LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he would set out a new assistance package for Ukraine on Wednesday at a conference aimed at encouraging private companies to invest in the country’s reconstruction after Russia’s invasion. Kyiv and London will host the Ukraine recovery conference in London on Wednesday and Thursday, when…
By Julia Harte (Reuters) – Abortion rights advocates and opponents are set to mark this week’s one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized the procedure nationwide with events to rally voters and highlight the ongoing fights over access. The ruling, whose anniversary…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A second teenager has died following a school shooting in southern Brazil, the hospital said on Tuesday. The first victim, Karoline Verri Alves, 17, was confirmed dead at the scene after a shooter entered the school in the city of Cambe, Parana state, to carry out Monday’s attack. Luan Augusto, 16,…
By Joanna Plucinska and Valerie Insinna PARIS (Reuters) -Ukraine is in negotiations with Western arms manufacturers to boost production of weapons, including drones, and could sign contracts in coming months, a Ukrainian minister told Reuters. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year Ukraine has been scrambling to secure weapons ranging from munitions to rocket launchers…
KYIV (Reuters) – Philip Morris International Inc will launch a new $30 million production facility in the Lviv region in western Ukraine in the first quarter of next year, the company said on Tuesday. It said the facility would create 250 jobs. “This investment reflects our commitment as Ukraine’s long-term economic partner,” Maksym Barabash, Chief…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Wall St looks set to return from the ‘Juneteenth’ holiday in a slightly more cautious mood as hawkish European policymakers contrast with another interest rate cut in China and as U.S. housing dominates the data slate. Both the S&P500 and Nasdaq…
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the spy balloon incident with China “should be closed” in an interview with MSNBC posted online on Tuesday. “We did what we needed to do to protect our interests, we said what we needed to say and made clear what needed to make clear in…
By Douglas Gillison and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -A U.S. judge in Florida on Monday ordered defense lawyers for former President Donald Trump not to release evidence in the classified documents case to the media or the public, according to a court filing. The order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart also put strict conditions on…
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Months after a grand jury declined to indict eight police officers in Akron, Ohio, who shot dead Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man, his family is seeking at least $45 million in a federal lawsuit – $1 million for each bullet that hit him, the lawsuit says. The case, filed…
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Automakers and other consumers of critical minerals should invest in Australia’s materials processing industry to secure ethical long-term supply that can weather geopolitical disruptions, the Australian resources minister said on Tuesday. One of the world’s biggest suppliers of raw minerals, Australia unfurled a landmark strategy on Tuesday that outlines…
