By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Cucumbers, olive oil and cheese topped Britain’s inflation chart in March, while traditional fish and chips saw the biggest price rise for diners, according to a new price comparison tool released by the country’s statistics office on Wednesday. The cost of a cucumber was up a cool 52% in…
By Tanvi Mehta and Chris Thomas NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Wadia Group, the owner of cash-strapped Go Airlines (India) Ltd, is completely committed to the company, and has no plans to exit it, the airline’s chief executive said on Wednesday. The news came a day after the airline, recently rebranded as Go First, filed…
By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood film and television writers went on strike on Tuesday, shutting down late-night TV shows, and took their demands for higher pay to the doors of major studios in a labor dispute that hinges on how the streaming boom is changing show business. Hundreds of…
(Reuters) -An explosion derailed a freight train for the second day in a row in a Russian region bordering Ukraine on Tuesday, sending both the locomotive and some cars off the tracks, authorities said. The incident occurred in the western Bryansk region, which borders both Ukraine and Belarus. Russian officials say pro-Ukrainian sabotage groups have…
(Reuters) – A 14-year-old boy shot his teacher in a Belgrade classroom on Wednesday before opening fire on other students and security guards, killing eight pupils and a security guard, Serbia’s interior ministry said. Here are details of some previous school shootings and mass killings of children around the world: – NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, March 27,…
By M. Sriram and Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) -Brookfield Asset Management and Tata Group are in talks to invest in the upcoming initial public offering (IPO) for Nexus Malls, betting that the Indian real estate investment trust will benefit from a rise in the country’s consumption levels, two sources told Reuters. The IPO, the first-ever…
(Reuters) – A fuel depot was on fire early on Wednesday near a crucial bridge linking Russia’s mainland with Crimea, a Russian official said, days after Moscow blamed Ukraine for an attack that set fire to an oil depot in Sevastopol. Flames and black smoke billowed over what appeared to be large tanks emblazoned with…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had agreed to a ceasefire. Earlier, Israeli jets struck in Gaza as armed groups there fired rocket barrages…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Police on Tuesday captured a man suspected of shooting five Texas neighbors to death and leading multiple agencies on a four-day manhunt, after a tip led them to a home in a nearby town where he was caught hiding beneath laundry, officials said. The bloodshed erupted on Friday after neighbors asked…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is seeking U.S. cooperation to make the island’s next domestically developed fighter jet, the head of Taiwanese defence contractor Aerospace Industrial Development Corp (AIDC) said on Wednesday. Taiwan’s air force scrambles daily to see off incursions by Chinese jets into the airspace around the island as Beijing steps up its pressure…
