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UK midcaps slip as inflation hits 3-decade high; Tesco slides

UK midcaps slip as inflation hits 3-decade high; Tesco slides

By Devik Jain (Reuters) -UK midcaps slipped on Wednesday after data showed annual inflation last month rose to a three-decade high, in..

Meta to take nearly half of sales made by its metaverse creators as fees

Meta to take nearly half of sales made by its metaverse creators as fees

(Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms will charge creators around 47.5% on sales of digital assets and experiences made ins..

Delta sees return to profit as travel demand hits ‘historic’ levels

Delta sees return to profit as travel demand hits ‘historic’ levels

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -Delta Air Lines Inc on Wednesday posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and forecast r..

Oil prices extend gains with falling supplies in focus

Oil prices extend gains with falling supplies in focus

By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after Moscow said peace talks with Ukraine had reached a dea..

After weeks of bombardment, 1,000 Ukraine marines surrender in Mariupol, says Russia

After weeks of bombardment, 1,000 Ukraine marines surrender in Mariupol, says Russia

By Pavel Polityuk and Oleksandr Kozhukhar KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -More than 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered in the port..

Poverty, education levels draw battle lines in French election

Poverty, education levels draw battle lines in French election

By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – As French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen head into a presidential run-off on Apri..

Putin says peace talks with Ukraine are at dead end, goads the West

Putin says peace talks with Ukraine are at dead end, goads the West

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead end, using his..

Macron, Le Pen battle out on cost of living in heated runoff campaign

Macron, Le Pen battle out on cost of living in heated runoff campaign

By Michel Rose, Layli Foroudi and John Irish DENAIN, France (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen traded blows at a distance on..

Elon Musk drops plans to join Twitter board, deletes weekend tweets

Elon Musk drops plans to join Twitter board, deletes weekend tweets

By Abinaya V and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Elon Musk rejected Twitter Inc’s offer to join its board, an abrupt turn even as he su..

Russian inflation accelerates to 7.61% m/m in March, highest since 1999

Russian inflation accelerates to 7.61% m/m in March, highest since 1999

(Reuters) – Consumer prices in Russia jumped 7.61% in March, their biggest month-on-month increase since January 1999, data show..

Oil prices set for weekly fall on stockpile releases

Oil prices set for weekly fall on stockpile releases

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil prices were stable on Friday in choppy trading but remained on course for a second ..

Explainer-Clock ticks down towards a Russian default

Explainer-Clock ticks down towards a Russian default

LONDON (Reuters) – Russia could face its first sovereign external default in over a century after it made arrangements to make a..

U.S. Congress votes to strip Russia of ‘most favored’ trade status, ban its oil

U.S. Congress votes to strip Russia of ‘most favored’ trade status, ban its oil

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress voted to impose further economic pain on Russia over the invasion ..

U.S. and NATO allies pledge more arms to Ukraine

U.S. and NATO allies pledge more arms to Ukraine

By Daphne Psaledakis and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States will send new weapon systems to Ukraine, Washington’..

Amazon faces shareholder vote on treatment of warehouse workers

Amazon faces shareholder vote on treatment of warehouse workers

By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, will face a shareholder ..

Defiance, tears, trepidation: Ukraine’s capital awakens after Russian troops withdraw

Defiance, tears, trepidation: Ukraine’s capital awakens after Russian troops withdraw

By Elizabeth Piper and Stefaniia Bern KYIV (Reuters) – Laden with bags, trolleys and the odd pet, Ukrainians are returning to th..

Eastern Ukraine town empties as residents fear new Russian assault

Eastern Ukraine town empties as residents fear new Russian assault

By Vitalii Hnidyi DERHACHI, Ukraine (Reuters) – Dragging trolleys and clutching plastic bags with their meagre belongings, resid..

No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

No poop for you: Manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek and Bianca Flowers CHICAGO (Reuters) – For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every ma..

U.S. charges Russian oligarch with violating sanctions, disrupts botnet

U.S. charges Russian oligarch with violating sanctions, disrupts botnet

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has charged Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with viol..

Cryptoverse: NFT bubble gets that shrinking feeling

Cryptoverse: NFT bubble gets that shrinking feeling

By Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) – The NFT bubble isn’t popping, but it may have sprung a leak. A year on from when a singl..

U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data; world shares mixed

U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data; world shares mixed

By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Government bond yields resumed their upward climb on Friday on signs of persistent prices p..

World shares rise, U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data

World shares rise, U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data

By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – World shares bounced and government bond yields resumed their upward climb on Friday on signs..

Climate activists plan daily protests after blocking 10 UK oil terminals

Climate activists plan daily protests after blocking 10 UK oil terminals

By Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Hundreds of climate change protesters blocked oil terminals across Britain on Frida..

Food stamp recipients are the new frontier for Target.com

Food stamp recipients are the new frontier for Target.com

By Arriana McLymore and Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Target Corp is preparing to let shoppers use food stamps to pay fo..

Russia sets deadline for rouble gas payments, Europe calls it ‘blackmail’

Russia sets deadline for rouble gas payments, Europe calls it ‘blackmail’

By Joseph Nasr and Mark Trevelyan BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding foreign buyers pay for..

Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third

Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third

By Brenda Goh and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Authorities began locking down some western areas of Shanghai two days ahead of sche..

Russians bombard cities as losses force them back

Russians bombard cities as losses force them back

By Natalia Zinets and Gleb Garanich LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV OUTSKIRTS (Reuters) – Russian forces bombarded a besieged city in norther..

Russia promises to scale back Ukraine war but West sceptical

Russia promises to scale back Ukraine war but West sceptical

By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised on Tuesday to scale d..

Russia promises to scale down operations in northern Ukraine

Russia promises to scale down operations in northern Ukraine

By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised at peace talks on Tue..

UK’s Sunak, under fire over cost of living, defends his tax cut plans

UK’s Sunak, under fire over cost of living, defends his tax cut plans

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended the tax cuts he announced last week, after they were widely ..

EU leaders struggle for deal on energy crunch fix

EU leaders struggle for deal on energy crunch fix

By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders struggled on Friday to agree on steps to ease the energy m..

10 years since Leo Caillard’s twist on the Louvre’s classic sculptures made headlines, his new NFT collection débuts 30 March 2022

10 years since Leo Caillard’s twist on the Louvre’s classic sculptures made headlines, his new NFT collection débuts 30 March 2022

Kreation today announces the forthcoming release of the ‘Stone Heads’ NFT Art Collection by maverick and multi-hyphenate French contem..

Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

By Julia Payne LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Commodities traders such as Trafigura and Vitol have helped keep Russia’s..

Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not g..

Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The National Bank of Hungary raised its base rate by 100 basis points..

EU split on Russia oil sanctions

EU split on Russia oil sanctions

By Sabine Siebold and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign ministers disagreed on Monday on w..

Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is expected to publish its plan next week on how to boost domestic energy supplies to try..