By Sharon Bernstein GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (Reuters) – A half-dozen mostly young Republican activists stood gamely outside of a Chevron station at a busy Southern California intersection, jumping up and down and holding a big sign reading, “Gas too high?…
Tanks and bodies mark path as Russia moves troops from Kyiv
By Sergiy Karazy and Natalia Zinets DMYTRIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine recaptured more territory around Kyiv from Russian soldiers who left shattered villages and their own abandoned tanks as they moved away from the capital, while a disputed cross…
N.Korea may be preparing new nuclear tests to improve arsenal, U.S. and allies say
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – There are increasing signs that North Korea could soon test a nuclear weapon for the first time since 2017 in a bid to improve its arsenal and increase political pressure, U.S. and South Korean officials and analysts sai…
Shares bounce, US yield curve inverts after strong jobs data
By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) -Government bond yields resumed their upward climb on Friday as a key part of the U.S. Treasury yield curve inverted once more on signs of persistent inflation, while falling oil prices ended the week with their sharp…
Wall Street falls as S&P suffers biggest quarterly drop in two years
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed out the first quarter on a down note on Thursday with its biggest quarterly decline in two years as concerns persisted about the continuing conflict in Ukraine and its inflationary effect on …
U.S. will not recognize results of any Russian effort to divide Georgian territory -State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will not recognize the results of any effort by Russia or its proxies to divide sovereign Georgian territory, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday, after Georgia rejected plans by the Russian…
U.S. State Dept sees ‘limited’ progress on consular access for detained Americans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There has been “limited additional progress” on Washington’s demand for consular access to U.S. citizens detained in Russia, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday, adding that the United States continued to ask…
Putin tells Europe: pay in roubles or we’ll cut off your gas
By Joseph Nasr and Mark Trevelyan BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding foreign buyers pay for Russian gas in roubles from Friday or else have their supplies cut, a move European capitals rejected and which Berlin said …
Europe’s Russian gas in jeopardy, Ukraine braces for new assaults
By Vitalii Hnidyi and Pavel Polityuk TROSTYANETS/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin threatened on Thursday to halt contracts supplying Europe with a third of its gas unless they are paid in Russian currency, his strongest economic ripos…
Build or buy? Automakers chasing Tesla rethink dependence on suppliers
By Tina Bellon and Joseph White (Reuters) -Automakers racing to develop battery-powered, software-driven vehicles to compete with Tesla Inc are confronting a new challenge: what technology to build themselves, and what to keep buying from suppliers. Be…