A look at the day ahead in markets from Sujata Rao. With swathes of China spending April under lockdown — 46 cities according to one estimate — it was inevitable that dining out, shopping, factory output and energy usage would all take big hits. The …
JetBlue goes hostile to buy Spirit Airlines after rejection
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and David Shepardson CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -JetBlue Airways Corp is not taking no for an answer in its quest to buy rival Spirit Airlines. On Monday, the New York-based carrier launched a hostile all-cash takeover bid for S…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah, allies likely to lose parliamentary majority
By Laila Bassam, Timour Azhari, Maya Gebeily and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) -Iran-backed Hezbollah and its allies are likely to lose their majority in Lebanon’s parliament following Sunday’s elections, three sources allied to the group said on Monday, …
‘Copycat’ mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after New York attack
By Tim Reid and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – An 18-year-old white man suspected of fatally shooting 10 people in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, appears to be the latest in a line of “copycat” gunmen carrying out deadlier mass shootings inspir…
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Fetterman says he suffered stroke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate John Fetterman said on Sunday he had suffered a stroke but was “feeling much better.”Fetterman, who is leading in polls ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary a…
Biden balances anti-crime and reform agendas in message to police
By Daphne Psaledakis and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday that police officers must deliver both effective crime deterrence and equal justice in a message that balanced two fraught political priorities as …
Sweden to seek NATO membership as ruling party drops 73-year opposition
By Niklas Pollard and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will seek broad support for an application to join NATO on Monday, she announced on Sunday after her party dropped its long-standing opposition to membe…
McConnell sees Wednesday U.S. Senate vote on $40 billion Ukraine aid bill
(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he expected the Senate to vote on Wednesday to approve about $40 billion in proposed aid to help Ukraine resist Russia’s invasion after holding a related procedural vote on Monday….
Factbox-Grim chronology of mass shootings in the United States
(Reuters) – A white teenager dressed in camouflage and body armor opened fire on Saturday in a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people in an attack authorities are calling an act of “violent extremism” motivated by…
Lebanon holds first parliament election since financial collapse, blast
By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese voted on Sunday in the first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse, with many saying they hoped to deal a blow to ruling politicians they blame for the cr…