WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is concerned that North Korea is planning to deliver more weapons to Russia, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Monday after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster strategic cooperation with Moscow. Earlier on Monday, North Korea’s KCNA state news agency said Kim made the pledge…
By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) -Electric vehicle charging companies are cautiously embracing Tesla’s charging technology as the main U.S. standard, mere days after Ford and GM said they were adopting it, but questions remained about how any interoperability would work. The rare agreements between Tesla Inc and each of the two U.S. automakers, who among them…
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed unhappiness on Monday at results of an inspection he ordered into all Ukrainian shelters after three people were killed when they were unable to access one during a Russian air strike in Kyiv. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said he had received summary reports on the shelters’ “preparedness…
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday its troops had recaptured seven villages from Russian forces along an approximately 100-km (60-mile) front in the southeast since starting its long-anticipated counteroffensive last week. The task of ending Russia’s occupation of southern and eastern Ukraine is daunting, given Russia’s numerical superiority in men, ammunition and…
By Anthony Deutsch VOLKEL AIR BASE, Netherlands (Reuters) – Ukrainian pilots could begin training to fly U.S.-manufacture F-16 fighter jets as soon as this summer, the Dutch defense minister has told Reuters, a first step toward supplying Kyiv with a powerful, long-term capability in its war with Russia. NATO allies the Netherlands and Denmark are…
By Sinéad Carew and Elizabeth Howcroft NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks gained ground, hitting their highest level in more than a year on Monday, while U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar were virtually unchanged ahead of key U.S. inflation readings and interest rate decisions later this week from the U.S. Federal Reserve and other…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of a trade group representing nearly all major automakers urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to “ease up” on its aggressive proposal to sharply cut vehicle emissions through 2032, saying it could benefit China. Alliance for Automotive Innovation CEO John Bozzella said Monday in a blog post the…
ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS Group’s takeover of Credit Suisse, arranged by the Swiss authorities to stave off a broader banking crisis, became official on Monday. The closing of the tie-up marks the final chapter for the 167-year old institution after years of scandals and missteps eroded customer confidence and brought the lender to the edge….
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark aims to raise the age limit for the collection of personal data from children by tech giants such as Google, Snapchat and Meta, in a bid to curb the massive accumulation of data on young people, the government said on Monday. It wants to raise to between 15 and 16 years…
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar inched higher on Monday, trading in a narrow range as investors remained cautious ahead of several key policy decisions due this week, with the Federal Reserve expected to keep rates on hold for the first time since January 2022. Monetary policy meetings at the Fed, the…
