By Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British politics returns to centre stage on Tuesday after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, with Prime Minister Liz Truss signalling her priorities by flying to her first major summit and rushing out measures to try …
Can Britain’s King Charles fill his treasured mother’s shoes?
By Michael Holden and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Teenager Olivia Burch waited for hours in a queue with other mourners to pay a final tribute to Queen Elizabeth as her body lay in state. But despite that devotion, she thought Britain should no long…
Five killed in Iran during protests over death in custody – rights group
DUBAI (Reuters) -Five people were killed in Iran’s Kurdish region on Monday when security forces opened fire during protests over the death of a woman in police custody, a Kurdish rights group said, on a third day of turmoil over an incident that has i…
Trump may be called to testify at ally’s foreign agent trial, judge says
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump may be called as a witness at the criminal trial of Thomas Barrack, a private equity investor and former Trump fundraiser charged with acting as an unregistered agent for the United Arab Em…
Biden’s remarks on Taiwan ‘speak for themselves’ -White House official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Monday that President Joe Biden’s remarks about defending Taiwan “speak for themselves,” and that U.S. policy had not changed. Biden said during a CBS “60 Minutes” interv…
Fossil fuel registry launched to help spot ‘stranded assets’
By Shadia Nasralla and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Carbon Tracker and Global Energy Monitor said on Monday they had launched the first global registry of oil and gas reserves, production and emissions with data for more than 50,000 fields. The data…
Credit Suisse Brazil lays off some wealth management staff
By Tatiana Bautzer SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Credit Suisse Brazilian unit has reduced the size of its wealth management division, the bank said in a statement on Monday. One source with knowledge of the matter said the bank has dismissed 21 employees last …
BNY Mellon, Warburg Group, Deutsche Bank to pay $60 million in ‘cum-ex’ case
(Reuters) -Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Germany’s Warburg Group and Deutsche Bank will pay 60 million euros ($59.85 million) to German tax authorities over the country’s “cum-ex” tax scandal, the German lender said on Monday. “Cum-ex” refers to a sche…
Hungary government submits first anti-graft bill to avoid losing EU funds
By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s government has submitted the first of several anti-corruption bills to parliament on Monday as Budapest scrambles to avoid losing billions of euros in European Union funding. The European Union executive …
Kyrgyz leader urges calm after deadly conflict with Tajikistan
BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov urged his country on Monday to have trust in its army and strategic partners, and said there was no need for volunteer forces at the border with Tajikistan after deadly clashes there last week. At least…