(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that White House officials had requested the release of detained Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in conversations with a Kremlin official. In an interview with a Russian TV channel, Lavrov said White House officials “sometimes call” Yury Ushakov, a presidential aide specialising in foreign…
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has signed a bill decriminialising euthanasia into law in the Catholic-majority country after parliament on Friday overturned the last of his four vetoes. His office said in a statement the president had enacted the legislation “as he is obliged” to do so under the constitution….
MUNICH (Reuters) – Hyundai Motor Co’s European chief said the carmaker was not making a direct change to its pricing in response to Tesla’s price cuts, adding consumers needed reassurance that prices wouldn’t go up and down. “We are not taking what I’d call a knee-jerk reaction to what the competition does… we know that…
By Tom Sims and Frank Siebelt FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany’s Commerzbank said on Wednesday that its net profit nearly doubled in the first quarter in a better-than-expected result helped by higher interest rates. The bank said it sees “upside potential” in net interest income this year, and raised its forecast to 7 billion euros ($7.7 billion)…
(Reuters) -An investor consortium including U.S. buyout firm Blackstone and Thomson Reuters sold 33 million shares in the London Stock Exchange Group worth about 2.7 billion pounds ($3.41 billion), a bookrunner said on Wednesday. The placing of shares, which was upsized from 28 million, was at a price of 8,050 pence per share, a discount…
By Katya Golubkova, Yuka Obayashi and Kate Abnett TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s energy companies were quick to embrace the G7’s support for natural gas investment in their statement last month but analysts caution that relying on the fossil fuel may open the companies up to long-term problems. Resource poor Japan, the world’s biggest buyer of…
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Investigative journalist Oleksandr Tsakhniv spent much of his professional life trying to uncover corruption in Ukraine’s eastern hinterlands where he lived and worked. He was killed in March, aged 37, fighting Russian forces near Bakhmut. Now, his employer says his death could have an impact on the local fight…
(Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday that it downed six Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles in a single night, in what would be a major setback for Moscow’s efforts to develop an unstoppable next-generation weapon. It was not clear which air defense system Kyiv used to shoot down the missiles, but last week the U.S. military…
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) – UBS Group AG was rushed into buying cross-town rival Credit Suisse Group AG in a deal it did not want, as a global bank crisis worsened the latter’s finances and prompted authorities to take swift action, a regulatory filing showed. UBS, in a Tuesday filing to the U.S….
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Nervousness in the market over the looming U.S. debt ceiling deadline prevailed through the Asian hours and will remain the main focus for investors as Europe wakes up. While the talks between U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin…
