BERLIN (Reuters) – Any threat from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons is “unacceptable” but Germany will continue to support Ukraine and try to prevent an escalation in the war between Russia and Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Sch…
Iran unrest death toll grows as protests intensify
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities said three people including a member of the security forces had been killed on Tuesday during unrest sweeping the country, as anger at the death of a woman in the custody of the morality police fuelled protests for…
UK to set out financial regulation reforms on Friday – Truss
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will on Friday set out reforms to MiFID and Solvency II regulations, British Prime Minister Liz Truss told executives at a meeting in New York, according to a transcript of her remarks distributed by her office. “Alongside th…
UK’s Landsec sells 21 Moorfields property to Lendlease for $917 million
(Reuters) – British landlord Land Securities Group Plc said on Wednesday it had sold 21 Moorfields, EC2 office property in London to an investment vehicle managed by Australia’s Lendlease Group for 809 million pounds ($917.08 million). A 568,500 square…
Exclusive-NATO chief Stoltenberg calls China a security challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China’s cooperation with Moscow since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Chinese comments against NATO enlargement show why the Western defense alliance should regard Beijing as a security challenge, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenb…
Explainer-What does Vladimir Putin’s ‘partial’ mobilisation mean for Russia’s military machine?
By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two after suffering a major battlefield reversal in Ukraine, an attempt to turn the military tide in what he has cast as a defi…
London transport gets 500 million stg funding facility
LONDON (Reuters) – London city authorities will make 500 million pounds ($567 million) available for the British capital’s transport network to cover gaps left by a government support package, Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office said on Wednesday. “(The funding)…
Pope says Ukraine subjected to monstrosities
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that Ukrainians were being subjected to savageness, monstrosities and torture, calling them a “noble” people being martyred. Speaking at the end of his general audience in St. P…
Airbus eases pressure on suppliers but keeps output goals -sources
By Tim Hepher and Jamie Freed PARIS/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Airbus is quietly relaxing pressure on suppliers to commit to a sharp output hike to 75 narrow-body jets a month by mid-decade, amid growing doubts over the ability of battered supply chains to …
Reaction to Russia’s Vladimir Putin mobilising more troops for Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two and warned that Moscow would defend itself with the might of all its vast arsenal if faced with a nuclear threat from the West. Here is som…