(Reuters) – Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday that if the G7 moved to ban exports to Russia, Moscow would respond by terminating the Black Sea Grain deal that enables vital exports of grain from Ukraine. The Group of Seven (G7) countries are considering a near-total ban on exports to Russia, Japan’s Kyodo…
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court, ahead of Israel’s independence day marking 75 years since establishment of the Jewish state. The plans were paused last month in the face of a wave of strikes and…
(Reuters) – British chipmaker Arm Ltd is building its own semiconductor to showcase the capabilities of its products, as it seeks to attract new customers and fuel growth following its Initial Public Offering (IPO) later this year, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Arm will team up with manufacturing partners to develop the new semiconductor,…
By Katya Golubkova and Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – The Group of Seven (G7) economic powers called on Sunday for the “extension, full implementation and expansion” of a critical deal to export Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea, the group’s agriculture ministers said in a communique. Brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, the deal…
BERLIN (Reuters) – German public sector workers have agreed on a wage deal with employers, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and the Verdi union said on Saturday, ending a dispute that has disrupted the transport sector in Europe’s biggest economy. The agreement for around 2.5 million workers in the sector follows arbitration. Under the deal, each…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – A union representing some 155,000 striking Canadian public workers called on Saturday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speed up negotiations over a deal for higher wages and work-from-home guarantees. A wide range of public services from tax returns to passport renewals have been affected since Wednesday, when about…
(Reuters) – Russia is advising citizens to avoid travel to Canada, citing what it calls numerous cases of discrimination against Russians, including physical violence, its foreign ministry said on Saturday. Canada is one of the most vocal backers of Ukraine in the war against Moscow’s forces and has imposed sanctions on hundreds of Russian officials…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian telecom firm Oi SA said late Friday it decided to postpone the release of its 2022 financial statements to May 22, after an expected presentation of its judicial reorganization plan. The company, which entered into a second bankruptcy protection in March just months after it emerged from similar proceedings, said…
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Treasury said it has frozen the assets held in the country by Russian businessman Artem Uss, who dodged Italian authorities trying to extradite him to the United States and fled to Russia last month. Uss was under house arrest at his home in Basiglio on the outskirts of Milan, but he…
(Reuters) -Swiss lender Zuercher Kantonalbank, known locally as ZKB, has held takeover talks with GAM Holding AG, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter. ZKB is one of several companies considering a purchase of Zurich-headquartered asset manager GAM, the newspaper said. London-listed Liontrust Asset Management said earlier this week it…
