By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The race to be the next NATO boss is heating up. But it is a race run largely in the dark, with no sign of a winner yet. Jens Stoltenberg, the transatlantic military alliance’s Norwegian secretary-general, is due to step down at the end of September after nine years …
Analysis-NATO struggles in the shadows to find new leader Read More »
By Noel Randewich and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – U.S. stocks finished sharply higher on Friday as talks on raising the U.S. debt ceiling progressed, while chip stocks surged for a second straight day on optimism about artificial intelligence. After several rounds of talks, U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy appeared …
Wall Street indexes end sharply higher on optimism about debt ceiling Read More »
(Reuters) – Canadian pop singer Celine Dion announced on Friday that she was canceling the European stretch of her world tour, scheduled to resume this summer, due to a medical condition that makes it difficult for her to perform. The announcement comes four months after the 55-year-old Quebecoise singer said she was diagnosed with a …
Celine Dion cancels rest of world tour due to medical condition Read More »
By Marine Strauss and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) -A Belgian aid worker arrived back in Belgium on Friday night from Iran, where he had been accused of spying and jailed until being freed in a prisoner swap with an Iranian diplomat who had been imprisoned in Belgium in connection with a failed bomb plot. …
Aid worker back in Belgium after Iranian diplomat prisoner swap Read More »
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s BEML Ltd on Friday reported a more than 18% climb in fourth-quarter profit as easing input costs offset a drop in revenue. Consolidated profit rose to 1.58 billion rupees ($19.12 million) for the three months ended March 31, from 1.33 billion rupees a year earlier, it said in an exchange filing. Net …
India’s BEML logs 18% growth in Q4 profit as expenses dip Read More »
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, India’s largest drugmaker by revenue, on Friday reported a 29.6% rise in fourth-quarter profit, as it benefited from lower expenses and higher sales of specialty drugs. The company’s consolidated profit before exceptional items and tax rose to 24.11 billion rupees ($291.7 million) for the quarter ended March 31, it …
India’s Sun Pharma posts near-30% rise in Q4 profit on lower input costs Read More »
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices ticked up on Friday as U.S. officials appeared close to striking a debt-ceiling deal, and as the market weighed conflicting messages on supply from Russia and Saudi Arabia ahead of the next OPEC+ policy meeting. Brent crude settled 69 cents, or 0.9%, higher at $76.95 a barrel. U.S. …
By Chris Prentice and Huw Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Wall Street’s main indexes rose and European shares logged their largest one-day gain in two months on Friday as talks on raising the U.S. debt ceiling progressed. Treasury yields climbed as investors rethought how long interest rates were likely to keep rising. Democratic and Republican negotiators …
Wall Street rallies, European shares see biggest gain in 2 months Read More »
By Rachael Levy, Marisa Taylor and Akriti Sharma (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s Neuralink received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone for the brain-implant startup as it faces U.S. probes over its handling of animal experiments. The FDA approval “represents an important first step that will one day …
Elon Musk’s Neuralink wins FDA approval for human study of brain implants Read More »
By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two members of the far-right Oath Keepers were sentenced to prison on Friday for their roles in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump who tried to overturn his presidential election defeat. Kenneth Harrelson and Jessica Watkins were convicted in November by …
Two more Oath Keepers sentenced to prison over US Capitol attack Read More »
