By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ash Carter, who served as a U.S. defense secretary during the Obama administration, died late on Monday at the age of 68 after a sudden cardiac event, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. A de…
Adidas ends Kanye West partnership over antisemitism, hate speech
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) -Adidas AG is immediately terminating its partnership with Kanye West, the sporting goods maker said on Tuesday, reacting to a rash of offensive behaviour from the American rapper and designer. The decision comes after A…
The bear market blues: a diagnosis for our times
By Alden Bentley (Reuters) – War. Inflation. Polarization. Appalling headlines ricochet around the internet, stocks are skidding, wealth is eroding and the mood on Wall Street has rarely been gloomier. While some opportunists thrive in adversity, exper…
U.S. working to bring Griner home after ‘sham’ Russian hearing, Sullivan says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will continue to engage with Russia to bring home jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said, after a Russian court on Tuesday upheld her nine-year drug…
Explainer-What is a dirty bomb and why is Russia talking about one now?
By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) – In Russia’s latest advocacy campaign over its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has focused on accusations that Kyiv might be planning to use a so-called “dirty bomb” – a conventional explosive device laced with toxic nuclea…
New PM Rishi Sunak pledges to lead Britain out of economic crisis
By Kate Holton, Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister in two months on Tuesday and pledged to lead the country out of a profound economic crisis and rebuild trust in politics. Sunak quick…
World is in its ‘first truly global energy crisis’ – IEA’s Birol
By Emily Chow and Muyu Xu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Tightening markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) worldwide and major oil producers cutting supply have put the world in the middle of “the first truly global energy crisis”, the head of the International…
U.S. basketball star Griner’s 9-year drug sentence upheld in Russia
KRASNOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) -A Russian court on Tuesday dismissed U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against a nine-year sentence for possessing and smuggling vape cartridges containing cannabis oil, paving the way for her to be sent …
Fed to hike by 75 bps again on Nov. 2, should pause when inflation halves – economists: Reuters poll
By Prerana Bhat BENGALURU (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve will go for its fourth consecutive 75 basis point interest rate hike on Nov. 2, according to economists polled by Reuters, who said the central bank should not pause until inflation falls t…
Russia tells U.N. Ukraine plans ‘dirty bomb,’ West dismisses allegation
By Jonathan Landay NEAR KHERSON FRONTLINE, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia on Tuesday took its case to the U.N. Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory, an assertion dismissed by Western and Ukrainian officials a…