(Reuters) – A Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area for a missing tourist submersible that vanished while taking passengers on a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic in deep waters off Canada’s coast, the U.S. Coast guard said. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) were relocated to explore the origin of the noises…
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook British inflation figures this morning could take traders’ minds off England’s cricket defeat, should they show the slowdown that economists are hoping for. Reuters’ poll shows expectations that headline month-on-month CPI eases to 0.5% in May from 1.2% a month earlier,…
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The world’s biggest iron ore miner Rio Tinto said on Wednesday that it had reopened a rail line at its Western Australian operations after a train carrying iron ore near the port of Dampier derailed at the weekend. The line will remain subject to speed restrictions while a clean up of the…
BENGALURU (Reuters) -IndiGo, India’s largest airline, on Monday placed an order for 500 Airbus narrowbody jets, the largest ever plane deal by number of aircraft, overtaking an earlier deal by rival Air India that was firmed up on Tuesday. Following are the biggest plane deals, by number of aircraft. INDIGO – 500 JETS – 2023…
By Hussein Waaile, YP Rajesh and Tanvi Mehta NEW YORK/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the United States on Tuesday for a state visit that has been projected as a milestone in ties between the two countries that would deepen and diversify their partnership. Modi has been to the U.S. five times…
(Reuters) – The Pentagon found it had overestimated the amount of funding for ammunition, missiles and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion due to an accounting error, a spokesperson said on Tuesday, more than double the amount previously disclosed. The value of the accounting error was revised up from the $3 billion…
LONDON (Reuters) – Pay awards by British employers remained the highest in more than 30 years in the three months to May, keeping pressure on the Bank of England which looks set to raise interest rates again on Thursday in a bid to tame high inflation. Human resources data firm XpertHR said the median basic…
HAVANA (Reuters) – A delegation of high-level Cuban officials wrapped up an extended visit to Russia, according to state-run media reports on Tuesday, following up on the nearly 30 trade agreements signed between the allies in Havana in May. Longtime political allies Cuba and Russia – both subject to U.S. sanctions – have sharply increased…
LONDON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that the United States would have deep concerns about Chinese military activities in Cuba, after the Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing was planning a new training facility there. Speaking at a press conference in London after wrapping up a trip this week to…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an acceleration of Black Sea grain shipments from Ukrainian ports under a deal allowing safe wartime exports, a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday as Russia threatens to quit the pact next month. The United Nations and Turkey brokered the Black Sea…
