By Andrea Shalal and Andreas Rinke SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) – Panned by critics for dragging his feet on Ukraine, called a “sulky liver sausage” by the Ukrainian ambassador, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday won public praise from a man h…
G7 aims to raise $600 billion to counter China’s Belt and Road
By Andrea Shalal SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) – Group of Seven leaders on Sunday pledged to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China’s older, multitril…
Smiles – and no talk of Brexit – as Macron and Johnson warm up at G7
By John Irish SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany (Reuters) -After clashing last year over sausages and submarines, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s Boris Johnson were all smiles at a G7 summit on Sunday, with disputes over Brexit not even coming up at bilate…
Prince Charles followed rules on charity donations, his office says
LONDON (Reuters) – Charity donations accepted by Britain’s Prince Charles were handled correctly, his office said after a newspaper reported that he received 3 million euros ($3.2 million) in cash from a former Qatari prime minister, some of it in shop…
Thousands protest in Madrid against NATO summit
By Elena Rodriguez and Michael Francis Gore MADRID (Reuters) – Carrying the hammer and sickle flags of the former Soviet Union, thousands protested in Madrid on Sunday against a NATO summit which will take place in the Spanish capital next week. Amid t…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – Russian forces hit targets across Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk province, a day after President Vladimir Putin declared victory in the neighbouring province of Luhansk following months of gruelling attritional warfare in which both sides lost m…
Oslo gay bar shooting won’t stop fight for equal rights – Norway PM
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – The deadly rampage by a gunman at a gay bar and another venue in central Oslo on Saturday will not put an end to the fight for the rights of all individuals to live a free and safe life, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas…
Legal clashes await U.S. companies covering workers’ abortion costs
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A growing number of large U.S. companies have said they will cover travel costs for employees who must leave their home states to get abortions, but these new policies could expose businesses to lawsuits and even potential…
Large U.S. law firms mostly quiet on abortion ruling, are ‘walking a tightrope’
By Karen Sloan and Jacqueline Thomsen (Reuters) – The largest U.S. law firms did not take a public stance following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade on Friday, diverging from the approach of some major companies that have made statement…
Russia steps up missile strikes on Ukraine as G7 leaders gather
By Tom Balmforth and Marko Djurica KYIV/POKROVSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian missiles hit an apartment block and kindergarten in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Sunday, in strikes U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as “barbarism” as world leaders gather…