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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. […]

White House, Israeli Embassy Reject New York Times Report That Israel Is Spying on US Officials   By The Media Line Staff   The Israeli Embassy in Washington and the White House have rejected a New York Times report alleging that the Pentagon raised counterintelligence concerns about Israel.   An Israeli Embassy spokesperson described the allegation that Israel spies on the United States as “completely false.”   “Israel does not gather intelligence on American […]

Madelene Sagstrom missed the cut by five strokes at the U.S. Women’s Open but you could say she played under extenuating yet impressive circumstances. Sagstrom went 77-76 in her two rounds at Riviera Country Club while playing at 26 weeks pregnant. The 33-year-old is expected to give birth to a baby boy in September. The U.S. Women’s Open in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles was the sixth tournament […]