By Devik Jain (Reuters) -UK stocks came under pressure on Friday after data showed factory activity lost more steam in June amid elevated price pressures, underlining the risk of a sharp slowdown or a recession in Britain. The blue-chip FTSE 100 ended …
Rouble weakens, Gazprom shares extend losses after cancelling dividends
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Shares in Russian energy giants Rosneft and Gazprom followed divergent courses on Friday as investors responded to the two companies’ opposing dividend decisions, while the rouble fell sharply from seven-year highs hit this week. At …
We’ll be with you on ‘long road’ to membership, EU tells Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukraine now has a “very clear European perspective” but the road to EU membership will take time and require hard work, the president of the EU executive told the country’s parliament on Friday. EU leaders last week granted Ukraine …
We’ll be with you on ‘long road’ to membership, EU tells Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukraine now has a “very clear European perspective” but the road to EU membership will take time and require hard work, the president of the EU executive told the country’s parliament on Friday. EU leaders last week granted Ukraine …
Russian missile strikes kill 18 in Ukraine’s Odesa region – authorities
KYIV (Reuters) -Russian missiles struck an apartment building and two holiday camps near Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa early on Friday, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens, Ukrainian authorities said. One missile struck the building in t…
Traditional Czech village pubs turning off taps as costs soar
By Jason Hovet and Michael Kahn SEC, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Czechs have long gathered at village pubs to catch up with friends or celebrate special occasions in a nation famed for its beer culture, but soaring costs and belt-tightening by patrons h…
Russian missile strikes near Ukraine’s Odesa kill 21
By Iryna Nazarchuk SERHIIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia flattened part of an apartment building while residents slept on Friday in missile attacks near Ukraine’s port of Odesa that authorities said killed at least 21 people, hours after Russian troops …
Russia to open trial against U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner
(Reuters) – U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russia on Friday on drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison, in a case caught up in the fraught relations between Moscow and Washington. Griner, a star in the U.S…
Irish manufacturing growth eases to 16-month low -PMI
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish manufacturing growth slowed to a 16-month low in June as new orders contracted in the face of rising prices, a survey showed on Friday. The AIB S&P Global manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 53.1 in June from…
HSBC to relaunch India private banking business within a year -executive
By Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings PLC plans to relaunch its India private banking business within a year, its India CEO told Reuters on Thursday, after the Asia-focused lender has identified the country as a key strategic market for growth…