By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said last week he had secured a pledge from 75 top food companies to cut prices on hundreds of products next month to reflect a fall in raw material costs. Supply disruptions exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year boosted…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether requiring criminal defendants to pay a fixed amount of cash bail to secure their release from jail before trial violates the U.S. Constitution. The justices turned away an appeal by Bradley Hester of a lower court’s ruling that upheld Cullman…
By Max Hunder KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – For Kherson resident Iryna Radetska, the catastrophic flooding of her city after the giant Kakhovka dam was destroyed is the latest chapter in more than a year of wartime suffering. “They say a new love kills the old one. Maybe it’s the same with tragedy,” said 52-year-old Radetska,…
By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s main two political forces both secured victories in regional elections, results showed early on Monday, but candidates for a new libertarian party that has rattled the political landscape lagged behind. Sunday’s vote in three northern provinces took place months before national primaries in August and a general…
(Reuters) -Fox News has sent a “cease-and-desist” letter to Tucker Carlson over a competing Twitter series from the channel’s former star host that drew a combined 169 million views for its first two episodes, Axios reported on Monday. Last week, Axios said the news organization had notified Carlson’s legal team of contract violations related to…
LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday Britain could be the global home of artificial intelligence regulation as he pitched London as a tech hub to industry leaders and urged them to grasp the opportunities and challenges of AI. Sunak’s government will host a summit on the risks and regulation of AI later…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Odey Asset Management is not considering imposing exit restrictions on investors in any of its funds, a spokesperson said, as partners seek to sever ties with founder Crispin Odey following allegations of sexual misconduct against him. The Financial Times reported on Sunday that Odey Asset Management had been discussing…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Federal Reserve officials, who hoped to return the job market to its 2019, best-in-a-generation status after the pandemic, may be on the verge of success as the economy passes key milestones for labor participation and nears a return to pre-pandemic trend levels of employment. The question now: Will…
MILAN (Reuters) -Four-time Italian prime minister and billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, who died on Monday at the age of 86, never publicly indicated who should lead his business empire after his death. The future of his business interests will likely depend on how he has chosen to distribute his 61% stake in family holding…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Sunday defended Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Sunday, saying if the allegations the former president willfully retained hundreds of highly classified documents are proven true, then “he’s toast.” “I was shocked by the degree of sensitivity of…
