By Johann M Cherian and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -UK’s main stock index ended a volatile session flat on Thursday as gains in banking and consumer stocks offset losses in energy shares. After two sessions of sharp losses, the blue-chip FTSE 100 p…
Thousands track ‘mother of all queues’ for Queen Elizabeth online
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 10,000 people on Thursday tuned into a YouTube video feed giving live updates about a miles-long queue snaking through central London to pay respects to the late Queen Elizabeth. The YouTube broadcast tracking the queue to …
“Can’t pay, don’t pay” – Italian group urges energy bill strike
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian consumer group has called for an energy bills strike, offering legal support to people unable or unwilling to pay skyrocketing gas and electricity prices amid the soaring cost of living, it said on Thursday. The initiative …
Monte dei Paschi investors back latest cash call in stormy markets
By Silvia Ognibene and Valentina Za SIENA, Italy (Reuters) -Shareholders in Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) on Thursday approved a new share sale for up to 2.5 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while doubts linger on whether the state-owned bank can pull o…
IAEA board passes resolution calling on Russia to leave Zaporizhzhia
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s 35-nation Board of Governors on Thursday passed a resolution demanding that Russia end its occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, diplomats at the closed-door meet…
Turkish florists race to meet soaring British demand after Queen’s death
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish florists are resorting to cargo planes instead of trucks as they rush to send as many flowers as they can to the United Kingdom to meet a deluge of orders after the death of Queen Elizabeth. Orders for cut flowers have soar…
Spain’s parliament backs NATO membership for Finland and Sweden
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament ratified the entry of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Thursday, bringing the two Nordic countries one step closer to joining the alliance in its most significant expansion sin…
UAE court orders cum-ex suspects to return $1.1 billion to Denmark
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A United Arab Emirates court has ordered Briton Sanjay Shah, the main suspect in a Danish dividend tax fraud case, and other suspects to return around 8 billion Danish crowns ($1.1 billion) to Denmark, Danish broadcaster DR repor…
Factbox-Plans for Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral
LONDON (Reuters) – World leaders will join Britain’s royal family, its political elite and members of the military, judiciary and charities at the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday. Below are details of what is expected on the day: WESTMIN…
U.S. stocks churn while yields rise, Fed in focus
By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street indexes were in the red after Thursday’s choppy trading session while bond yields rose and the dollar made little progress as investors digested stronger-than-expected economic data and prepared for an a…