LONDON (Reuters) – British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt plans to raise concerns about the surge in food prices and discuss ways to ease the strain on families when he meets food manufacturers on Tuesday, his office said in a statement. “High food prices are proving stubborn so we need to understand what’s driving that,” Hunt…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A group of Chinese citizens living in Florida sued the state on Monday to strike down a new law that would bar citizens of China and several other countries from owning homes and land in the state. The four plaintiffs represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in…
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday it was battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks of its kind since the war began 15 months ago. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said a Ukrainian…
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Nureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -A week-long ceasefire in Sudan got off to a shaky start on Monday as witnesses in the capital Khartoum reported fighter jets flights over the city and continued fighting in some areas. Heavy bombardments could be heard in east Khartoum, witnesses said, and one resident shared a…
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Writer Kyra Jones knew she would be taking a financial hit when she agreed to join the writers’ room for the Hulu comedy series “Woke.” The first payment she received for her share of the show’s digital rentals was a mere $4, before taxes, barely enough to buy…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany plans to earmark around 4 billion euros ($4.40 billion) annually to subsidize electricity prices for energy-intensive industries, to support an industrial move away from fossil fuels and discourage firms from moving offshore. The government last year introduced electricity and gas price caps to shield industry and households from rising energy prices,…
DAKAR (Reuters) – Between 60,000 and 90,000 people have fled from Sudan to neighbouring Chad since violence erupted last month, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday. More than 250,000 people have crossed the borders to neighbouring countries since the conflict broke out, with more expected to flee as fighting continues. “Almost 90% of new…
By Daina Beth Solomon and David Lawder WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. labor officials on Monday said they have asked Mexico to investigate alleged worker rights abuses at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co plant in Mexico in the latest “rapid response” probe under North American trade rules. The complaint from the U.S. Trade Representative’s…
By Abu Arqam Naqash MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Hundreds of people rallied in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Monday to protest arch rival India’s decision to host a G20 tourism meeting in its part of the disputed Himalayan region, said a government official. New Delhi is hosting the key conference in Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar from Monday…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSantis and Walt Disney Co, questioning the judge’s impartiality in the case. Lawyers for DeSantis, who is being sued for allegedly targeting Disney for company leadership’s…
