LONDON (Reuters) – A serving member of Britain’s armed forces has been charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act after an investigation by counter-terrorism police, London’s Metropolitan police said on Saturday. The Met said 36-year-old Thomas Newsome was initially arrested on April 18 and was charged late on Friday. He will appear at Westminster…
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Treasury said it has frozen the assets held in the country by Russian businessman Artem Uss, who dodged Italian authorities trying to extradite him to the United States and fled to Russia last month. Uss was under house arrest at his home in Basiglio on the outskirts of Milan, but he…
LONDON (Reuters) – The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) trade organisation has suspended all policy and membership work until June after a slew of businesses quit following staff complaints about workplace misconduct and allegations of rape by two women. Below is some information about the CBI and its role: WHAT IS THE CBI? Founded in…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Republican federal and state lawmakers, governors, and attorneys general are pushing back on growing efforts by investors and executives to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their business decision making. In all 39 bills targeting aspects of ESG were filed as of the end of 2022, of which…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked, for now, lower court orders that would have imposed new restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone while a lawsuit by anti-abortion groups and doctors seeking to ban it proceeds. But the legal fight over the drug is far from over. Here is what…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s richest people added $152 billion to their wealth over the past year, buoyed by high prices for natural resources and rebounding from the huge loss of fortunes they experienced just after the Ukraine war began, Forbes Russia said. Russia has 110 official billionaires in the list, up 22…
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Waving flags and holding photographs depicting conflict atrocities, Ukrainians gathered outside the Brazilian embassy in Lisbon on Friday to protest recent remarks about the Ukraine war made by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula, who arrived in Portugal earlier on Friday for a five-day official…
LISBON (Reuters) – Brazil’s Defence Minister Jose Mucio said on Friday his country’s planemaker Embraer SA would manufacture aircraft that meet NATO’s requirements in a partnership with Portuguese aerospace company OGMA. Embraer, which holds 65% of OGMA’s capital, makes several types of planes, including a light attack aircraft called “Super Tucano”. The company launched last…
GENEVA (Reuters) -Inmates who have been held for years in the Guantanamo Bay U.S. detention facility in Cuba are showing signs of “accelerated ageing”, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. “We’re calling on the U.S. administration and Congress to work together to find adequate and sustainable solutions…
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain could start winding down next week after Russia said it will not approve any new vessels unless their operators guarantee the transits will be done by May 18 – “the expected date of … closure.” Russia has…
