LONDON (Reuters) – Teachers in England will strike on July 5 and July 7, the National Education Union (NEU) said on Saturday, staging further industrial action over a pay and funding dispute with the government. The new dates announced by Britain’s largest education union come on top of at least six days of walk-outs by…
(Reuters) – Saudi Arabia wants enhanced maritime security in the crucial Gulf region as part of its rapprochement with long-time rival Iran, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Saturday. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in March, in a deal brokered by China, to end a diplomatic rift and reestablish relations following years of…
(Reuters) – Inflation in the United States will not decline as quickly as markets are currently pricing, according to a note from strategists at Goldman Sachs cited in a Bloomberg report on Saturday. “Although we expect further declines in inflation going forward, markets appear considerably more optimistic than we are about the pace of cooling,”…
(Reuters) – Inflation in the United States will not decline as quickly as markets are currently pricing, according to a note from strategists at Goldman Sachs cited in a Bloomberg report on Saturday. “Although we expect further declines in inflation going forward, markets appear considerably more optimistic than we are about the pace of cooling,”…
By Baranjot Kaur and Akanksha Khushi (Reuters) -Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, and Binance.US have entered into an agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure that U.S. customer assets remain in the United States until a sweeping lawsuit filed this month by the regulatory agency is resolved. The agreement, disclosed in…
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Speaking at Russia’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg,…
ROME (Reuters) – Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea. Last week’s shipwreck off Greece, killing at least 78 among hundreds packed onto a fishing boat, has shone a light once again on…
By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified “Pentagon Papers,” revealing U.S. government deception about the war and setting off a major freedom-of-the-press battle, died on Friday at the age of 92, his family said in a statement….
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Group’s Scott Bommer, who oversaw its hedge fund unit’s growth strategy Horizon platform, is leaving the company for health reasons, according to two people familiar with the matter. Bommer, a former hedge fund manager, joined Blackstone in 2021 as a senior managing director when the company was…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Group’s Scott Bommer, who oversaw its hedge fund unit’s growth strategy Horizon platform, is leaving the company for health reasons, according to two people familiar with the matter. Bommer, a former hedge fund manager, joined Blackstone in 2021 as a senior managing director when the company was…
