MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Santander on Monday said that starting during the first quarter of 2022 it would change the group’s financial reporting of segments, reallocating certain costs of the corporate centre segment to the business units with no imp…
Eurogroup countries prepared to step up sanctions against Russia – Donohoe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro countries of the Eurozone are ready to step up sanctions against Russia, said Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe on Monday, after reports of killings of civilians in northern Ukraine sparked worldwide outrage. “We stand ready…
Putin’s Western accusers should examine own consciences – Lavrov
(Reuters) – Western leaders should examine their own consciences before accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. He said Moscow would hold a news conference later in the day to demonstrate …
Prosecutor urges jury to convict ex-Goldman banker in ‘brazen’ 1MDB scheme
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A former Goldman Sachs banker should be convicted of helping loot billions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund and causing “immeasurable” harm, a U.S. prosecutor told jurors in her closing argument on …
Red Cross says its team travelling to Mariupol was stopped, now being held
GENEVA (Reuters) – A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was stopped during an attempt to reach Mariupol, Ukraine to evacuate civilians and is now being held in the nearby town Manhush, a spokesperson told Reuters on Monday. “…
After Pope’s apology, Canada’s indigenous survivors want compensation, records
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Pope Francis’s long-awaited apology to Canada’s indigenous community for more than a century of abusive residential schools, many of them run by the Catholic Church, should be followed by millions of dollars i…
Ukraine says Russia is preparing eastern assault, attack on Kharkiv
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence ministry said on Monday Russia is preparing to launch a fresh assault in eastern Ukraine to try to take the city of Kharkiv and encircle Ukraine’s heavily fortified eastern frontline. Russia was attacking the towns of Rubi…
Valentino settles litigation over pandemic-shuttered Manhattan boutique
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Valentino SpA said on Monday it has settled litigation with the landlord of its former American flagship on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, which the Italian fashion company abandoned because of the COVID-19 pandemic….
A Ukrainian refugee mourns the dead in Bucha, while sending aid to the living
By Stephen Farrell and Vira Labych LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Bucha lies heavy on Luidmyla Nazarova’s mind these last few days, as she stacks humanitarian aid bound for the devastated Ukrainian city where, she just learned, her uncle was killed by Russi…
Sri Lanka gets new finance minister, cenbank governor as unrest grows
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister and sought a new central bank governor on Monday, as crowds angry over the country’s deepening economic crisis s…