By Dan Peleschuk and Anna Dabrowska KYIV (Reuters) – Saudi-hosted talks last weekend were a “breakthrough” for Kyiv that showed it is possible to rally global support around the 10-point plan proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to end Russia’s war, Ukraine’s foreign minister said on Thursday. “If a country wants to be in the front…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Chipmakers STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries on Friday secured EU approval to build a new chip factory with French state aid in France. The companies announced their plan in July last year, with the new facility to be situated next to STM’s existing plant in Crolles and targeted to reach full capacity by 2026,…
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – If economic trends that existed before the coronavirus pandemic reassert themselves, a modest cooling in the labor market may not be enough to bring down a key measure of underlying inflation, research released Wednesday from the San Francisco Fed said. The report looked at what has come…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia kept up its relentless shelling across the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expanded the shakeup of his security services on Monday by suspending 28 more officials, a day after he dismissed two senior officials over allegations that their agencies harbored “collaborators and traitors.” In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy…
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The United States should redeploy tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea to send a clear message to North Korea and alleviate growing calls in the South for developing its own bombs, former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said on Tuesday. Bolton’s remarks came as South Korean President Yoon…
By Gram Slattery RACINE, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Donald Trump holds a rally in Racine, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, where he will slam Democratic President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy, even as a major local factory that Trump broke ground on six years ago has proven to be a flop. The Republican former president was in…
The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Monday a state district court claiming Meta has been “storing millions of biometric identifiers” — identified as retina or iris scans, voice…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Nearly one million Americans could find it harder to access federal food aid under a Republican proposal to expand the program’s work requirements, according to the Biden administration, which has promised to veto the plan if it passes Congress. The expanded work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)…
By Praveen Menon and Sam Holmes SYDNEY (Reuters) – A blowout in visa processing times in Australia has left about a million prospective workers stuck in limbo, worsening the acute staff shortages that have crippled businesses and dampened economic sentiment. Strict border controls for two years and an exodus of holiday workers and foreign students…
By Belén Carreño, Inti Landauro and David Latona MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on Monday, in an apparent attempt to wrong-foot his conservative opponents and give his flagging Socialist party the best chance of retaining power before its support weakens further. Sanchez, who has repeatedly said he…
