By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Russia struck Ukrainian ports a day after pulling out of a U.N.-backed deal for safe Black Sea grain exports, and Moscow and Kyiv gave vastly different accounts of fighting in northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday. Russia said it hit fuel storage in Odesa and a plant making seaborne drones there, as…
By Alkis Konstantinidis and Lefteris Papadimas MANDRA, Greece (Reuters) -Two wildfires swept uncontrolled through forestland and towns northwest of Athens for a second day on Tuesday, forcing more residents to flee their homes as authorities fought to stop the flames reaching an area with oil refineries. One of the fire fronts stretched over 8 km…
By Liliana Salgado PHOENIX (Reuters) -A global pattern of heat waves scorching parts of Europe, Asia and the United States intensified on Tuesday, with the World Meteorological Organization warning of an increased risk of deaths linked to excessively high temperatures. Americans were facing a medley of extreme weather, from blazing heat from Texas to Southern…
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rebounded off a 15-month low and global stock markets rose on Tuesday as upbeat earnings on Wall Street and retail sales pointing to a resilient U.S. economy sealed expectations that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates next week. Bank of America posted a 20% surge…
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine presented vastly different accounts of fighting in northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday, with Moscow reporting advances by its troops and Kyiv saying it had seized the initiative in the region. Both sides reported no letup in the fighting. Ukraine has reported a measure of progress in a counteroffensive launched early last…
SEOUL (Reuters) – A U.S. national was probably detained after crossing into North Korea on Tuesday during a tour in the “peace village” of Panmunjom, with its cluster of distinctive bright blue buildings and history of defections, tension and murder. Known formally as the Joint Security Area (JSA), in the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),…
BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States should exercise sound strategic judgment in dealing with China, China’s defence minister Li Shangfu said while meeting veteran U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Tuesday. China has been committed to building stable, predictable and constructive Sino-U.S. relations, and hopes the United States can work with it to promote the…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales rose less than expected in June as receipts at service stations and building material stores declined, but consumers boosted or maintained spending elsewhere, which likely kept the economy on a solid growth path in the second quarter. Overall, the mixed report from the Commerce Department on…
By Andrew Gray and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders proclaimed a new era of increased political and economic cooperation on Tuesday but their summit meeting was clouded by wrangling over how to address Russia’s war in Ukraine. The gathering of some 50 leaders from the three regions in Brussels…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty-two Republican lawmakers urged the Federal Trade Commission to drop its fight against Microsoft’s deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard, calling it “an example of the FTC’s rejection of sound antitrust policy.” The lawmakers, all members of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in a letter sent on Monday to FTC…
