U.S. triple-A credit rating put on downgrade notice by DBRS
LONDON (Reuters) -The United States was put on review for a downgrade by credit rating agency DBRS Morningstar on Thursday…
Politics
Florida laws targeting LGBT community stoke Pride energy, organizers say
By Brad Brooks and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Organizers of some LGBT Pride events in Florida are limiting access by…
Who is Ron DeSantis, 2024 presidential candidate?
By James Oliphant (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who announced on Wednesday he is seeking the 2024 Republican presidential nomination,…
Judge sworn in as Greece’s caretaker prime minister
ATHENS (Reuters) – Ioannis Sarmas, a senior judge, was sworn in as Greece’s caretaker prime minister on Thursday to lead…
Turkey’s cenbank holds policy rate at 8.5% ahead of election runoff
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s central bank kept its policy rate at 8.5% on Thursday as…
Spain’s mass tourism in candidates’ crosshairs in election year
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – Scrawled across Barcelona’s opera house, along the city’s renowned La Rambla boulevard, is expletive-laden…
Italy probing China’s possible growing influence on Pirelli -sources
By Giuseppe Fonte and Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – The Italian government, which is assessing tyre maker Pirelli’s new shareholder…
Amsterdam’s red light district starts marijuana smoking ban
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A ban on smoking marijuana on the streets of Amsterdam’s red light district went into effect on…
First-time asylum applications in EU surge in February
By Olivier Sorgho (Reuters) – First-time asylum applications from people seeking international protection in European Union countries soared in February,…
Sri Lanka president vows to conclude debt-restructuring talks by Sept or Nov
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Debt-laden Sri Lanka should be able to conclude a new round of restructuring talks by…