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June 6 (Reuters) – Bouygues Telecom, Orange and Free-iliad Group have signed a memorandum of understanding with Altice France to buy telecoms operator SFR for €20.35 billion ($23.44 billion), including debt, the companies said on Saturday.     The Bouygues-led consortium had said on Friday that, in view of the progress made in the negotiations, the parties had given themselves another 48 hours to finalize the agreements. Last month, Altice France […]

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) – Road closures, bag bans and a gauntlet of security measures will greet fans at Madison Square Garden on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump descends on the heart of Manhattan to watch the New York Knicks play the San Antonio Spurs at home in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Knicks have defied the odds to build a stunning 2-0 head start […]

ATHENS, June 6 (Reuters) – Hungary’s largest oil and gas corporation, MOL MOLB.BU, has been granted more time by the U.S. government to negotiate the purchase of a majority stake in Serbia’s NIS NIIS.BEL, an oil company controlled by Russia, MOL said late on Saturday. The deal involves buying a 56.16% stake held by Russia’s Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM) in NIS.  NIS is subject to U.S. sanctions imposed in October over […]

BRUSSELS, June 6 (Reuters) – Harry Kane’s first-half header earned England a 1-0 World Cup warm-up win over New Zealand in Tampa on Saturday, while there were also victories for Scotland, Germany, Portugal and Belgium as teams fine-tune ahead of the tournament’s kickoff next week. With England manager Thomas Tuchel rotating his entire team at halftime and handing minutes to 22 players in the scorching 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 degrees […]

By David Lawder, Eman Abouhassira and Ahmed Elimam WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) – The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repairs of future damage caused by Iran, a source familiar with the matter said on Saturday, a day after a wave of attacks by Iran against Kuwait and Bahrain. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has also directed a team to assess costs […]

By Rajesh Kumar Singh RIO DE JANEIRO, June 6 (Reuters) – Alaska Air Group is hopeful it can reinstate its financial guidance on its second-quarter earnings call if fuel prices show more stability, Chief Financial Officer Shane Tackett told Reuters on Saturday, after volatility in jet fuel costs forced the carrier to pull its full-year outlook. Tackett said fuel markets had become less volatile in recent weeks, but prices were […]

By Allison Lampert SAO PAULO, June 6 (Reuters) – Boeing’s top services executive said on Saturday that the planemaker can provide aftermarket parts support to China to back a 200-plane order announced by the planemaker following a visit by U.S President Donald Trump to Beijing earlier this year. – Chris Raymond, Chief Executive of Boeing Global Services, told Reuters that there would be no problem for China to access parts […]

SEOUL, June 7 (Reuters) – Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said North Korea will never back down on its status as a nuclear-armed state, warning that it will not tolerate any threats, state media agency KCNA said on Thursday. Chinese ​President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea on Monday for the first time in nearly seven years as ‌Beijing looks to […]

(AP) – NASA on Friday temporarily ordered astronauts to take shelter during repairs to fix a fresh leak aboard the International Space Station. The five astronauts moved into the SpaceX capsule that is docked at the station while cosmonauts worked to fix the leak, which is on the Russian side of the orbiting laboratory. The decision was made “out of an abundance of caution,” NASA spokesperson Bethany Stevens said via X. […]