By Xinghui Kok and Greg Torode SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Tensions between the United States and China are expected to loom over Asia’s top security meeting this week, as China has declined a bilateral meeting between the superpowers’ defence chiefs. The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts top defence officials, senior military officers, diplomats, weapons makers and security analysts…
By John Irish and Andrew Gray BULBOACA, Moldova (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pressed his case on Thursday for Ukraine to be part of the NATO military alliance and urged the alliance to provide security guarantees if membership was not possible for now. Joining a meeting of European leaders in Moldova, the Ukrainian leader was seeking…
(Reuters) -“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was convicted on Wednesday of raping two women at his Hollywood Hills home. A jury deadlocked on another charge that Masterson raped a third woman between 2001 and 2003, said Greg Risling, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Masterson, 47, got his breakout role…
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s manufacturing output fell for a third month in a row in May and new orders declined at the fastest pace in four, but there were signs that the worst of the inflation surge may have passed, an industry survey showed on Thursday. The final reading of the S&P…
WARSAW (Reuters) – A visa waiver for participants of an art festival in Belarus in July could serve as a gateway for migrants and renew pressure on Poland’s eastern border, a senior Polish security official said on Thursday. Poland has been a refuge for opponents of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, and has become one of…
By Gwladys Fouche and Sabine Siebold OSLO (Reuters) -NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday he would soon travel to Turkey to discuss Sweden’s NATO membership, in a bid to close a process that has been delayed due to objections from member countries Turkey and Hungary. Speaking during a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased modestly last week and private employers hired more workers than expected in May, pointing to continued labor market tightness that could push the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates elevated. The labor market is slowing only marginally, keeping…
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron has loosened labour laws and cut taxes among other reforms to transform the economy, but has not broken France’s addiction to spending big to buy social peace. Eager to turn the page on months of protests against his plans to raise the retirement age by two…
By Sabine Siebold and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Moscow cannot stop Ukraine from becoming a NATO member, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, as divisions among allies about the speed of Kyiv’s accession became apparent only weeks before a decisive mid-July summit in Vilnius. “All allies agree that Moscow does not have…
By Mike Stone and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – SpaceX’s Starlink, the satellite communications service started by billionaire Elon Musk, now has a Department of Defense contract to buy those satellite services for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “We continue to work with a range of global partners to ensure Ukraine has the resilient…
