STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish truck maker AB Volvo reported first-quarter core earnings well above market expectations on Friday as it juggled strong market demand with a strained supply chain that put a cap on its ability to grow order books. Adjusted…
Development finance system needs urgent reforms, more money, to stave off disaster – public, private groups
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The global development finance system needs urgent reforms and far more private capital to address the multiple, overlapping crises that are pushing 250 million people back into extreme poverty, major public and …
Mariupol mayor says lives of city’s trapped residents are in Putin’s hands
By Alessandra Prentice and Issam Abdallah (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin alone can decide the fate of the 100,000 civilians still trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Mariupol, Mayor Vadym Boichenko told Reuters on Thursday, saying that satellit…
Portuguese prosecutors say man named formal suspect in McCann case
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese prosecutors said on Thursday a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago. It is the first time Portuguese prosecutors have identi…
Britain and India aim for free trade deal by October, says Johnson
By Andrew MacAskill and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Britain and India agreed on Friday to step up defence and business cooperation during a visit to New Delhi by Boris Johnson, who said a bilateral free-trade deal could be wrapped up by October…
A picture and it’s story – A daughter’s shock as a trip to buy bread ends her father’s life
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Victor Gubarev stepped out to buy bread when he was killed by a fragment from a shell that landed in front of his apartment block in Kharkiv on Monday, minutes before his daughter arrived to find an ambulance crew standing …
Ukrainian troops begin training in Britain as Johnson steps up support
By Andrew MacAskill NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A small number of Ukrainian troops are being trained in Britain for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion as Prime Minister Boris Johnson steps up his military support to help Ukraine fight off…
France’s Macron consolidates poll lead after TV clash
By Elizabeth Pineau and Lucien Libert ARRAS, France (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron has maintained and possibly slightly extended his lead over far-right challenger Marine Le Pen following a prickly television head-to-head debate which he w…
BoE’s Bailey says there should be “no appeasement” of Russia
LONDON (Reuters) – Western countries should not appease Russia following its invasion of Ukraine even if there are difficult economic consequences, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday. “What Russia is doing in Ukraine is appalling,”…
Italy’s Banco BPM to assess possible insurance partnerships
MILAN (Reuters) -Banco BPM will assess potential partnerships for its insurance business after receiving several expressions of interest from leading players in the sector, a spokesperson for Italy’s third-largest bank said. The move will pit Banco BPM…