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…
Canada to impose sanctions on nine Russian, nine Belarusian individuals
(Reuters) – Canada said on Monday it will impose sanctions on nine Russian and nine Belarusian individuals for having “facilitated and enabled” Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “By enabling (Russian President) Vladimir Putin’s senseless invasion of Ukrain…
Ukraine has opened new logistics routes for exports, says prime minister
(Reuters) – Ukraine has established new logistics routes for exports, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Monday. Ukraine, one of the world’s largest grain exporters, used to ship most of its commodities out via the Black Sea, but with war raging alon…
In Ukrainian street, a corpse with hands bound and a bullet wound to the head
By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A man lay sprawled by the roadside in the Ukrainian city of Bucha on Sunday, his hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head, one of hundreds of local residents that officials say have been foun…
Macron’s far-right rival, Le Pen, reaches all-time high in presidential second-round vote poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, whose presidential campaign has gained momentum in recent days, on Monday captured 48.5% of voter intentions in an opinion poll of a likely runoff against Emmanuel Macron, the highest score sh…
Holocaust survivors find refuge from Ukraine war in Germany
By Tilman Blasshofer and Sarah Marsh FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Eight decades after Raisa Valiushkevych fled Ukraine to escape Nazi Germany’s invasion, the 98-year-old Holocaust survivor found herself fleeing again – this time to Germany, to escape Russian …
Tech stock rally leads European shares higher
By Susan Mathew and Anisha Sircar (Reuters) – European shares gained on Monday with tech stocks rallying more than 2%, while investors kept an eye out for more Western sanctions after Ukraine accused Russia of war crimes. The pan-European STOXX 600 ind…
Stocks, dollar rise; European leaders urge further Moscow sanctions
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -Stocks on global indexes rose on Monday, with the Nasdaq leading gains on Wall Street, while the U.S. dollar strengthened as European leaders urged further sanctions against Moscow following war crime allega…
Orban’s victory puts Hungary on collision course with EU
By Krisztina Than and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Emboldened by a fourth consecutive landslide election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to dig in against energy sanctions on Russia and toughen his stance in talks with…
Analysis-Russia-Ukraine fallout starts felling fragile ‘frontier’ economies
By Rachel Savage and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The fallout of the Russia and Ukraine war has just helped tip two of world’s poorest countries into full-blown crises, and the list of those at risk – and the queue at the International Monetary Fund’s…