JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had apologised for his foreign minister’s comments claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins. Putin also told Bennett in a phonecall that …
Exclusive-Rising oil prices buy Iran time in nuclear talks, officials say
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) – Emboldened by an oil price surge since Russia invaded Ukraine, Iran’s clerical rulers are in no rush to revive a 2015 nuclear pact with world powers to ease sanctions on its energy-reliant economy, three officials fam…
Analysis-French left’s new ‘disobedient’ stance is warning shot for EU
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Winning next month’s legislative election may be a long shot for France’s new hard-left alliance, but the fact President Emmanuel Macron now faces two eurosceptic opposition blocs should cause concern among France’s Eur…
U.S. weekly jobless claims increase; productivity dives in first quarter
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits increased to a more than two-month high last week, but remained at a level consistent with tightening labor market conditions and further wage gains that could keep infl…
COVID led to 15 million deaths globally, not the 5 million reported – WHO
By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) – Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report, the most comprehensive look at the true global toll of the pandemic so f…
Battles rage at Ukrainian plant as U.N. rushes to evacuate civilians
By Alessandra Prentice and Natalia Zinets ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Scores of Ukrainians remained trapped on Thursday in a Mariupol steel works that has been rocked by heavy explosions as Russian forces fought for control of Ukraine’s last stron…
Exclusive-CIA chief told Bolsonaro government not to mess with Brazil election, sources say
By Gabriel Stargardter and Matt Spetalnick RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director last year told senior Brazilian officials that President Jair Bolsonaro should stop casting doubt on his country’s voti…
Biden approves disaster declaration for wildfire-hit New Mexico
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved a disaster declaration for parts of drought-parched New Mexico hit by wildfires and ordered federal aid be made available for recovery efforts, the White House said. The rash of wildf…
Stocks tumble on inflation fears, Treasury yields jump
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury yields jumped and global equity markets tanked on Thursday, erasing the prior day’s rally on Wall Street, as investors worried aggressive central bank policies around the world to tamp down inflation w…
U.S. Congress edges toward massive China competition bill, with Iran votes
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Congress edged closer on Wednesday toward completing a long-stalled bill authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars to boost the country’s ability to compete with Chinese technology, with Senate vote…