By Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday and thanked him for gifting Moscow six elephants. Military analysts have dubbed the present, which coincided with Russia’s completing delivery of six fighter jets to Myanmar, as part…
(Reuters) – Analog Devices topped first-quarter Wall Street expectations for revenue and profit on Wednesday, driven by a recovery in chip demand, particularly in the consumer segment, sending its shares up 5% in premarket trading. The company provides semiconductors to a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, communications, digital healthcare and industrial automation. Wilmington, Massachusetts-based…
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni said on Tuesday that it was “insulting” to speculate that bribes where involved in the case of libertarian President Javier Milei promoting a cryptocurrency that rapidly slumped. “We understand there was no attitude that went against public ethics,” Adorni said in a press conference, saying there…
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The Trump administration has halted funding for federal programs to reduce wildfire risk in Western states and has frozen hiring of seasonal firefighters, as part of broad cuts to government spending, according to organizations impacted by the moves. The reduction in resources for wildfire prevention comes a month after devastating…
By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s team would travel to Ukraine this week, the first such visit at an important diplomatic juncture in the war with Russia. Zelenskiy, who is trying to forge close relations with Trump as the…
By Lydia Morrish (Reuters) – Several major news outlets including Politico and the Associated Press have rejected unsubstantiated accusations by President Donald Trump and right-wing influencers that the U.S. Agency for International Development paid millions of taxpayer dollars to newsrooms in exchange for coverage favoring the Democratic Party. Trump wrote on social media on Thursday:…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court ruled in favor of upholding a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its popular short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. President-elect Donald Trump has said he will not allow TikTok, which is used by 170 million Americans,…
(Reuters) -Weight-loss drug developer Metsera, backed by ARCH Venture Partners, revealed a wider loss in its paperwork for a U.S. initial public offering on Friday. The terms of the IPO were not disclosed in the filing. Strong equity markets, falling interest rates and hopes of a friendlier regulatory environment under the incoming Trump administration have…
(Reuters) – The U.S. government on Friday proposed 2026 reimbursement rates for Medicare Advantage plans run by private insurers that will result in a 2.2% increase in payments, compared with a decline of 0.2% last year. Shares of insurers UnitedHealth Group, Elevance Health, CVS Health Corp and Humana rose between 1% and 3.2% in extended…
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) – Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on Friday. The findings highlight health concerns for employees who often perform repetitive tasks and use dangerous…
