By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil slid more than 2% on Tuesday from recent seven-year highs as the resumption of indirect talks between the United States and Iran could revive an international nuclear agreement and allow more oil exports from t…
SoftBank’s choice of New York for Arm listing deals a blow to London
By Paul Sandle and John McCrank LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -SoftBank’s decision to list British chip designer Arm is good news for New York, bad news for London and the best option left for the Japanese group after the collapse of its blockbuster sale t…
Analysis-Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an escalation of the Ukraine crisis and seek some form of accommo…
European shares close flat as tech losses overshadow strong BP results
By Anisha Sircar and Ambar Warrick (Reuters) -European shares ended flat on Tuesday as rising bond yields pressured technology stocks, while a sharp fall in oil prices took the shine off strong earnings from oil company BP. The benchmark STOXX 600 clos…
Ireland to resume St. Patrick’s Day diplomatic blitz
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland will resume its traditional St. Patrick’s Day diplomatic blitz next month, sending 32 ministers to destinations around the world from Argentina to Australia after COVID-19 kept officials at home last year. The March 17 holida…
UK PM Johnson reshuffles team in move to rescue his administration
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, fighting for his political survival, reshuffled some ministers in his administration on Tuesday to try to appease his lawmakers angered by a series of scandals. Johnson had pledged to reset his p…
Diana musical ‘honored’ with nine Razzie nominations
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – “Diana,” the film version of a musical about the late Princess of Wales, received a field-leading nine Razzie Award nominations on Monday, including worst picture and worst actress, while Bruce Willis was skewered with his …
‘War in the middle of Europe’: German foreign minister visits frontline in eastern Ukraine
By Alexander Ratz MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Visibly shaken, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stood in front of the ruins of a house near the frontline of the conflict in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. “It leaves me with a very heavy feelin…
Deutsche Bank CEO says the ECB will have to raise rates to stem inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing on Tuesday said that the European Central Bank will need to raise interest rates to stem inflation expectations. Sewing, who has long been pushing for a change in ECB policy, …
UK records 314 new COVID deaths, 45 deaths on Tuesday
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain reported 314 new COVID-19 deaths and a further 66,183 cases, official data showed on Tuesday. The figures compared to 45 deaths and 57,623 cases reported a day earlier. (Reporting by Andrew MacAskill; editing by Michael Holden)