By Melanie Burton and Scott Murdoch MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian lithium developer Liontown Resources on Monday entered a trading halt to raise funding for its flagship Kathleen Valley lithium project after U.S.-based miner Albemarle abandoned a A$6.6 billion ($4.16 billion) buyout bid. Albemarle withdrew its indicative proposal amid “growing complexities,” the companies confirmed in separate statements…
By Matt Tracy and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Israeli-Hamas war has sharpened focus on rising geopolitical risks for financial markets, as investors wait to see if the conflict draws in other countries with the potential to drive up oil prices further and deal a fresh blow to the world economy. Israel’s Prime Minister…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that suggestions the United States should prepare for a war against Russia and China were nonsense, and warned the West that any war against Russia would be on a whole different level to the conflict in Ukraine. A bipartisan panel appointed by the U.S….
