LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co sued Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, asking a court to overturn state efforts to exert control over the company’s Walt Disney World theme parks in Orlando. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey and Paul Vieira SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine marked the 37th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on Wednesday by urging the world not to bow to Russian “blackmail” over nuclear facilities it has seized during its invasion. Former workers at what was then known as the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP)…
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s inflation slowed more than expected and reached its lowest since late 2020 in the year to mid-April, a reading the government is likely to see as backing its calls for an interest rate cut even as the central bank maintains a hawkish tone. The country’s IPCA-15 inflation index…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The Hungarian government’s call for a ceasefire in neighbouring Ukraine is “cynical” given large swathes of the country are occupied by invading Russian forces, the U.S. Ambassador to Budapest David Pressman said on Wednesday. The U.S. envoy did not mention Prime Minister Viktor Orban by name, but Hungary’s leader has repeatedly called…
By Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – Government and think-tank representatives from Myanmar and its neighbours, including India and China, held talks in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a secretive effort to de-escalate a bloody crisis in the army-run Southeast Asian nation, two sources said. Myanmar was plunged into conflict and economic chaos in…
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British foreign minister James Cleverly urged China to be more open about what he called the biggest military build-up in peacetime history and said secrecy around its plans could lead to a “tragic miscalculation”. Relations between Britain and China are the worst in decades after London restricted Chinese investment over…
By Karen Lema SAN ANTONIO, Philippines (Reuters) – U.S. and Philippine armed forces unleashed a volley of missiles on a mock enemy warship in the South China Sea on Wednesday, in a show of military power and a strengthening alliance at a time of rising regional tension. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr watched from a…
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At a summit with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to reassure South Koreans that the U.S. nuclear umbrella is sufficient protection from North Korean attack. But with North Korean missiles now a direct threat to the United States, an old…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ battles with Walt Disney Co over a state law banning public school lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity could boost his support among U.S. Republican voters as he mulls a possible White House bid, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. DeSantis has been tussling with Disney for over a…
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Price caps to curb surging inflation and windfall taxes imposed by Hungary’s government have hurt sentiment among German firms in the country, a business survey showed on Wednesday. Germany is Hungary’s biggest foreign investor, giving the survey by the German-Hungarian Chamber of Industry and Trade extra resonance. It showed the assessment of…
