(This May 27th story corrects paragraph 30 to say that EuroChem produces roughly 5%, not roughly 10%, of world fertilizer output) By David Gauthier-Villars and Gabriela Baczynska ISTANBUL/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian businessman Andrey Melnichenko cede…
U.S. says GM Mexican plant workers’ vote shows bargaining benefits
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai said on Friday the vote by General Motors workers at a pickup truck plant in Mexico to approve a new contract “demonstrates the significant benefits of true collec…
Turkey’s talks with Sweden, Finland made little progress on NATO concerns -sources
By Orhan Coskun and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) – Talks between Turkish officials and delegations from Sweden and Finland have made little headway overcoming Ankara’s objections to their NATO membership bids, and it is not clear when further discu…
Resurgent east Congo violence displaces 72,000 in one week
DAKAR (Reuters) – Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week between the army and M23 rebel group has forced more than 72,000 people from their homes, the United Nations said on Friday. The M23, a rebellion claiming to represen…
Very important that Turkey’s issues with Finland’s NATO membership be resolved before Madrid summit -Finnish FM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It is very important that Turkey’s issues with Finland’s NATO membership be resolved before the alliance holds a summit in Madrid at the end of June, Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto told reporters on Friday following a me…
Russia advances in Ukraine’s east, Kyiv may retreat from Luhansk pocket
By Natalia Zinets and Conor Humphries KYIV/POPASNA, Ukraine (Reuters) -The governor of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province, now almost completely under Russian control, said on Friday that Kyiv’s forces might have to retreat from their final pocket of r…
Binance registers with Italy’s regulator amid plans to expand in Europe
(Reuters) – Binance said on Friday its legal entity in Italy had registered with the regulator in the country, as the major cryptocurrency exchange seeks to gain traction in Europe. The registration of Binance Italy, which was established in recent mon…
G7 countries say strict environmental rules needed for deep-sea mining
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Group of Seven countries on Friday agreed stringent environmental controls should govern deep-sea mining and that they would consent to such mining projects only if they did not seriously harm the marine environment. “We determin…
U.S. weighs labor probe into Stellantis Mexico plant, Mexican officials say
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The U.S. government is considering filing a trade deal complaint over alleged labor abuses against a car parts plant in Mexico owned by Netherlands-based Stellantis, two Mexican labor officials told Reuters…
UK PM Johnson faces new call to resign over ‘partygate’
LONDON (Reuters) – A Conservative lawmaker submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson on Friday and another quit a role as an assistant to Britain’s interior minister, putting new pressure on the prime minister over illegal parties at his Dow…