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By Noel Randewich June 8 (Reuters) – Index provider MSCI confirmed on Monday it will apply existing rules for early inclusion of large IPOs in its Global Standard Indexes, likely clearing the way for SpaceX to join, which will fuel demand from passively managed investment funds. Investment funds with trillions of dollars in assets track MSCI’s indexes, and they would have to buy shares of SpaceX if it is added […]

The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds each fell in straight sets on a chaotic first day of women’s competition in the Libema Open at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands on Monday. No. 1 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia — a two-time winner at the event in 2022 and ‘23 — fell 6-4, 7-6 (5) to Hungary’s Panna Udvardy, who ranks nearly 50 spots lower (65th to 17th). In a match […]

By Rae Wee, Karin Strohecker and Marc Jones SINGAPORE/LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is losing the trust of investors and his growth agenda risks being undone by a plunging currency. The special forces commander-turned-politician has run a chaotic administration since taking office in 2024, promising free meals for millions of school children and undoing decades of spending discipline to chase growth. But a battering from the […]

The Los Angeles Kings are set to hire Peter Laviolette to a three-year deal as their next head coach, Sportsnet and ESPN reported Monday. Laviolette had been in talks to become the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs as recently as last week, according to multiple reports, and the Edmonton Oilers had also reportedly looked at him as a candidate to fill their head coaching vacancy. Laviolette, 61, has […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s latest strikes on Lebanon and Iran have made clear that U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who started the war in lockstep, want different things. Trump had publicly warned Israel not to strike Beirut in its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. When it did, on Sunday, Iran responded by firing ballistic missiles at Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire. […]

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. But U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston sided with 20 states and struck down the visa policy, concluding that the executive branch […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department will offer a “premium” expedited service for foreigners seeking business or tourist visas to come to the United States that will set applicants back $750 — on top of the initial fee of $185. In a notice to be published in the Federal Register this week, the department will unveil a pilot program that will allow visa applicants to pay the $750 to schedule […]

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, June 8 (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has been suspended pending a vote by member states on his fate, the court’s governing body said on Monday following a probe into accusations of sexual harassment made against him. A diplomatic source briefed on the decision said the court’s governing body’s executive bureau has ruled Khan had committed serious misconduct […]

SEOUL, June 9 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and China’s Xi Jinping had a summit on Monday in Pyongyang and agreed to expand cooperation between the two countries in various sectors, North Korea’s state media KCNA said on Tuesday. The two leaders agreed to develop bilateral relations into a new chapter, KCNA said. (Reporting by Heejin Kim; Editing by Chris Reese) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com