By Maria Kiselyova and Ece Toksabay MOSCOW/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Six Russian warships are heading to the Black Sea from the Mediterranean for naval drills, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Tuesday, in what it said wa…
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…
Apple to turn iPhones into payment terminals in fintech push
(Reuters) – Apple Inc is introducing a new feature that will allow businesses to accept credit card and digital payments with just a tap on their iPhones, bypassing hardware systems such as Block Inc’s Square terminals. The feature, to be launched late…
Exclusive-U.S. EPA confirms it will name Oregon lawyer to lead environmental justice efforts
By Jarrett Renshaw and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will name college professor and lawyer Robin Morris Collin to lead the agency’s efforts to advance environmental justice in communities dispr…
Wall Street ends higher; bank stocks rise with Treasury yields
By Noel Randewich and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – Wall Street ended sharply higher on Tuesday, lifted by Apple and Microsoft, while a jump in Treasury yields elevated bank stocks ahead of a key inflation reading this week. The benchmark S&P 500 an…
U.S. posts record trade deficit in 2021
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. trade deficit surged to a record high in 2021 as imports increased sharply amid the restocking of shelves by businesses to meet robust domestic demand. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that the tr…
Kremlin denies Putin promised not to hold manoeuvres near Ukraine
By Dmitry Antonov and Pavel Polityuk MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin had promised French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia would stage no further manoeuvres near Ukraine for now, pouring cold water on a ten…
Japan’s 11-member Nambu family shows allure of frugality, limits of stimulus
By Daniel Leussink and Akiko Okamoto TOKYO (Reuters) – When Japan handed Tokyo bus driver Keiki Nambu and his wife, Takako, $870 for each of their nine children, they spent it exactly as the government had feared: paying down a mortgage instead of goin…
Olympics-Team USA take proactive approach on mental health at Beijing Games
By Amy Tennery BEIJING (Reuters) – United States Olympic officials said they learned lessons from the Tokyo Games on supporting athletes’ mental health, taking a proactive approach in Beijing where isolation and COVID-19 fears have piled on more stress…
Olympics-Peng Shuai makes Games appearance as Gu wins Big Air gold
By Julien Pretot and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was on hand on Tuesday to watch China’s Eileen Gu as she won gold https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/freestyle-skiing-chinas-gu-wins-gold-medal-womens-big-air-20…