By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British employers reduced the number of new permanent staff they hired through recruitment agencies by the most since mid 2020 last month due to concerns about the economic outlook, adding to signs that the market is becoming tougher for job seekers. A gauge of permanent staff hiring by the…
By Muyu Xu, Alex Lawler and Arathy Somasekhar SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Surging U.S. crude exports in 2023 are pushing down oil prices in Europe and Asia, proving a key source of supply as producers cut output and sanctions on Russian crude disrupt trade flows. The introduction in June of U.S. crude grade WTI Midland to set…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – A team of U.S. orthopaedic surgeons is visiting the Gaza Strip to perform a series of joint replacement operations and provide training to local doctors. Khaled Saleh, president of the U.S.-based non-profit Fajr Scientific, said the visit would help patients immobilised by joint problems and chronic pain, as well…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said, drawing threats of revenge by Palestinian militant factions. Violence has worsened in the West Bank since last year with more Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks on Israelis. The Israeli police said in a statement…
TUNIS (Reuters) -At least four migrants died and 51 were missing after a migrant ship sank off Tunisia’s Kerkennah island, a judicial official told Reuters on Sunday, adding that all the migrants onboard were from sub-Saharan Africa. The Tunisian coast guard recovered 901 bodies of drowned migrants off its coast from Jan. 1 to July…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A clutch of top-tier Chinese economic data, second-quarter growth figures from Indonesia and the Philippines, and an Indian interest rate decision are the main events in Asia this week, with markets highly sensitive to rising…
The Breakdown: AI’s Impact: By 2030, the rise of generative AI may shake up the U.S. job landscape, with predictions of 30% of work hours being automated. Job Shifts: About 12 million Americans may transition to new careers because of AI’s influence. Top Sector to Watch: The healthcare sector could see an influx…
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A Tel Aviv municipal patrol officer has died, Israeli officials said on Saturday, after being shot by a Palestinian on a street in central Tel Aviv. The suspected shooter was then shot dead by another municipal patrol worker, Tel Aviv’s mayor Ron Huldai told Israel’s public broadcaster. A statement from the Israeli police…
(Reuters) -A senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday that talks in Saudi Arabia to make headway towards a peaceful settlement of the war with Russia had been productive, but Moscow called the meeting a doomed attempt to swing the Global South behind Kyiv. More than 40 countries, including China, India, the United States, and European…
By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish pipeline operator PERN said it had halted pumping through a section of the Druzhba pipeline, which connects Russia to Europe, after detecting a leak in central Poland on Saturday, but it expects flows to resume on Tuesday. PERN said there was no indication a third party had caused the…
