BEIJING (Reuters) – China reserves the right to use force over Taiwan as a last resort in compelling circumstances, though peaceful reunification is its first choice, a Communist Party spokesman said on Saturday. Reunification of China and Taiwan meets…
CGT union votes to continue strike at TotalEnergies’ French refineries
PARIS (Reuters) – The CGT union at the centre of a weeks-long strike at French oil major TotalEnergies voted on Saturday to continue the walkout, CGT union representative Fabien Cros said. Despite the government requisitioning key refinery staff to get…
Rupert Murdoch considers combining Fox, News Corp
By Yuvraj Malik and Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Rupert Murdoch has started a process that could reunite his media empire, News Corp and Fox Corp disclosed on Friday, saying they would consider combining at his behest, nearly a decade after the companie…
U.S. may extend humanitarian migrant access beyond Venezuelans, Mexico says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The United States has told Mexico it will consider granting humanitarian access for migrants of other nationalities following an accord this week for Venezuelans, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday. Under a pl…
Justice Dept. asks court to end arbiter’s review of Trump documents
By Katharine Jackson, Dan Whitcomb and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked an appeals court to end a third-party review of documents seized from Donald Trump’s Florida home, arguing that a judge should not h…
Bostic acknowledges accidental trading that violated Fed’s ethics code
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) -Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic on Friday said that over the last few years some of his personal investing activity inadvertently happened in periods where it was forbidden by U.S. central bank e…
U.S. jury convicts Nikola founder of fraud in New York trial
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Nikola Corp founder Trevor Milton on Friday was convicted by a U.S. jury of fraud in a case alleging he lied to investors about the electric vehicle company’s technology. The jury found Milton guilty on one count of se…
U.S. grocer Kroger carts away Albertsons for $25 billion but faces antitrust test
By Aishwarya Venugopal, Diane Bartz and Abigail Summerville (Reuters) – Kroger Co snapped up Albertsons Cos Inc in a $25 billion deal on Friday, creating a U.S. grocery behemoth to better compete with leader Walmart Inc on prices while bracing for pote…
Ukraine completes exhumation of soldiers at Lyman mass grave
(Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators have completed the exhumation of soldiers in one of two mass graves discovered after Russian troops retreated from the town of Lyman in eastern Donetsk region, police said on Friday. “Police have removed the bodies o…
Burkina Faso names coup leader Traore as transitional president
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso’s military officials, political parties and civil society leaders on Friday officially designated army captain Ibrahim Traore as the country’s transitional president, two weeks after he seized power in Burkina Faso’s…