U.S., Vietnam say they hope to deepen ties as Blinken visits Hanoi
By Humeyra Pamuk HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday…
Europe
Atomic ‘angst’ over? Germany closes last nuclear plants
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will pull the plug on its last three nuclear power stations by Saturday,…
US bank giants ride rate rises, keep storm clouds at bay
By Nupur Anand, Tatiana Bautzer and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. banking heavyweights reaped windfalls from higher interest payments…
Bank of England’s Tenreyro says patience needed to lower inflation
(Reuters) -Bank of England policymaker Silvana Tenreyro said past interest rate rises would take time to bear down on inflation,…
Biden says he will announce run for re-election ‘soon’
By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt KNOCK, Ireland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he has decided to…
Eight dead in Sloviansk strike as Ukrainians said to pull back in Bakhmut
By Kai Pfaffenbach and Manuel Ausloos NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile strike killed eight people in eastern Ukraine…
Security of Europe, Indo-Pacific in focus as G7 foreign ministers gather
By Sakura Murakami TOKYO (Reuters) -Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations will focus on the security of both…
Emergency Credit Suisse rescue shakes faith in Switzerland
By John Revill and Noele Illien ZURICH/BERN (Reuters) -Switzerland’s tradition of dependable consensus politics has taken a battering after the…
After pension reform battle, Macron weakened but unbowed
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – Hours before France’s top judges breathed new life into his widely…
Societe Generale to pay $105 million in rate-rigging settlement
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Societe Generale SA agreed to pay $105 million to settle U.S. investor litigation accusing the French…