By Simon Johnson and Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The head of Sweden’s Moderate Party, Ulf Kristersson, said on Wednesday he would begin the work of forming a new government after Prime Minster Magdalena Andersson conceded her Social Democrats h…
Bill addressing U.S. lawmakers’ stocks imminent in House -Speaker Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Proposed legislation to tighten rules on U.S. lawmakers’ stock holdings and trades should come together later this month, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters at a news conference on Wednesday. While P…
‘Loving a queue’: Thousands wait in line to pay respects to queen
By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of mourners took their places in a queue snaking around the centre of London on Wednesday, recognising without complaint that they might have to wait for hours to see the late Queen Elizabeth lying in stat…
William and Harry walk together behind a loved one’s coffin, again
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) – Princes William and Harry walked side by side behind their grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin on Wednesday, a scene reminiscent of when, as boys 25 years ago, they followed their mother Princess Diana’s casket in…
Wall St staggers to higher close as Fed rate hike looms
(In paragraph 7, updates CME likelihood of 100 bps rate hike) By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street ended a directionless session higher on Wednesday as an on-target inflation report largely stanched the flow of Tuesday’s sell-off and invest…
End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’ -WHO chief
By Manas Mishra (Reuters) -The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over si…
U.S. distances itself from Bill Richardson meetings in Russia where Americans jailed
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States distanced itself on Wednesday from a visit by former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson to Russia where WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Wh…
King Charles, William and Harry reunited in grief to escort queen’s coffin
By Michael Holden, Kate Holton and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -King Charles, his sons Princes William and Harry and other senior royals joined a solemn procession taking Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as the late monarch made her final journey from Buck…
‘Humour over rumour’: Taiwan eyes Ukraine messaging model if China attacks
By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is looking at Ukraine’s ways of communicating its message to the outside world at a time of conflict, by making use of tools such as satellites and deploying humour, the digital minister said on …
Armenia and Azerbaijan clash again as foreign peace efforts intensify
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber TBILISI (Reuters) – New clashes erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia on Wednesday as international peace efforts intensified a day after the ex-Soviet republics witnessed their deadliest violence since 2020. Armenian Prim…