By Trevor Hunnicutt and Hyonhee Shin PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said North Korea is a country with a “brutal dictatorship”, an illegal arms programme and rampant human rights violations, issuing unusually strong…
Breakfast in, shopping out: tourists to the U.S. hit by soaring dollar
By Noel Randewich, John McCrank and Alun John SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – In the weeks before heading to San Francisco for their vacation this month, Jeff Skipper and his wife Valerie, from the United Kingdom, watched helplessly as the U….
France’s Macron wants pension reform bill drafted by Christmas – source
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron will press ahead with reforming the country’s unwieldy pension system and his government will draft legislation by Christmas, a source present at a dinner where Macron briefed ruling party lawmakers sa…
Some French unions call strike in test of Macron mettle on pension reform
PARIS (Reuters) – Several hard-left trade unions in France are calling for a nationwide strike on Thursday to demand pay increases to cope with soaring inflation, threatening disruption to transport, schools and the energy sector. The one-day walkout i…
UK banks told to reimburse customers tricked by scams
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Banks will have to reimburse customers tricked into sending money in a type of online scam that has become Britain’s largest type of payment fraud, the Payment Systems Regulator proposed on Thursday. The PSR proposed tha…
Glennmont Partners launches 250 million euro green credit fund
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – Clean energy fund manager Glennmont Partners has launched a 250 million euro ($241 million) green credit fund to invest in clean energy and infrastructure assets, it told Reuters. Glennmont Partners raises long-term …
UK car output rises in August, soaring costs cast shadow over recovery
(Reuters) – British car production rose for a fourth straight month in August, compared with a year earlier, although record input costs cast a shadow over the sectors’ recovery, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said on Thursday. T…
Changes to UN aviation emissions deal near approval -officials
By Allison Lampert and David Shepardson MONTREAL, WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Changes to a flagship U.N. aviation emissions agreement are closer to being approved after an airline trade group walked back objections on Wednesday, airline and government offic…
UK wants closer ties with Indo-Pacific region – foreign minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is committed to forming ever closer links with the Indo-Pacific region, including greater economic, security and defence cooperation, foreign minister James Cleverly will say in a speech in Singapore on Thursday. Cleverly, wh…
Sterling, euro rally against dollar after BoE buys UK bonds
By Sinéad Carew and Alun John NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – After tumbling earlier, sterling rallied against the dollar on Wednesday following the Bank of England’s (BOE) purchase of UK government bonds, letting some air out of the greenback’s progress b…