By Andriy Perun LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile slammed into a residential building in Lviv in western Ukraine on Thursday, killing at least seven people in a city that is far from frontlines and home to thousands displaced by war. The roof and top floor of the building were destroyed in what Lviv’s mayor…
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Official results from Guatemala’s first-round presidential election late last month will be released next week, the country’s electoral court announced on Thursday, following a extended delay triggered by challenges from parties. A court spokesperson told Reuters that final results in the presidential race from the June 25 vote did not change….
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s nominal base salary grew at the fastest pace in 28 years in May, government data showed on Friday, adding fuel to the debate over when the central bank will unwind its ultra-loose monetary stimulus. Global financial markets have been closely watching Japan’s wage data, as Bank…
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia should halt collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants and urgently enable access to humanitarian services for those the government sent to a dangerous area of the Tunisia-Libya border, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday. Tunisia has removed hundreds of the migrants to a desolate area along the…
By Sinéad Carew and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – MSCI’s global index of stocks fell on Thursday while Treasury yields rose as a surge in U.S. private payrolls prompted concerns that interest rates would stay higher for longer. Payroll company ADP said June private payrolls rose 497,000, far exceeding economists’ expectations for a 228,000…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday replaced his tourism minister, the first cabinet reshuffle of his administration, as he seeks to shore up support for his political agenda from a powerful bloc of lawmakers. Tourism minister Daniela Carneiro will be replaced by federal lawmaker Celso Sabino from the Uniao…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is “appalled” by a brutal attack in Chechnya on a prominent female Russian journalist and a lawyer, the State Department said in a statement on Thursday, and it urged Russia to conduct a transparent probe and ensure justice. Armed masked men on Tuesday attacked Yelena Milashina, a…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan (BOJ) Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said the central bank will maintain its yield curve control policy from the perspective of sustaining ultra-loose monetary conditions, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday. “We want to make the decision from the perspective of how to sustain easy monetary conditions, while…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada will provide up to C$15 billion ($11.23 billion) in production incentives for a Stellantis-LG Energy Solution (LGES) electric vehicle battery plant, the federal and Ontario governments said on Thursday, a day after the companies said construction at their plant would resume. The production incentives agreed with Stellantis and LGES…
By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WEST COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) -President Joe Biden traveled to South Carolina to tout a new $60 million solar investment as the latest example that he is rebuilding the U.S. manufacturing industry. Biden and top administration officials are fanning across the country to champion how the administration’s economic policy…
