By Jessie Pang and Laurie Chen HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -As restrictions in Hong Kong have snuffed out what were once the largest vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, cities like London, New York, Berlin and Taipei are left carrying the candle to commemorate the June 4 anniversary. Tens of thousands of people have left…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. employment increased more than expected in May, but a moderation in wages could allow the Federal Reserve to skip an interest rate hike this month for the first time since embarking on its aggressive policy tightening campaign more than a year ago. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 339,000 jobs last month,…
(Reuters) – Boeing Co. CEO Dave Calhoun on Friday said progress on resolving supply chain problems has been “frustratingly slow” even as airlines’ demand for planes has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels. Boeing has seen progress in certain elements of its supply chain, such as engine forgings and castings, Calhoun said. But the ability for…
LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager who detectives believe may have been just hours away from launching an attack on police or soldiers, was on Friday sentenced to a minimum of six years in jail for terrorism offences. Matthew King, 19, who converted to Islam during the COVID-19 lockdown and then became quickly radicalised by…
By Aleksandra Michalska and Michael Martina NEW YORK (Reuters) -The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will…
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The latest standoff over the U.S. debt ceiling, resolved just days before the government faced a devastating default, has prompted some to call for the country to ditch its self-imposed borrowing limit. That’s not likely to happen any time soon. Though the showdown unnerved investors and prompted threats of…
By Ariba Shahid and Asif Shahzad KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan has passed a special order to allow barter trade with Afghanistan, Iran and Russia for certain goods, including petroleum and natural gas, the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday. Left with barely enough foreign exchange reserves to cover one month’s imports, Pakistan’s government is…
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces in Kyiv said on Friday they shot down 36 Russian missiles and drones in and around the capital overnight, with two people injured by falling debris before authorities lifted air raid alerts across most of the country. Russia has launched about 20 missile and drone attacks on Kyiv…
By Valentyn Ogirenko and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – A nine-year-old Ukrainian girl, her mother and another woman were killed in a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Thursday after the air raid shelter they rushed to failed to open, witnesses said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed frustration at the miscue and said if local officials…
(Reuters) – General Motors Co and South Korea’s POSCO Future M said on Friday they will invest more to boost production at their chemical battery materials facility in Canada, taking their estimated total investment in the plant to over $1 billion. The companies said the new investment includes an additional CAM and a precursor facility…
