Poverty, education levels draw battle lines in French election
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – As French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen head into a presidential run-off on Apri..
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Putin says peace talks with Ukraine are at dead end, goads the West
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his..
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Macron, Le Pen battle out on cost of living in heated runoff campaign
By Michel Rose, Layli Foroudi and John Irish DENAIN, France (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen traded blows at a distance on..
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Elon Musk drops plans to join Twitter board, deletes weekend tweets
By Abinaya V and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Elon Musk rejected Twitter Inc’s offer to join its board, an abrupt turn even as he su..
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Russian inflation accelerates to 7.61% m/m in March, highest since 1999
(Reuters) – Consumer prices in Russia jumped 7.61% in March, their biggest month-on-month increase since January 1999, data show..
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Oil prices set for weekly fall on stockpile releases
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices were stable on Friday in choppy trading but remained on course for a second ..
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Explainer-Clock ticks down towards a Russian default
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia could face its first sovereign external default in over a century after it made arrangements to make a..
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U.S. Congress votes to strip Russia of ‘most favored’ trade status, ban its oil
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress voted to impose further economic pain on Russia over the invasion ..
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U.S. and NATO allies pledge more arms to Ukraine
By Daphne Psaledakis and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States will send new weapon systems to Ukraine, Washington’..
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Amazon faces shareholder vote on treatment of warehouse workers
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, will face a shareholder ..
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Defiance, tears, trepidation: Ukraine’s capital awakens after Russian troops withdraw
By Elizabeth Piper and Stefaniia Bern KYIV (Reuters) – Laden with bags, trolleys and the odd pet, Ukrainians are returning to th..
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Eastern Ukraine town empties as residents fear new Russian assault
By Vitalii Hnidyi DERHACHI, Ukraine (Reuters) – Dragging trolleys and clutching plastic bags with their meagre belongings, resid..
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No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar
By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek and Bianca Flowers CHICAGO (Reuters) – For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every ma..
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U.S. charges Russian oligarch with violating sanctions, disrupts botnet
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has charged Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with viol..
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Cryptoverse: NFT bubble gets that shrinking feeling
By Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) – The NFT bubble isn’t popping, but it may have sprung a leak. A year on from when a singl..
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Starbucks’ Schultz announces halt to stock buybacks, shares fall
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp will pause billions of dollars of stock buybacks, longtime former chief executive Ho..
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U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data; world shares mixed
By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Government bond yields resumed their upward climb on Friday on signs of persistent prices p..
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World shares rise, U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – World shares bounced and government bond yields resumed their upward climb on Friday on signs..
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Climate activists plan daily protests after blocking 10 UK oil terminals
By Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Hundreds of climate change protesters blocked oil terminals across Britain on Frida..
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Food stamp recipients are the new frontier for Target.com
By Arriana McLymore and Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Target Corp is preparing to let shoppers use food stamps to pay fo..
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Russia sets deadline for rouble gas payments, Europe calls it ‘blackmail’
By Joseph Nasr and Mark Trevelyan BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding foreign buyers pay for..
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Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third
By Brenda Goh and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Authorities began locking down some western areas of Shanghai two days ahead of sche..
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Russians bombard cities as losses force them back
By Natalia Zinets and Gleb Garanich LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV OUTSKIRTS (Reuters) – Russian forces bombarded a besieged city in norther..
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Russia promises to scale back Ukraine war but West sceptical
By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised on Tuesday to scale d..
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Russia promises to scale down operations in northern Ukraine
By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised at peace talks on Tue..
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UK’s Sunak, under fire over cost of living, defends his tax cut plans
LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended the tax cuts he announced last week, after they were widely ..
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The role of Gen Z in startups
Despite the recent pandemic, according to HMRC, in March 2021 the UK recorded the largest number of new businesses created since recor..
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EU leaders struggle for deal on energy crunch fix
By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders struggled on Friday to agree on steps to ease the energy m..
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Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing
By Julia Payne LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Commodities traders such as Trafigura and Vitol have helped keep Russia’s..
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‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis
By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not g..
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10 years since Leo Caillard’s twist on the Louvre’s classic sculptures made headlines, his new NFT collection débuts 30 March 2022
Kreation today announces the forthcoming release of the ‘Stone Heads’ NFT Art Collection by maverick and multi-hyphenate French contem..
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Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks
By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The National Bank of Hungary raised its base rate by 100 basis points..
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EU split on Russia oil sanctions
By Sabine Siebold and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign ministers disagreed on Monday on w..
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Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is expected to publish its plan next week on how to boost domestic energy supplies to try..
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Life echoes art for Ukraine’s Eurovision refugee
By Yesim Dikmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Six years ago Ukrainian singer Jamala conquered Europe with a song about Soviet leader Jose..
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Bank of England raises rates in 8-1 vote
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday in a bid to keep fast-rising inflation in check but, wi..
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Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee
By Anna Koper and Krisztina Than PRZEMYSL, Poland/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Th..
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