By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry is suing a British tabloid publisher to focus attention on alleged unlawful activities and not because of “some vendetta against the press”, his lawyer told London’s High Court on Monday. Harry, King Charles’ younger son, is one of more than 100 high-profile figures suing the…
(Reuters) – KKR & Co Inc said on Monday it will buy industrial machinery maker Circor International Inc in a $1.6-billion deal and take it private, as the private equity firm looks to double down on investments in the flow-control market. Flow-control products help manage and control liquids and gases using equipment or services such…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – China leads research in 19 of 23 technologies set as priorities by the AUKUS defence partnership of Australia, Britain and the U.S., including hypersonics, electronic warfare and undersea drones, highlighting the need for Western allies to pool research results, an Australian security think-tank says. The Australian Strategic Policy Institute…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States and several other countries have committed human rights violations against a Saudi man held in the Guantanamo prison and accused of organising the bombing of the USS Cole in the port of Aden in 2000, a U.N. report said. Abd al Rahim al Nashiri could face…
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s government has no need to directly invest in Stellantis as the carmaker is doing well, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti suggested on Monday, echoing similar comments made last week by the group’s chairman. Asked by reporters whether Rome should take a stake in Stellantis to have more say in its management, Giorgetti…
By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) – The CEOs of America’s biggest oil companies were paid a lot more in the first year of the COVID crisis than initially estimated, thanks to stock-heavy compensation packages that have since soared in value, according to an examination of pay disclosures over three years. The pandemic, with lockdowns the norm,…
RIYADH (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, state media reported, as the kingdom continues to expand its diplomatic outreach beyond traditional Western alliances. Maduro was received at the airport of the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah by Deputy Governor of Mecca region Prince Badr bin Sultan and other…
By Shubham Batra (Reuters) – Regional bank executives buying shares in their own companies hit a three-year high in the United States during the second quarter of 2023 as they rushed to restore investor confidence in their firms following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Such a buying frenzy was last witnessed in the first…
(Reuters) – The United States issued new Russia-related sanctions on Monday, the Treasury Department’s website showed. The sanctions target seven Russian individuals and one Russian entity, the website showed. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub; Editing by Tim Ahmann)
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s chief denied on Monday that his agency had watered down its standards in an investigation into past Iranian activities after Israel accused it of “capitulation to Iranian pressure”. The dispute centres on the International Atomic Energy Agency’s years-long investigation into the origin of uranium particles…
