By Ross Kerber and Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Elon Musk, Twitter’s newest big shareholder, could alter the course of the social media company as management battles a set of proxy proposals focused on topics from civil rights to politics at its upcoming an…
Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -At least 152 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli riot police inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a recent upsurge of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider con…
Catholics mark Good Friday outside Notre-Dame three years after fire
(Reuters) – Hundreds of Catholic worshippers gathered for prayer and song outside Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Good Friday, three years to the day after its roof was destroyed in a massive blaze. Notre-Dame has been closed for restoration since the…
Exclusive: Russian companies, banks could reap windfall from depositary receipt delisting
(This April 14 story corrects first dateline from Washington to London) By Sinead Cruise and Carolina Mandl LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Russian companies and global banks including BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and JPMorgan could profit if Mosco…
Exclusive-Ukraine’s top steelmaker says it will never work under Russian occupation
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s biggest steelmaker Metinvest said on Friday its enterprises would never operate under Russian occupation and that Ukraine had lost access to 30% to 40% of its metallurgy production capacity in the besieged port city of Mariupol. I…
Police patrols attacked in Kosovo’s volatile north
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo police said two of its patrol cars came under fire early on Friday in the country’s north near its border with Serbia, where ethnic tensions are still simmering more than two decades since a war between ethnic Albanians and …
Philippine president vetoes bill seeking to tackle social media abuse
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a bill that would require social media users to register their legal identities and phone numbers, calling for a more thorough study of the measure, his spokesperson said on Friday. Law…
Philippine president vetoes bill seeking to tackle social media abuse
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vetoed a bill that would require social media users to register their legal identities and phone numbers, calling for a more thorough study of the measure, his spokesperson said on Friday. Law…