LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is not going to be looking at how to help Russia, a senior minister said on Tuesday when asked about the prospect of swapping pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk for two British fighters who were captured in Ukraine by Ru…
UK’s Spectris to sell Omega Engineering for $525 million
(Reuters) – British electrical engineering firm Spectris said on Tuesday it will sell specialist sensor maker Omega Engineering to private equity firm Arcline Investment Management for $525 million. Spectris, which last month ended its $2.4 bln pursuit…
Soccer-Ronaldo’s newborn twin boy dies
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez, who announced in October last year they were expecting twins, said on Monday one of the two babies has died. “It is with deep sadness we have to announce that our…
Rolls-Royce expecting UK approval for mini nuclear reactor by mid-2024
By Isabel Kua (Reuters) – A Rolls-Royce design for a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) will likely receive UK regulatory approval by mid-2024 and be able to produce grid power by 2029, Paul Stein, chairman of Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactors, told …
Russia unleashes ‘Battle of Donbas’ in east Ukraine, seizes city
By Pavel Polityuk and James Mackenzie KYIV/KHARKIV (Reuters) – Russian troops seized a frontline Ukrainian city on Tuesday, hours after starting a long-anticipated offensive in eastern Ukraine that the Kyiv government has called the Battle of the Donba…
South African military deployed to flood-ravaged province
By Siyabonga Sishi UMBUMBULU, South Africa (Reuters) – Thousands of South African soldiers will help with relief efforts in KwaZulu-Natal province, where more than 440 people have died in floods and mudslides and dozens more are missing. A week after t…
Watchdog warned UK government of spyware infections inside 10 Downing Street
By Christopher Bing (Reuters) -Digital rights watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Monday it had warned British officials that electronic devices connected to government networks, including some inside the prime minister’s office and foreign ministry, ap…
Ukraine says first civilians killed in Lviv, Mariupol holds out
By Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Pavel Polityuk LVIV/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said a Russian missile attack killed seven people in Lviv on Monday, the first civilian victims in the western city, and the commander of Ukrainian forces holding out in the devasta…
Wall Street ends lower as bond yields jump on growth concerns
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wall Street ended the day lower in a choppy trading day on Monday, while U.S. Treasury yields jumped as investors juggled strong earnings with what Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could mean for global growth. A si…
U.S. dollar continues to garner support from Fed hike expectations
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Vidya Ranganathan NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar edged higher on Monday in thin and choppy trading, in line with higher U.S. Treasury yields as investors braced for multiple half a percentage-point rate hikes …