By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Donations for an Iowa teenager poured in on Thursday, doubling the $150,000 amount a court ordered her to pay the family of a man whom she killed after he allegedly sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions. As of Thur…
Tennis-Federer to call time on glittering career after next week’s Laver Cup
By Martyn Herman (Reuters) – Roger Federer, regarded by many as the greatest male player to wield a tennis racket and who took the sport to new heights during a career spanning more than two decades, will retire after next week’s Laver Cup in London. T…
Wall St heads for mixed open as rate worries linger
By Ankika Biswas and Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes were set for a mixed open on Thursday as a slew of economic data pointed to resilience in the U.S. economy, likely keeping the Federal Reserve on track for aggressive interest r…
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rise, but inflation hampering spending
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales unexpectedly rebounded in August as Americans ramped up purchases of motor vehicles and dined out more amid lower gasoline prices, but demand is cooling as the Federal Reserve aggressively rais…
U.S. import prices fall for second straight month in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. import prices fell for a second straight month in August, weighed down by declining costs for petroleum products and a strong dollar, which overtime could help to lower inflation. Import prices dropped 1.0% last month after …
Reactions to deal between U.S. railroads and unions
(Reuters) – Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by the Biden administration to avert a rail shutdown that could have hit food and fuel supplies nationwide. Shares of Union Pacific Corp and C…
Putin says Xi has questions and concerns over Ukraine
By Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he understood that Xi Jinping had questions and concerns about the situation in Ukraine but praised China’s leader for what he said was a “…
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral ‘will unite’ world as mourners queue for miles
By Michael Holden and Humza Jilani LONDON (Reuters) -Prince William has told how walking behind his grandmother’s coffin brought back challenging memories, alluding to the death of his mother, as mourners from all walks of life queued for hours on Thur…
Russia says longer-range U.S. missiles for Kyiv would cross red line
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that if the United States decided to supply Kyiv with longer-range missiles, it would cross a “red line” and become “a party to the conflict”. In a briefing, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mar…
Senior adviser to Meloni wants Italy’s Treasury to be split up
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – A senior economic adviser to Giorgia Meloni, the front runner to become Italy’s next prime minister, called for the Treasury to be split into two in order to create a separate ministry managing tax policies and fiscal…