By Luc Cohen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. court on Monday issued warrants for the seizure of two luxury planes owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich under U.S. measures imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, court records …
Pain and horror follow massacre in Nigerian Catholic church
By Temilade Adelaja and Seun Sanni OWO, Nigeria (Reuters) -Survivors of an attack by unknown assailants on a Catholic church in Nigeria lay weeping and writhing in pain at a local hospital on Monday after suffering what a doctor described as laceration…
Banks, commodity stocks lift European shares as markets await ECB meet
By Susan Mathew and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -European shares rose on Monday, helped by banks and commodity-linked stocks, as investors kept an eye out for U.S. inflation data and details from a European Central Bank meeting later this week. The …
Worried about Russia, Finnish women sign up to learn defence skills
(Clarifies paragraph 11 in JUNE 6 article to show some participants learnt how to set up camp, while others also learnt other defence skills) By Essi Lehto HATTULA, Finland (Reuters) -Just days after Russia attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24, Finnish entrepre…
Musk threatens to tear up Twitter deal over ‘material breach’
By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Elon Musk warned Twitter Inc on Monday that he might walk away from his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company if it fails to provide the data on spam and fake accounts that he seeks. This was not the first tim…
UK’s Boris Johnson wins confidence vote but suffers big rebellion
By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a confidence vote on Monday but a rebellion by 148 of his 359 Conservative Party lawmakers dealt a serious blow to his authority. A majority of the …
M&C Saatchi removes Vin Murria from board after agreeing takeover by Next Fifteen
LONDON (Reuters) – British advertising company M&C Saatchi, which last month agreed to be taken over by consultancy Next Fifteen Communications, has removed Vin Murria, its biggest shareholder, from its board, it said on Monday. M&C, founded in 1995 by…
UK’s Melrose to sell Ergotron business to U.S. Sterling Group for $650 million
(Reuters) – British jet and auto parts supplier Melrose Industries Plc agreed on Monday to sell its Ergotron unit to funds managed by U.S.-based the Sterling Group for $650 million. The London-listed company expects the sale of the division that manufa…
Yen weak versus dollar, euro ahead of busy central bank week
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – The Japanese yen was on the back foot on Monday, ahead of a busy policy-focused week in which inflation will be in the spotlight with a major European Central Bank meeting and U.S. consumer price data scheduled. The d…
Asia shares brace for U.S. inflation, euro up on ECB bets
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares made a muted start on Monday as caution gripped ahead of a critical reading on U.S. inflation, while the euro gained on the yen amid wagers the European Central Bank will take a major step toward policy tig…