: the school…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Gastroenterologist Wesley Kasen arrived in Hawke’s Bay New Zealand in February with his wife Marnie, two kids and dog from Colorado. Their arrival filled a vacancy at the local hospital. The Kasens are part of a migrant boom helping to ease the country’s acute labour shortages – a relief for…
(Reuters) – The prominent Russian nationalist writer, Zakhar Prilepin, on Sunday described breaking both legs in a car bomb that killed his driver and which Moscow blamed on the United States and Ukraine. “To the demons I say: You will scare nobody. There is a God. We will win,” he said in a Telegram post…
