By Burcu Karakas, Ece Toksabay, Huseyin Hayatsever and Maya Gebeily ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan played up his plans to repatriate a million Syrian refugees as he rode a wave of nationalism to his third decade in power, but he could struggle to make good on the promise as conflict lingers on in neighbouring…
By James Oliphant CLIVE, Iowa (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stepped up his attacks on Republican rival Donald Trump on Tuesday as he kicked off his first campaign swing as a presidential candidate in Iowa. While DeSantis rarely alluded to the former president during remarks at an evening rally, he showed less restraint afterward when…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia supports Kosovo’s Serbian population and believes their legal rights and interests must be protected, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. Peskov also said Moscow was following with concern the unrest in Kosovo, which has increased sharply since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country’s northern Serb-majority area after votes…
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s top court postponed on Wednesday a crucial hearing on the constitutionality of reforms designed to unblock European Union funds due to an insufficient number of judges, the latest hurdle for Warsaw to get the cash. Polish President Andrzej Duda in February asked the Constitutional Tribunal to rule on the constitutionality of…
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German unemployment rose less than expected in May, showing resilience in the labour market despite difficult economic conditions, labour office figures showed on Wednesday. The Federal Labour Office said the number of people out of work increased by 9,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.573 million. Analysts polled by Reuters…
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan With the U.S. debt ceiling saga nearly over, the state of the global economy hoves back into view – with contrasting interest rate pictures that saw the dollar climb across the board. A deepening contraction of Chinese factory activity this month…
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) – Inflation may be past its peak in France, Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday, after official data showed inflation cooled more than expected in May. Consumer prices dipped 0.1% over one month, giving an annual inflation rate of 6.0% after 6.9% in April, EU-harmonised…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s economic growth is likely to be low in the first half of the year under continuing global inflationary pressure, but export momentum may pick up in the second half, the island’s central bank said on Wednesday. Taiwan, home to major tech firms including the world’s largest contract chip maker TSMC, has…
By Josh Smith and Sakura Murakami SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea is unlikely to be deterred from its quest to place cargoes in space, analysts said, even though a malfunction sent a new launch vehicle and the country’s first spy satellite crashing into the ocean on Wednesday. The secretive country considers its space and military…
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s economy rose 0.6% in the first quarter, boosted by strong domestic demand, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Wednesday, lifting a preliminary estimate of a 0.5% rise in gross domestic product. On a year-on-year basis, GDP in the January-March period was revised up to 1.9% compared with the 1.8% printout in ISTAT’s flash…
