By Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard and Dhwani Pandya TAIPEI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Foxconn said it intends to apply for incentives under India’s semiconductor production plan, a day after the Taiwanese firm split with Vedanta on a $19.5 billion chipmaking joint venture. Foxconn withdrew from the JV with the Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate on Monday, in a setback…
(Reuters) -The Kremlin accused NATO on Tuesday of treating Russia like an “enemy” and said it would closely follow any decisions taken at a two-day summit of the Western military alliance and respond with unspecified measures to protect its own security. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said earlier he expected its leaders gathering in Vilnius to…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea on Tuesday condemned U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine as a “criminal act” and demanded an immediate withdrawal of the plan. The fact that Biden had admitted it was a difficult decision showed he was aware of the disastrous consequences of the use of cluster…
By Sabine Siebold and John Irish VILNIUS (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday agreed to forward to parliament Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, appearing to end months of drama over an issue that had strained the bloc as war has raged in Ukraine. Sweden and Finland applied for NATO membership last…
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -A key measure of British wages rose at the joint fastest pace on record but official data also showed signs that the inflationary heat in the labour market is cooling, offering the prospect of relief for the Bank of England. Sterling edged up but yields on two-year British government bonds,…
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) -A key British mortgage rate hit a 15-year high on Tuesday when it rose above the levels reached in the aftermath of September’s “mini-budget” crisis, adding to strains on the country’s slowing housing market as the Bank of England battles stubborn inflation. The average two-year fixed residential mortgage rate climbed…
(Reuters) – As rebellious Wagner forces drove north toward Moscow on June 24, a contingent of military vehicles diverted east on a highway in the direction of a fortified Russian army base that holds nuclear weapons, according to videos posted online and interviews with local residents. Once the Wagner fighters reach more rural regions, the…
By Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial services industry has broadly cheered fresh government proposals to jumpstart the economy by channelling 50 billion pounds ($64.5 billion) of pension fund cash into fledgling firms, but the plans could backfire on savers, experts said. Finance minister Jeremy Hunt on Monday unveiled a raft…
By Kate Lamb and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – ASEAN chair Indonesia on Tuesday stressed the importance of the regional bloc’s unity in remaining credible, as its foreign ministers started talks expected to touch on the thorny issue of engaging Myanmar’s ostracised ruling generals. The meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta…
LONDON (Reuters) -Finance leaders, companies and philanthropists have committed more than $2 billion to help finance efforts to reduce carbon emissions and boost climate resilience across Africa, Asia and Latin America, a joint UK-U.S. statement said on Tuesday. The statement, by Britain’s Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy…