By Jonathan Saul and Michelle Nichols LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ships exporting Ukraine grain through the Black Sea will be protected by a 10 nautical mile buffer zone, according to long-awaited procedures agreed by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the Uni…
Stocks choppy after U.S. jobs report sell-off
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) – World stock markets were mostly flat on Monday, unable to recover much from a sell-off last week triggered by a strong U.S. jobs report that bolstered the case for sharp interest rate increases. The dollar weakened an…
Wall Street muted on mixed inflation messages
By Lawrence Delevingne (Reuters) -U.S. stocks were mostly flat on Monday, the dollar weakened and U.S. government bond yields fell as investors weighed mixed messages on inflation and how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be in combating it. On Wall …
Exclusive: Russia starts stripping jetliners for parts as sanctions bite
(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian airlines, including state-controlled Aeroflot, are stripping jetliners to secure spare parts they can no longer…
China’s Hainan expands COVID lockdowns to quell outbreak
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s Hainan, an island province dependent on tourism, locked down more areas on Monday, state media reported, as it battles its worst COVID-19 outbreak after seeing very few cases in the past two years compared with many …
Chad and rebels sign peace deal in Qatar ahead of national dialogue
By Andrew Mills DOHA (Reuters) -Chad’s transitional authorities and rebel groups signed a peace agreement in Doha on Monday ahead of a broad national reconciliation dialogue to take place later this month. A signing ceremony for the agreement, which in…
Wall St trades mixed on Fed tightening fears, Nvidia weighs
By Herbert Lash and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) -U.S. stock indexes were mixed on Monday after blockbuster jobs data last week reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will crack down on inflation, while a revenue warning from chipmaker Nvidia wa…
Explainer-What is at stake for investors in Kenya’s elections?
By Duncan Miriri and Karin Strohecker NAIROBI (Reuters) – Millions of Kenyans will head to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new president in a fiercely contested election that pitches veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga against Deputy President Willia…
Biden ‘concerned’ as China extends military drills around Taiwan
By Sarah Wu and Martin Quin Pollard TAIPEI (Reuters) – China announced new military drills around Taiwan on Monday, eliciting concern from U.S. President Joe Biden, a day after the scheduled end of Beijing’s largest exercises to protest last week’s vis…
Israel re-opens Gaza crossings as truce with Palestinians holds
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel reopened border crossings into Gaza on Monday following an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with the militant Islamic Jihad group that ended the most serious outbreak of fighting aro…