By Steve Holland UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met in person for the first time on Wednesday and said they want to ensure the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland i…
Stocks gyrate, dollar gains as Fed keeps hawkish stance
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks rose, then slumped while Treasury yields surged and then fell as markets reacted wildly to a bleak economic picture next year after the Federal Reserve adhered to a tough stance to fight inflation by hiki…
BT Group workers announce further strike action over pay dispute
(Reuters) -About 40,000 British workers for telecoms company BT Group and its networking arm Openreach will hold a national strike over pay in October, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Wednesday. Members of the union, including BT Group’s …
Fed delivers big rate hike, sees another large move higher in 2022
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3.00%-3.25% on Wednesday and signaled more large increases to come in new projections sh…
Biden accuses Russia of ‘irresponsible’ nuclear threats, violating U.N. charter
By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden accused Russia on Wednesday of making “reckless” and “irresponsible” threats to use nuclear weapons and said Moscow had violated the core tenets of United Nations…
Italy’s market watchdog approves bid to take Tod’s private
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s market watchdog Consob has approved the buyout of luxury shoemaker Tod’s proposed by the group’s founding family, the bidders said on Wednesday. The Della Valle brothers said last month their holding company would offer to buy…
Russia, Ukraine announce major surprise prisoner swap
By Valentyn Ogirenko and Aziz El Yaakoubi KYIV/RIYADH (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine carried out an unexpected prisoner swap on Wednesday, the largest since the war began and involving almost 300 people, including 10 foreigners and the commanders who le…
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral watched by 11.4 million people in U.S. -Nielsen
By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) – Roughly 11.4 million people in the United States watched the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the first time TV cameras were allowed at the funeral of a British monarch, the Nielsen ratings agency said on Wednesday. Th…
France’s ASN: Fire at uranium site under control, no radiation found
PARIS (Reuters) -France’s nuclear watchdog ASN on Wednesday said it had found no traces of nuclear radiation after a fire broke out at a plant containing uranium in southeastern France run by EDF unit Framatome. “No radioactive substance was affected b…
UK lawmaker says Aiden Aslin among prisoners released by Russian-backed forces -statement
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmaker Robert Jenrick on Wednesday said Aiden Aslin was among the prisoners released by Russia on Wednesday following a mediation by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. “I am delighted that my constituent, Aiden Aslin, …