By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official had “constructive discussions” in Moscow with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets, U.N. spokesm…
Christie’s to offer rare first edition ‘Harry Potter’ book in private sale
LONDON (Reuters) – A first edition of “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, with some errors and signed by author J.K. Rowling, is going up for a private sale at Christie’s in London, with the auction house inviting offers starting from 200,000 p…
UK adviser says Johnson must explain why he has not broken the ministerial code with lockdown fine
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s independent adviser on ministers’ behaviour said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson must explain why he has not broken the ministerial code after being fined over attending a party during the COVID-19 national loc…
Rwanda says it ‘will not sit idly by’ if attacked in dispute with Congo
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) -Rwanda will retaliate if it suffers further attacks from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, after accusing Congo of firing shells across the border earlier this m…
Turks clash with police on anniversary of anti-Erdogan ‘Gezi’ protests
By Umit Bektas ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police clashed with protesters around Istanbul’s main Taksim Square on Tuesday as they gathered to mark the anniversary of nationwide anti-government demonstrations that began nine years ago in nearby Gezi Pa…
Global stocks fall, U.S. yields rise as oil prices reach new highs
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global equity markets dipped while U.S. Treasury yields rose sharply on Tuesday as investors weighed the prospects of higher inflation following a phased ban of Russian oil imports by the European Union that has lif…
Advisory firm PIRC opposes Centrica remuneration policy
(Reuters) – Advisory group PIRC on Tuesday recommended shareholders vote against Centrica’s remuneration policy at the British Gas owner’s annual general meeting to be held on June 7. The Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC), a major proxy…
German “Zeitenwende” to materialize in encrypted radios, ships and air defence
By Holger Hansen and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will use a 100 billion euro special fund set up for its military to buy encrypted radios, new frigates and corvettes and a short range air defence system, according to a draft seen by Reute…
UK aims to send the first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda on June 14
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -Britain aims to send a first group of asylum seekers to Rwanda in two weeks’ time as part of a policy which the government says is designed to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across th…
Two directors of Brazil teak investment firm convicted in London
(Changes third paragraph to clarify that the date for sentencing will be set on Wednesday, not sentencing itself) LONDON (Reuters) -Two company directors behind a fraudulent green investment scheme in Brazil were convicted on Tuesday by a London jury o…