By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Justin Trudeau’s surprise announcement that he and his wife were separating, just a week after a broad cabinet reshuffle, underscores the Canadian prime minister’s focus and intent to lead his Liberal Party into a fourth election, despite sagging opinion polls, pollsters and insiders said. On Wednesday, Trudeau and his…
By Michelle Nichols and Humeyra Pamuk UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is yet to receive a response from China for the invitation it has extended to newly reappointed Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday. Earlier this week, Washington has formally extended the invite…
(Reuters) -X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, is seeking a financial data giant to build a trading hub inside the app, Semafor reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter and plan requests. The request plans were sent to big providers in recent weeks asking for proposals for financial content, real-time stock data…
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Three offices meant to attend Haitian, Cuban and Venezuelan migrants hoping to reach the United States will open in Colombia, the Andean country’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, the initial phase of a plan to reduce migrant flows through the dangerous Darien Gap. The Safe Mobility scheme was agreed between Colombia, Panama…
MILAN (Reuters) – Sales at Italian luxury goods group Salvatore Ferragamo declined by 7.2% at constant currencies in the first half, hit by double-digit drops in both North America and Asia Pacific, the company said on Thursday. Revenues totalled 600 million euros ($657 million) in the period, broadly in line with an analyst consensus gathered…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has agreed to pay up to $126 million to U.S. hospitals over 18 years to settle claims that its marketing of opioid drugs raised the hospitals’ operating costs. As part of the proposed settlement, disclosed in Teva’s quarterly earnings statement Wednesday, the Israel-based drugmaker also agreed…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department is in touch with hundreds of Americans in Niger, a senior State Department official said on Thursday, amid growing fears of conflict after military officers seized power last week. The United States ordered the evacuation of some staff and families from its embassy in Niger…
By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -The United States remains confident that the Group of Seven’s price cap on Russian oil is working to squeeze Moscow’s revenues and stabilize energy markets despite a recent upturn in prices, a senior U.S. Treasury official said on Thursday. Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Eric Van Nostrand hailed the price…
By Lananh Nguyen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Paco Ybarra, the CEO of Citigroup’s institutional clients group, will leave in the first half of next year, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The 36-year Citi veteran leads the Wall Street firm’s banking, markets and services businesses. He helped to establish it as a “powerhouse…
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Granth Vanaik NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cruise vacations in the past year have emerged as a popular option among consumers in search of cheaper ways to travel, but U.S. cruise companies are signaling that itineraries will get costlier in the coming months. After discounting aggressively following years of COVID-era testing requirements…
