By Joanna Plucinska and Guglielmo Mangiapane LONDON/ROME (Reuters) – Soaring summer temperatures across southern Europe could prompt a lasting shift in tourist habits, with more travellers choosing cooler destinations or taking their holidays in spring or autumn to dodge the extreme heat, tourism bodies and experts predict. European Travel Commission (ETC) data shows the number…
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Movie mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, who is advising Joe Biden on his re-election campaign, says he sees opportunity in what many consider to be the U.S. President’s biggest vulnerability in the 2024 presidential race – his age. Biden, a Democrat who turned 80 in November, is already the oldest Oval…
By Panu Wongcha-um and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s prime ministerial hopeful said on Tuesday he was willing to adjust the pace of his Move Forward party’s ambitious reform drive if he becomes premier, but vowed no retreat from a plan to change a law that forbids insulting the monarchy. In an interview with Reuters…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc must face a California lawsuit claiming it should have covered UberEats drivers’ work-related expenses, the state’s top court said on Monday, in what could be a major blow to companies in the largest U.S. state and a win for labor advocates. The California Supreme Court in a…
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia agreed on Tuesday to buy Turkish drones in the biggest defence contract in Turkey’s history as President Tayyip Erdogan reaped the benefits of his diplomatic push to repair ties with Gulf powers and help Ankara’s struggling economy. Erdogan and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attended the…
By Aftab Ahmed and Shivangi Acharya GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Multilateral development banks must create a new funding mechanism and triple sustainable lending by 2030 to eliminate poverty and achieve climate goals, a G20 panel said in a report on Tuesday that called for big changes in the way MDBs operate. The independent panel, headed…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Road traffic was re-opened on one lane of the Crimean Bridge late on Monday following what Russia called a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” that damaged the structure, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said. Khusnullin said the lane was being used for vehicles going from the town of Taman in southern Russia to Kerch…
(This July 16 story has been corrected to state that China is CELAC’s second-largest trading partner, not its largest, in paragraph 5) By Philip Blenkinsop and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union pledged more investment for Latin America and the Caribbean at a summit on Monday as part of a revamp of its…
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -For the first time since the 1980s a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) visited South Korea on Tuesday, as the allies launched talks to coordinate their responses in the event of a nuclear war with North Korea. White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell confirmed the rare…
By Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched missile and drone strikes on southern and eastern Ukraine overnight that damaged infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The attack on Odesa, one of Ukraine’s main ports for exporting grain, followed a pledge of retaliation by Russia after a blast on…