By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – Following is market reaction to French President Emmanuel Macron’s victory over rival Marine Le Pen by a comfortable margin, according to exit polls, in Sunday’s election. Market reaction: Eurozone bond yields, p…
Analysis-In troubled France, no honeymoon for re-elected Macron
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Now comes the hard part. Emmanuel Macron may have seen off far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but his second term could be even rockier than the first with mounting political opposition and boiling social discontent. As su…
Macron wins: key quotes after France’s presidential election
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron triumphed over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen by a comfortable margin in France’s election on Sunday, winning a second term and heading off what would have been a political earthquake. Even so, the far rig…
France’s Le Pen pledges to keep fighting Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday that she would keep up the political fight against President Emmanuel Macron in the run-up to June parliamentary elections, as she conceded defeat to the incumbent in France’s presi…
Pope calls for Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine war
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis called for halt to attacks in Ukraine on Sunday so aid can reach the exhausted population and urged leaders to “listen to the voice of the people”, who fear an escalation. Speaking to tens of thou…
Exclusive-ECB policymakers keen for quick end to bond buys, early rate hike -sources
By Balazs Koranyi WASHINGTON (Reuters) – European Central Bank policymakers are keen to end their bond purchase scheme at the earliest possible moment and raise interest rates as soon as July but certainly no later than September, nine sources familiar…
Ukraine to call for heavy arms when top U.S. officials visit Kyiv
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine will ask U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin for more powerful weapons during an expected visit by the officials to Kyiv on Sunday as the Russian invasio…
France’s Macron defeats far-right, pledges change
By Mimosa Spencer, Layli Foroudi and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron comfortably defeated far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Sunday, heading off a political earthquake for Europe but acknowledging dissatisfaction with his first term and …
Credit Suisse poised to revamp senior management – paper
ZURICH (Reuters) – Loss-making Credit Suisse could shake up senior management as new Chairman Axel Lehmann seeks to put the embattled Swiss bank back on stable ground, Swiss Sunday newspaper NZZ am Sonntag reported. Citing unnamed sources, the paper sa…
Christian Orthodox spiritual leader says indescribable tragedy in Ukraine
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide, called overnight for the opening of humanitarian corridors in Ukraine where he said “an indescribable human tragedy is unfolding”. Barth…