Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for two months
By Huseyin Hayatsever and Michelle Nichols ANKARA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two…
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Swiss parliament to investigate Credit Suisse collapse
ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse’s collapse and its takeover by UBS will be investigated by a parliamentary commission (PUK), the…
US single-family building permits at 7-month high; housing slump persists
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Permits for future U.S. single-family homebuilding jumped to a seven-month high in April, giving…
New Jersey county settles US claims over treatment of jailed inmates following suicides
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A New Jersey county on Wednesday agreed to a consent decree with the U.S. government…
European shares slip on US debt ceiling concerns
By Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) -European shares slipped on Wednesday as concerns about whether the United States can…
At Hiroshima G7, bomb survivors grapple with a disarmament dream deferred
By Sakura Murakami HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – The last time a U.S. president visited Hiroshima, atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori…
BP unit to pay record $40 million to settle U.S. air pollution civil charges
By Sarah N. Lynch and Laura Sanicola WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A subsidiary of BP plc will pay a record-setting $40…
At Cannes, independent film firms optimistic as streamers stumble
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) – Independent film companies facing a market upended by the entry of streaming services are…
Subsidy cuts could derail Thyssenkrupp green steel project -labour bosses
By Tom Käckenhoff and Christoph Steitz DUESSELDORF/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Thyssenkrupp’s labour bosses cranked up the pressure on Berlin to help fund…
China’s Tencent marks return to revenue growth in first quarter
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd marked a return to revenue growth in the first quarter…