By Sourasis Bose (Reuters) – Top U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Cheniere Energy Inc raised its 2023 core earnings forecast on Tuesday after reporting a quarterly profit compared with a year-ago loss, sending its shares up about 1.8% in premarket trading. The United States has emerged as the world’s largest LNG exporter after Western…
By Vitalii and Hnidyi HRAKOVE, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Ukrainian farmer has come up with a novel way to remove mines left in his fields after Russia’s invasion — he’s kitted out his tractor with protective panels stripped from Russian tanks and operates it by remote control. After Russian forces were driven back from parts…
By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) – An enormous fluffy, white, blue-eyed Burmese cat mascot ascended the Metropolitan Museum of Art steps on Monday in homage to Karl Lagerfeld’s beloved pet “Choupette,” who later revealed himself as actor Jared Leto, bringing a whole new meaning to this year’s Met Gala dress code “in honor of…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation accelerated last month but underlying price growth eased unexpectedly, adding to arguments for a smaller interest rate hike at the European Central Bank’s regular policy meeting on Thursday. Inflation has slowed sharply from double-digit readings late last year but remains far too high, making another rate hike a necessity…
By Andrew Hay ACEQUIA DE LA SIERRA, New Mexico (Reuters) – Rivers are roaring in northern New Mexico after a big snowpack. But sacred pastures Jimmy Sanchez’s family has irrigated for seven generations are dry. Sanchez has labored in snow, mud and ice to clear centuries-old irrigation ditches of fallen trees and debris left in…
By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India, backed by China, is trying to build a consensus within the G20 group to let countries choose a roadmap to cut carbon emissions instead of setting a deadline to end the use of fossil fuels, three Indian government officials said. India, the current G20 president, is…
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan A hail of potentially disruptive news developments makes for nervy start to May in world markets – but there’s little sign of that in seismographs that capture pending price volatility. For each jolt, there appears to be an offset….
By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia (Reuters) -Asia’s imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fell in April as major buyers China and Japan trimmed purchases, offsetting small gains among South Asian countries. The total volume of the super-chilled fuel imported was 20.86 million tonnes in April, down from March’s 22.23 million and 22.19 million in February,…
By Francesco Canepa and Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone banks are turning off the credit taps and a key gauge of inflation is finally falling, data showed on Tuesday, boosting the case for a smaller interest-rate increase by the European Central Bank later this week. Core inflation in the euro zone, a closely watched…
(Reuters) -Restaurant Brands International Inc beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue and profit on Tuesday, boosted by higher prices and increased traffic at its Burger King and Tim Hortons chains. Last month, McDonald’s Corp and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc also posted better-than-expected quarterly sales as they have been bumping up menu prices over the…
