By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mass of smoky air that choked New York, Washington and other U.S. cities earlier this week moderated on Friday as it drifted as far south as the Florida Panhandle, and conditions improved to “moderate” along most of the Eastern Seabord. The U.S. National Weather Service said air…
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will allow 32 states to submit written opinions in a case in which Ukraine accused Russia of falsely applying genocide law to justify its invasion of its neighbour. The U.N.’s top court in a statement released on Friday said countries had until July 5 to give…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Friday said “spreading rumours and slander” is a common tactic of “hacker empire” the United States, after a media report that China has reached a deal with Cuba to set up an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island. Citing U.S. officials familiar with classified intelligence, the Wall Street…
By Sruthi Shankar and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit fresh 2023 highs on Friday as Tesla shares jumped following a tie-up with General Motors, while investors awaited inflation data and U.S. monetary policy decision due next week. Tesla Inc shares climbed 5.7% after General Motors agreed to use the…
By Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stephanie Cohen, the head of Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s fintech unit called Platform Solutions, is taking a leave of absence for family reasons, she said in a memo to staff seen by Reuters. “The past year has brought some challenges for my family,” Cohen said in the memo….
By Elena Fabrichnaya, Vladimir Soldatkin and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s central bank issued its strongest signal yet that it may hike interest rates this year, saying that likelihood had grown as inflationary pressures intensify, but held its key rate at 7.5% as expected on Friday. Annual inflation, which spiked to over 20-year highs in…
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) -A modern-day pilgrim on a walking tour of France’s cathedrals told journalists on Friday his Catholic faith gave him the strength to fight a man who stabbed four children in a park in Annecy. Dubbed “the backpack hero” – “le héros au sac a dos” – by media, the…
By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada unexpectedly shed jobs in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time in nine months, data showed on Friday, a first sign of employment softness after the central bank hiked rates this week, in part because of the tight labour market. The economy shed…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. official said American spy satellites detected an explosion at Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam just before it collapsed and unleashed a torrent of flood water into surrounding areas this week, the New York Times reported on Friday. The official said that satellites equipped with infrared sensors detected a heat signature consistent with a…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies on Friday condemned Russia’s decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). “Russia’s decision to withdraw from the CFE Treaty is the latest in a series of actions that systematically undermines Euro-Atlantic security,” the alliance said in a statement. “Russia’s decision further demonstrates Moscow’s continued…
