(Updates prices, adds commentary, New York dateline) By Sinéad Carew and Joice Alves New York/London (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rose against the euro and yen on Monday, as investors kept their focus on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hiking path a…
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives in Bali for G20 summit
(Reuters) – (This Nov 13. story has been refiled to correct the first paragraph to say Sunak arrived at the G20 Summit on Monday) UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived at the G20 Summit in Indonesia on Monday, a Downing Street spokesperson said in a st…
UK house prices fall as buyers count cost of mini-budget – Rightmove
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Asking prices for British residential properties are dropping and there are signs that the fallout from the “mini-budget” bond market rout is weighing on first-time buyers, property website Rightmove said on Monday. …
India can buy as much Russian oil as it wants, outside price cap, Yellen says
By David Lawder NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The United States is happy for India to continue buying as much Russian oil as it wants, including at prices above a G7-imposed price cap mechanism, if it steers clear of Western insurance, finance and maritime serv…
UK needs to make politically unpopular reforms to boost growth, business group says
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government must be willing to make politically unpopular choices in areas such as immigration and regulation to boost business investment and economic growth, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said on Monday. Fi…
UK recruiters plan record pay rises but real wages lag inflation, survey shows
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British employers are planning the biggest pay hikes in a decade to fill roles but real-term wages will still grow more slowly than inflation, a survey showed on Monday. The quarterly survey by the Chartered Institut…
British trade minister visits Washington
LONDON (Reuters) – British trade minister Kemi Badenoch will visit Washington on Monday to meet politicians and address business representatives to try to boost ties with the United States even as talks over a free trade deal have stalled. A U.S. free …
Lawyer Natasa Pirc Musar wins Slovenian presidential vote – preliminary results
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer and former TV presenter won the second round of presidential election, and will become the Alpine country’s first female president, preliminary result showed. Pirc Musar won 53.87 percent of the votes i…
‘Black Panther’ sequel ignites box office with $330 million global debut
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marvel Studios adventure “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” brought crowds to movie theaters around the globe over the weekend, selling an estimated $330 million in tickets and setting a November record in the Uni…
Sledgehammer execution of Russian mercenary who defected to Ukraine shown in video
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that a former mercenary who was filmed being executed by a sledgehammer blow to the head after changing sides in the Ukraine war…