By Tom Balmforth (Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators are studying the debris of a new Russian intermediate-range ballistic missile that was fired at the city of Dnipro on Thursday, the first time such a powerful weapon has been used in the war. Reuters was among a small group of reporters given access to the wreckage of…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The Lao government is “profoundly saddened” by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible. Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American have died after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic town that is popular with foreign backpackers, and drinking contaminated alcohol….
JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) -An Israeli man who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found murdered, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday, denouncing his death as a “heinous antisemitic terrorist act”. Zvi Kogan, a rabbi who worked in the Gulf Arab country for an Orthodox Jewish group called Chabad, vanished in Dubai…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and the U.S. aim to compile a joint military plan for a possible Taiwan emergency that includes deploying missiles, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday. Under the plan expected to be complied next month, the U.S. would deploy missile units to the Nansei Islands of Japan’s southwestern Kagoshima and Okinawa…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to residents in areas of an eastern Gaza City suburb, setting off a new wave of displacement on Sunday, and a Gaza hospital director was injured in an Israeli drone attack, Palestinian medics said. The new orders for the Shejaia suburb posted by…
(Corrects paragraph 1 to remove extraneous ‘the’) (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a summons to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted on U.S. bribery allegations related to a bombshell federal indictment against him, a court filing showed. The SEC is suing the head of the Adani Group and his nephew Sagar Adani,…
By Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – Donald Trump Jr. has emerged as the most influential Trump family member in the transition as the president-elect builds the most controversial cabinet in modern U.S. history, according to a half dozen sources with knowledge of his role, elevating inexperienced loyalists over more qualified candidates for top positions in his…
Investing.com — The US is to release inflation numbers which will be closely watched as investors try to gauge the future path of Federal Reserve interest rates, while the start of the holiday shopping season and more retail earnings will show how consumer spending is holding up in the face of higher prices. Here’s your…
Investing.com — The ongoing Middle East conflict, marked by escalating tensions and persistent hostilities, remains a critical risk factor for global stability. Analysts at UBS emphasize that while the situation has not yet spiraled into a full-scale regional war involving Israel, Iran, and their respective allies, the risk of such an escalation is significant. This…
Investing.com — As 2025 approaches, UBS analysts identified critical factors that will shape the global economy and markets for the rest of the 2020s. The “Year Ahead 2025” report from UBS examines the impact of political shifts, transformative innovations, and monetary easing on investors’ strategies. Despite significant challenges over the past five years—including global lockdowns, geopolitical…
