By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – Confidence at big Japanese manufacturers fell in July for the first time in six months, the Reuters Tankan survey showed on Wednesday, in a sign of growing exporter concern about weakening overseas demand. Their index fell to plus 3 in July, from plus 8 in the previous month. Industries…
By Martin Petty BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s parliament will hold a second vote on a new prime minister on Wednesday, more than two months since the liberal Move Forward Party’s surprise election triumph over rivals allied with the military. An eight-party alliance has pledged its backing for Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, despite his defeat in…
By Andrew Goudsward FORT PIERCE, Florida (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a U.S. federal judge on Tuesday not to treat the former president the same as any other criminal defendant in setting the timing for his trial on charges of mishandling classified documents, citing his presidential campaign. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican nomination to…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden has created a new role on the National Economic Council (NEC) to tackle anticompetitive business practices, naming NEC member Hannah Garden-Monheit as Director of Competition Council Policy, the White House said on Tuesday. Garden-Monheit, a former U.S. trial attorney with experience in the private sector, told Reuters…
By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Russia struck Ukrainian ports a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal for safe Black Sea grain exports, and Moscow and Kyiv gave vastly different accounts of fighting in northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday. Russia said it hit fuel storage in Odesa and a plant making seaborne drones there, as…
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is considering changes to the taxation of closed-end funds and shareholder payouts in order to shore up revenue in next year’s budget, said three senior economic officials with direct knowledge of the matter. The government signaled on Tuesday it would propose a comprehensive income…
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal charges against 16 people on Tuesday for submitting a phony slate of electors to try to help Republican Donald Trump overturn his 2020 presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. WHAT ARE ELECTORS? U.S. presidents are not elected by direct popular vote….
By Alkis Konstantinidis and Lefteris Papadimas MANDRA, Greece (Reuters) -Two wildfires swept uncontrolled through forestland and towns northwest of Athens for a second day on Tuesday, forcing more residents to flee their homes as authorities fought to stop the flames reaching an area with oil refineries. One of the fire fronts stretched over 8 km…
By Liliana Salgado PHOENIX (Reuters) -A global pattern of heat waves scorching parts of Europe, Asia and the United States intensified on Tuesday, with the World Meteorological Organization warning of an increased risk of deaths linked to excessively high temperatures. Americans were facing a medley of extreme weather, from blazing heat from Texas to Southern…
(Reuters) – Brazilian retailer GPA announced it received a new offer from Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinsky to buy part of GPA’s stake in its Colombian subsidiary Almacenes Exito, GPA said in a statement on Tuesday. GPA said Gilinski’s latest offer came in at $586.5 million for a 51% stake in supermarkets and shopping mall operator…
