By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) – War-weary Syrians are in such dire straits that they require “way more than what is possible today,” the International Committee of the Red Cross’s regional chief said on Thursday as a fundraiser raked in only half the targeted amount. Humanitarian needs are higher than ever, with the legacy of…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Thursday said Kosovo and Serbia must both take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions, which includes the unconditional release of three Kosovo police officers detained by Serbia. “We believe that Kosovo and Serbia must both take immediate steps to de-escalate tensions,” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters….
(Reuters) – Chechen fighters have been deployed in Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine to prevent attacks from “Ukrainian sabotage groups”, Chechnya ruler Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday. Belgorod region has in the past month reported a series of cross-border incursions from pro-Ukraine Russian partisan groups calling themselves opponents of President Vladimir Putin. Kadyrov, a Putin…
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) -New vehicle demand from U.S. retail and commercial customers is outpacing expectations, two top Detroit auto executives said on Thursday. Their positive comments underscored an upbeat report by the U.S. Commerce Department that showed U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rose in May as consumers bought more motor vehicles and a range of…
LONDON (Reuters) – A strong start to June for the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer H&M, an optimistic outlook from Hugo Boss and a return to profitability at ASOS helped allay concerns over a sector hit by weakening U.S. demand. Signs of resilience came as a relief to investors concerned that economic uncertainty is driving shoppers…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Rome later on Thursday, a government source said, after holding brief talks with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in the morning. Talks between Meloni and Musk focused on the low birth rate in Italy, the issue of deregulation in the European…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Rome later on Thursday, a government source said, after holding brief talks with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in the morning. Talks between Meloni and Musk focused on the low birth rate in Italy, the issue of deregulation in the European…
ROME (Reuters) – Vodafone said on Thursday it had reached an agreement with unions over managing 1,003 job cuts in Italy needed to cut costs. The British telecoms giant said the deal was aimed at transforming its Italian business model and containing the social impact of the redundancies, which cover almost a fifth of its…
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decades-old federal standards that give preferences to Native Americans and tribal members in the adoption or foster care placements of Native American children, rejecting a challenge that claimed that parts of the law were racially biased against non-Native Americans. The 7-2 ruling threw…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S House of Representatives on Thursday adopted government spending targets for the next fiscal year below the level agreed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Democratic President Joe Biden, setting up a fight with the Democratic-led Senate that could again risk a government shutdown. The House Appropriations…
