Dollar Nudges Lower As U.S. Debt Ceiling Deal Dents Safe-haven Appeal
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar nudged lower on Monday, pulling back from six-month peaks against the yen as…
May 2023
Car sales push Irish retail sales sharply higher again
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Annual Irish retail sales volumes rose sharply again last month due to another surge in car sales,…
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai loses bid to terminate national security trial
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong Court on Monday rejected an application to terminate a landmark…
NASA looks to spice up astronaut menu with deep space food production
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – In the 2015 sci-fi film “The Martian,” Matt Damon stars as an astronaut who survives…
Turkey’s Erdogan still captivates his followers despite setbacks
By Issam Abdallah and Burcu Karakas ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s election victory showed the magnetic hold he still…
Explainer-What to expect from Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu
By MacDonald Dzirutwe LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu faces a litany of problems, including widespread violence, double-digit…
Oil Steady After U.S. Debt Deal But Rate Hike Worries Linger
By Noah Browning (Reuters) – Oil prices were steady on Monday after U.S. leaders reached a tentative debt ceiling deal,…
Spain’s PM Sanchez calls snap general election in July
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday he would dissolve parliament and the country would hold an…
Belarus’s Lukashenko says there can be ‘nuclear weapons for everyone’
(Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that if any other country wanted to join a Russia-Belarus union there could…
Inside South Korea’s race to become one of the world’s biggest arms dealers
By Joyce Lee and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea is using a $13.7 billion arms deal with Poland…