(Reuters) – Seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady abruptly said he would end his brief retirement on Sunday, announcing his return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 23rd NFL season just six weeks after hanging up his cleats. Brady, who ha…
War, pandemic, and inflation deal Fed a complex trifecta
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In what now seem the simpler days of December, when there was only a pandemic to worry about, Federal Reserve officials rallied around the view they could tame inflation with modest interest rate hikes while t…
Ukraine peace hopes lift stocks, smack oil prices lower
By Sujata Rao LONDON (Reuters) – Tentative hopes of progress in peace talks between Ukraine and Russia lifted European shares and Wall Street equity futures on Monday, though upcoming central bank meetings and another COVID-linked lockdown in China ero…
Ukraine to insist in talks with Russia on presidents’ meeting – Zelenskiy
(Reuters) – Ukrainian officials negotiating with their Russian counterparts are to ensure direct talks between the countries’ leaders that could lead to bringing peace, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Sunday. The next round of the …
Investors launch global standard for corporate climate lobbying
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Investors stepped up pressure on corporate climate lobbying on Monday, launching a new 14-point action plan for companies to stick to or risk having their actions put to a shareholder vote. The Global Standard on Resp…
Exclusive-Ukraine has started using Clearview AI’s facial recognition during war
By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defense ministry on Saturday began using Clearview AI’s facial recognition technology, the company’s chief executive told Reuters, after the U.S. startup offered to uncover Russian assailants, com…
Former U.S. President Obama tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was feeling fine other than a scratchy throat. “I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama wrote on Twitter. …
Bloodied but alive after Russian air strike in western Ukraine
By Andrew R.C. Marshall YAVORIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -The Ukrainian colonel’s blast-damaged car limped back from the forest where he had just treated soldiers wounded in a Russian missile attack on a military base in the country’s far western edge. Leoni…
China faces consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions over Ukraine – Sullivan
By Andrea Shalal and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is due to meet with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday, warned Beijing that it would “absolutely” face consequences if it helpe…
U.S. gasoline prices edge lower after hitting record high last week
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. gasoline prices at the pump edged lower over the weekend after reaching all-time highs last week following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Retail gasoline prices fell for the second straight day on Sunday to $4…