LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine hopes some civilians who have been trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol will be able to leave in private cars on Friday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. Repeated attempts to arrange safe passage out of…
British embassy in Lebanon ‘deeply concerned’ at bank account closures
BEIRUT (Reuters) -The British embassy in Beirut said on Friday it was “deeply concerned” by Lebanese banks closing accounts belonging to people who are nationals or residents of the United Kingdom. In a statement, the embassy said “this unilateral acti…
Wall Street pauses stock comeback, keeps Treasury yields climbing
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) -Shares on Wall Street took a breather on Friday after a tech-driven rally and U.S. Treasury yields rose to fresh heights as markets evaluated a world of elevated interest rates and the effects of Russia’s war in Ukrain…
Exclusive-Apple has not fully complied with order to open up App Store -Dutch watchdog
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Apple is set to be hit with another fine next week for not fully complying with an order to open its App Store to rival forms of payment for dating apps in the Netherlands, Dutch antitrust watchdog ACM told Reuters. …
EU leaders present united front after row over fix for energy crunch
By Philip Blenkinsop and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU leaders bickered on Friday over steps to ease the energy market crunch exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but managed to present a united front amid mounting concern over the impa…
Cricket-West Indies 71 for three at lunch against England in deciding test
(Reuters) – England picked up three quick West Indies wickets late in the morning session on day two of the deciding test in Grenada on Friday after initially wasting the new ball. West Indies were 71 for three at lunch, in reply to England’s first inn…
Ethiopia’s Tigray region says it will observe humanitarian ceasefire
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Rebellious Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia have said they will respect a ceasefire proposed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government as long as sufficient aid is delivered to their war-scarred northern region “within reasonable time…
Russian cenbank to restart buying gold from banks, will pay fixed price from March 28
(Reuters) – The Russian central bank will restart buying gold from banks and will pay a fixed price of 5,000 roubles ($52) per gramme between March 28 and June 30, the bank said on Friday. The central bank, which suspended gold purchases from banks in …
French insurer AXA halts new investments in Russian assets
(Reuters) – French insurer AXA said on Friday that it has stopped all new investments in Russian assets and would no longer underwrite reinsurance of the country’s insurance companies. It said it had stopped underwriting new insurance business and all …
Apple closes Russian Mir card loophole for Apple Pay, says Sberbank
(Reuters) – U.S. tech giant Apple has suspended its Apple Pay service for Russia’s Mir card payment system, Russia’s largest lender and payments system said on Friday, closing a loophole that had allowed Russians to keep using the service. Apple Inc re…