By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock indexes mostly rose on Thursday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares, while the U.S. dollar climbed to its highest in nearly two years and the U.S. Treasury 10-year yield touched a three-year hi…
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from human rights body
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Thursday with the U.S.-led push garnering 93 votes in favor, while 24 countries voted no and 58 countries abstained. (R…
UK’s Co-op warns of ‘stark’ headwinds after supply-chain woes
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Co-operative Group warned of “stark” economic headwinds, with rising inflation causing more challenges for the supermarkets-to-funerals provider this year after supply-chain disruptions hurt its profit in 202…
Russian authorities aim at making rouble rate more predictable – Ifax
(Reuters) – The Russian finance ministry together with the central bank are working on measures to make the rouble exchange rate more predictable and less volatile, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday, Interfax news agency reported. The ro…
U.S. cracks down on Russian airlines after flights violated export controls
By David Shepardson and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department issued enforcement actions against Aeroflot, Azur Air, and UTair on Thursday, saying the three Russian airlines violated American export controls issued…
Russia laments ‘significant losses’ as Ukraine braces for major offensive
By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday appeared to give the most damning assessment so far of its invasion, describing the “tragedy” of mounting troop losses and the economic hit as Ukrainians were evacuated from eastern cities …
UK’s Sunak faces questions over wife’s UK tax status
By Kate Holton and William James LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced awkward questions about his wife’s finances on Thursday after she confirmed she did not pay UK taxes on her foreign earnings on the same day he hiked taxes fo…
Ukraine’s Kuleba says discussion at NATO on timeline for weapons
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday said discussion at NATO was not about the list of weapons Ukraine will get but rather about the timeline for when they will be given, adding that he has no doubt that Ukraine wil…
Ukraine dismisses Russian criticism of Kyiv over peace talks as propaganda
(Reuters) – Ukrainian negotiator Mykhailo Podolyak dismissed comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday suggesting Kyiv had presented it with a draft peace deal that deviated from proposals both sides had previously agreed on. Podol…
Turkish court halts Khashoggi trial, transfers it to S.Arabia
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court on Thursday halted the trial of Saudi suspects over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and transferred it to Saudi Arabia, a ruling that drew condemnation from rights groups and comes as Ank…