LONDON (Reuters) – British breakers will be backed to the tune of 135,000 pounds ($155,722.50) by UK Sport in their quest to qualify for the Paris Olympics in 2024 when break dancing makes its Games debut. Breaking GB, the body with responsibility for …
Nine migrants rescued, dozens missing after boat sinks off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece rescued nine migrants and was searching for dozens of others believed to be missing after their boat sank off the island of Evia early on Tuesday, the coast guard said. Nine people have been rescued from the boat, which sank o…
European shares open higher as oil stocks rise, Fed pivot hopes remain
(Reuters) – European shares opened higher on Tuesday, as blowout earnings from BP boosted oil stocks, while hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve would slow down the pace of its rate hikes next month also lifted the mood. The pan-European STOXX 600 index…
Russia orders wider evacuation of occupied southern Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk and Jonathan Landay KYIV/MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia told civilians on Tuesday to leave an area along the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian province of Kherson, a major extension of an evacuation order that Kyi…
Protesters in Peru target Hochschild’s largest mine
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian demonstrators on Monday burned infrastructure at Hochschild Mining Plc’s Inmaculada mine as part of a protest, the company said, threatening the operations of its largest mine in the Andean nation. UK-listed Hochschild is an i…
Instagram fixes bug that triggered hours-long outage
(Reuters) -Instagram said on Monday it had fixed a software bug that prevented thousands of users from accessing the photo-sharing platform for about eight hours and led to complaints of accounts being suspended. “We’ve resolved this bug now – it was c…
Putin says a gas hub can be set up in Turkey quite easily
(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said a natural gas hub could be set up in Turkey quite easily and predicted that many in Europe would want to sign contracts for supplies. Putin made his remarks in a news conference. Earlier this …
UK home secretary complains of an ‘invasion’ of asylum seekers
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) -British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the country faces an “invasion” from people travelling in small boats crossing the English Channel as she she fought back against mounting pressure over her repeated sec…
Italy delays EU-required justice reform, scraps vaccine mandate for medics
By Angelo Amante and Emilio Parodi ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new government on Monday delayed the application of a justice reform required to obtain European post-pandemic funds and scrapped a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers. Both moves mark…
Portugal’s Millennium bcp 9-month profit jumps 63%, strong core income
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s largest listed bank, Millennium bcp, posted on Monday a 63.4% jump in nine-month net profit thanks to a robust rise in core income stemming from policy rate hikes and despite losses at its Polish subsid…