(Reuters) -Digital media conglomerate Starboard said on Friday it has bought Parler for an undisclosed sum and will temporarily shut down the social media app popular with U.S. conservatives to give itself time to roll out a revamped version of the platform. The move comes months after the collapse of a deal that would have…
(This April 13 story has been corrected to fix the year of the last dollar bond issuance to 2022, not 2019) By Joe Bavier and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Angola’s next sovereign debt issuance will be an ESG bond of up to $1 billion, its finance minister told Reuters on Thursday, but she…
(Reuters) – Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill into law that bans most abortions after six weeks, setting the stage for abortion access to be drastically curtailed in the state and across the U.S. South. DeSantis signed the legislation late on Thursday night after lawmakers in the state’s Republican-led House of Representatives…
(Reuters) – Traders of futures tied to the Federal Reserve’s policy rate on Friday kept bets the U.S. central bank will increase its benchmark rate in May by another quarter-of-a-percentage point, even after a report showed overall retail sales dropped more than expected last month. U.S. short-term interest rate futures reflect the view that a…
By Leika Kihara WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Assistant Governor Tokiko Shimizu said on Friday there had been “extremely high” uncertainty regarding Japan’s economy, as slowing global growth and recent financial market stress cloud its outlook. “The BOJ deems it necessary to conduct monetary easing and support the economy, and provide a favourable environment for…
By Soo-hyang Choi and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea announced on Friday it had tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), a development set to “radically promote” its forces, which experts said would facilitate missile launches with little warning. Leader Kim Jong Un guided Thursday’s test, and warned it would make enemies…
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Fifteen Russian diplomats expelled by Norway this week had sought to recruit sources, intercept communications and buy advanced technology, the Norwegian PST security police said on Friday. The diplomats’ real employers were the Russian GRU, FSB and SVR intelligence services, PST counterintelligence chief Inger Haugland told a news conference….
By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – European Union and G7 restrictions on Russian oil exports led to a global shift in oil flows, with Asian refiners soaking up discounted Russian crude, in part explaining the recent OPEC+ decision to curtail output further, the West’s energy watchdog said on Friday. With the arrival of over three…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A private banking industry group in Singapore on Friday denied a media report that the city state had asked global banks to keep quiet on wealth inflows coming from China over the past year due to political sensitivity. The Financial Times reported earlier on Friday, citing unidentified people, that the “tacit directive”…
By Jonathan Landay, Idrees Ali and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The latest U.S. intelligence leak illustrates a paradox of spycraft: keeping secrets means limiting their distribution but protecting against dangers like another Sept. 11, 2001, attack means sharing them. Balancing those twin demands is a key challenge for U.S. President Joe Biden as his administration…
