Russian spy chief says he spoke to CIA boss about ‘what to do with Ukraine’
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday that he and CIA counterpart William Burns…
Asia
South Korea’s import price decline in June steepest in 8 years
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s import prices fell in annual terms for a fifth month in June and marked the…
IMF approves $3 billion bailout for cash-starved Pakistan
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s board approved a $3 billion bailout programme for Pakistan which will…
Wall Street cheers cool CPI with stock rally; dollar, yields decline
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks advanced on Wednesday and the dollar and Treasury yields fell after new U.S….
Russian hackers lured embassy workers in Ukraine with ad for a cheap BMW
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) -Hackers suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies…
US dollar stumbles, drops to more than one-year low as inflation eases in June
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar crashed to its lowest in more than a year on Wednesday…
North Korea fires ICBM as South Korea, Japan leaders meet at NATO
By Josh Smith, Kantaro Komiya and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) -North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) off its…
Biden to host Italian PM at White House on July 27
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will host Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House on July…
US State Dept says it has no reason to doubt Microsoft’s attribution of hack to China hackers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department on Wednesday said it has no reason to doubt Microsoft’s accusation that Chinese state-linked…
Oil prices settle up as mild US inflation data calms fear of Fed rate hike
By Laura Sanicola (Reuters) -Oil prices settled higher on Wednesday, with benchmark Brent futures breaching $80 a barrel for the…