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Biden, McCarthy reach tentative US debt ceiling deal

By Steve Holland, Gram Slattery and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy reached a tentative deal to suspend the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Saturday evening, ending a months-long stalemate. However, the deal was announced without any celebration, in terms that reflected the bitter tenor …

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UK health minister says will not negotiate on pay with nurses’ union

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s health minister, Steve Barclay, said on Sunday that the government would not negotiate on pay with the nurses’ union, as the threat of further strikes looms. The government’s offer, which includes a one-off payment equivalent to 2% of salaries in the 2022/23 financial year and a 5% pay rise for 2023/24, was …

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Russia raises calculation price for grain export duty

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will raise its base price for calculating wheat, barley and maize export taxes, according to a decree published on an official government website on Saturday. The move should result in the duty itself decreasing. The decree comes into force on June 1. The new base price for calculating the wheat export …

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Britain says border e-gates back in service after outage sparked delays

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s automated border control gates have returned to normal operation, the Home Office said on Saturday, after a nationwide system issue caused major delays. Images posted on social media earlier showed long queues of hundreds of people at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports, with frustrated passengers complaining of having to wait several hours …

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Northern Irish police charge seven men in detective shooting case

BELFAST (Reuters) – Seven men have been charged with the attempted murder of senior Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) detective John Caldwell, according to a police statement. Caldwell was shot multiple times on February 22 while off-duty at a youth sports complex on the outskirts of Omagh as he was coaching youth sports. The …

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Rolls Royce says no decisions yet about workforce change after report of cuts

(Reuters) – British engine maker Rolls-Royce has made no decisions regarding changes to its workforce, a company spokesperson said on Saturday, after a Sunday Times report said the company was expected to cut about 3,000 non-manufacturing staff. The Sunday Times report added that chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic has hired consultants led by McKinsey to advise …

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Ukraine targets Russian oil pipeline installations with drones – Russian media

By Guy Faulconbridge and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine struck oil pipeline installations deep inside Russia on Saturday with a series of drone attacks including on a station serving the Druzhba pipeline, while shelling from Ukraine killed at least two, Russian officials and media said. Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia have been growing in …

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Russia blames US, EU for escalating tensions in Kosovo

(Reuters) – Russia on Saturday blamed Kosovo, the United States and European Union for escalating tensions in the Balkans and said it was watching with concern after violent clashes between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to ethnic Albanian mayors. The United States and allies on Friday rebuked Kosovo, saying the use of force to install …

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Russian Orthodox Church fires Archpriest for ‘obstruction’ of icon transfer

By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church from a Moscow museum. Russian President Vladimir Putin had decided that the icon be handed over to the Church from …

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Wes Anderson, Ken Loach among contenders for Cannes Film Festival’s top prize

CANNES (Reuters) – Veteran directors Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and Wim Wenders are among those in the running for the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted Palme d’Or at Saturday’s closing ceremony, with 21 films in competition for the top prize. The closing movie this year will be Pixar’s “Elemental”, an animated feature about a city where …

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