By Hamuda Hassan, Jorge Silva and Natalia Zinets DOBROPILLIA, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian missile strike at the airport in the southwestern port of Odesa – a city that has so far been relatively unscathed in the war – has damaged the runway and …
Shanghai marks COVID milestone, Beijing on edge
By Brenda Goh and Min Zhang SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a milestone in its battle to contain the virus, which has paralysed the city of 25 million a…
CEO of Berkshire’s Brooks Running expects sales boost despite pandemic, supply disruptions
By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) – The longtime chief executive of running shoe maker Brooks Running, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, aims to more than triple revenue over the next decade, overcoming effects from supply chai…
Ukraine central bank makes changes to foreign currency market to protect reserves
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank said on Friday it was making a number of changes to the foreign currency market to make it more stable and reduce pressure on the country’s international reserves. From May 4, the limits of banks’ open long and short …
Bolsonaro eyes change to Brazil spending cap after election
By Bernardo Caram and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday he would look at changing government spending rules after October’s election in order to make room for more infrastructure investments, raising a…
Canada’s capital braces for biker convoy, fearing repeat of trucker protest
(In April 29 story, corrects name of organization to Veterans for Freedom instead of Freedom Fighters Canada, paragraph 10) By Jenna Zucker (Reuters) -Canada’s capital is bracing for hundreds of motorcyclists to parade through town this weekend in a pr…
Dollar dips, U.S. stocks tumble on inflation concerns
By SinĂ©ad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar index fell from 20-year highs and Wall Street equities sold off on Friday with the latest economic data and Amazon.com’s disappointing quarterly report and outlook keeping the spotlight on surging in…
Rosneft cuts diesel exports from key Russian port to zero
(Reuters) -Russian oil giant Rosneft is not scheduled to export any diesel from the Baltic port of Primorsk in May as demand from Europe was set to decline amid tightening sanctions on Moscow, traders said on Friday. Exports of Russian diesel from Prim…
UK lawmaker from Johnson’s party suspended over porn in parliament case
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has suspended a lawmaker as it looks into reports that a member of the party watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons debating chamber. Neil Parish, a Conservat…
British Virgin Islands premier appears in Miami court after drug arrest
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI (Reuters) – The premier of the British Virgin Islands appeared in a Miami courtroom on Friday after being accused of money laundering and conspiring to import cocaine in a case that has embarrassed the British overseas territor…