BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments moved closer on Sunday to agreeing tough sanctions against Russia that include a ban on buying Russian oil, but scheduled more talks for Monday to work out how to ensure countries most dependent on Russian energy can cope.
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine‘s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Sunday he discussed with the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken how to unblock Ukraine’s food exports and ensure global food security.
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Vedanta Resources has offered to step up investment in Zambias Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and implement several social responsibility programmes if it resumes control of the local firm, a company letter sent to the government showed.
DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar‘s emir will visit Iran, Germany, Britain and other European states starting this week on a trip expected to discuss efforts to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal and energy security in Europe, a source briefed on the visit said on Sunday.
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The European Union needs partnership from Britain rather than threats of unliateral action if the two sides are to reach a compromise on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland in the coming weeks, Irelands Foreign Minister said.
By Nia Williams and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) – Three months ago Mark Little, the chief executive of Canadian oil and gas major Suncor Energy, issued a mea culpa.
(Reuters) – Moscow residents appeared anxious but resilient as the country prepared on Sunday for its annual commemoration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany with an economy reeling from the Wests most stringent economic sanctions in modern times.
The money issue Americans worry about even slightly more than inflation
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has imposed several rafts of sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine in February, targeting its central bank, major lenders, oligarchs and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britains Justice Secretary Dominic Raab said the political stability of Northern Ireland was in peril until the problems with the protocol governing post-Brexit trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom were fixed.
By Helen Reid and Clara Denina JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite for major miners, who have few alternatives to the resource-rich continent.
(Reuters) – British real estate firms Capital & Counties Properties and Shaftesbury Plc said they were in advanced talks on a merger that would bring such London tourist destinations as Covent Garden and Soho under one umbrella.
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigerian airline Ibom Air on Saturday said it will not take part in an industry plan to stop flights from Monday over the high cost of jet fuel, saying the move would affect revenues needed to service obligations to financiers
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwes government on Saturday ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect in a move Harare said was designed to stop speculation against the Zimbabwean dollar and was part of a raft of measures to arrest its rapid devaluation on the black market.
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Activist investor Daniel Loeb, who wants Royal Dutch Shell Plc to break apart, applauded the energy giants decision to move its headquarters even as he sticks to views that a different corporate structure would make it more successful.
U.S. job openings and resignations hit a record high in March
(Reuters) – Londons West End focused commercial landlords Capital & Counties Properties Plc and Shaftesbury Plc are in advanced talks about a 3.5 billion pound ($4.32 billion) merger, Sky News reported on Saturday.
The dollar leads the way once more, with concerns over, inflation, monetary policy, and the economic outlook driving demand for the greenback.
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Norway‘s sovereign wealth fund said on Friday that it plans to vote for Kohl’s board directors, backing management in a hotly contested corporate battle with hedge fund Macellum Advisors.
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Arriana McLymore