ROME (Reuters) – Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea. Last week’s shipwreck off Greece, killing at least 78 among hundreds packed onto a fishing boat, has shone a light once again on…
LONDON (Reuters) – A man appeared in court on Saturday charged with three counts of murder, the BBC reported, following a stabbing and van attack in the central English city of Nottingham earlier this week which left three people dead. Valdo Calocane, aged 31, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody by magistrates, after…
By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jens Stoltenberg is expected to be asked to remain as NATO secretary general for another year, according to a source familiar with the discussions and a U.S. official, as the alliance has struggled to decide on a replacement ahead of a mid-July summit in Lithuania. Stoltenberg’s…
ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS’s Chief Executive sought to reassure Switzerland on Saturday over its new banking giant, created by the Swiss bank’s historic takeover of former rival Credit Suisse. “The prospects for UBS are better than ever,” Sergio Ermotti wrote in an opinion piece published in the Swiss paper Tages-Anzeiger. “This also applies to the…
WARSAW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Poles are expected to march through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to demand equality for LGBTQ people, as the community eyes elections in October or November in which gay rights could play a prominent role. Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has focused on opposing…
By Timothy Gardner and Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and scientific education facility that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign, a spokesperson said on Friday. The DOE contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mondelez International’s Europe president said Thursday that the Milka chocolate bar-maker was being “singled out and treated differently” from rival companies that are also continuing to sell food and drinks in Russia, according to a memo seen by Reuters. In the memo titled “A note on Nordics/Russia” sent to employees Thursday,…
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces are advancing in southern sectors of their counter-offensive against Russian occupation troops, Ukrainian military officials said on Friday. The latest report on the counter-offensive, as well as an account of “desperate resistance” by Russian troops in the east, was issued as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said movement in the counter-offensive was “the…
By Robertson Henry KINGSTOWN (Reuters) – Humanitarian aid to Haiti will need to take into account the influence of heavily armed gangs who control large parts of the country, the president of a regional bloc said ahead of planned talks with the European Union next month. “If anybody wants to deliver humanitarian assistance to Haiti,…
By Lewis Krauskopf and Amanda Cooper NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A gauge of global stock markets took a breather on Friday after a run to 14-month highs, while the U.S. dollar headed for its biggest weekly slide since January following a heavy week of central bank meetings around the world. The MSCI All-World index edged…
