(In ninth paragraph, corrects to May 10 the date of ConocoPhillips shareholder meeting) By Ross Kerber and Simon Jessop BOSTON/LONDON (Reuters) -Big Oil has enjoyed an easier ride at shareholder meetings so far this year compared with last year’s punis…
Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City in an outpouring of grief and anger over…
“Moles in the dark”: survival and escape from the Mariupol steelworks
By Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Five storeys below the besieged Azovstal steelworks, Ukrainian soldiers told Nataliya Babeush she had a few minutes to prepare to escape the underground bunker she called home for more than two m…
Accused NY subway shooter pleads not guilty to terrorism, weapons charges
By Luc Cohen and Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) -A man charged with last month’s mass shooting in a New York subway, one of the most violent attacks in the history of the city’s transit system, pleaded not guilty to terrorism and weapons charges in…
Musk says $44 billion Twitter deal on hold over fake account data
By Greg Roumeliotis and Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that his $44-billion cash deal for Twitter Inc was “temporarily on hold” while he waits for the social media company to provide data on the proportion of its fake accounts. Twi…
Crypto world stabilizes after rocky week shakes stablecoins
By Alun John, Elizabeth Howcroft and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss HONG KONG/LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Cryptocurrencies steadied on Friday, with bitcoin recovering from a 16-month low after a volatile week dominated by the collapse in value of TerraUSD, a …
Exclusive-Maker of Walmart, Amazon store-brand infant formulas expects shortages through rest of 2022
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) -Perrigo Company PLC, which makes store-brand baby formulas for retailers including Walmart Inc and Amazon.com Inc expects shortages and heightened demand to last for the “balance of the year,” said CEO Murray Kes…
G7 backs more aid, weapons to Ukraine in show of unity against Russia
By Alexander Ratz and John Irish WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) -Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations backed giving more aid and weapons to Ukraine as they met on Friday in what Germany called a “powerful sign of unity” to deepen Russia’…
Abbott says shipped millions of cans of infant formula from Ireland
(Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it has air shipped millions of cans of infant formula powder into the United States from its facility in Ireland to address shortages here as it tries to reopen its Michigan manufacturing plant. The company…
U.S. consumer sentiment near 11-year low; import prices unchanged in April
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to its lowest level in nearly 11 years in early May as worries about inflation persisted, but consumer spending remains underpinned by a strong labor market and massive savings, w…