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KYIV (Reuters) -Russia attacked cities in a wide arc across Ukraine early on Friday extending from the capital, Kyiv, through central and southern regions and at least five people were killed, according to media and officials. “A young woman and a three-year-old child have been killed,” Borys Filatov, mayor of the central city of Dnipro, said on Telegram. Filatov gave no further details. The central town of Uman, three people […]

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Friday as strong corporate earnings lifted sentiment despite lingering worries over economic weakness, while the yen dipped after the Bank of Japan kept rates ultra-low even as it announced a broad review of monetary policy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.45% higher but remained on course to end the month lower. Japan’s Nikkei jumped 1% while […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia attacked cities in a wide arc across Ukraine early on Friday extending from the capital, Kyiv, through central and southern regions and at least two people were killed, according to media and officials. “A young woman and a three-year-old child have been killed,” Borys Filatov, mayor of the central city of Dnipro, said on Telegram. Filatov gave no further details. Pictures on social media showed an […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia attacked cities in a wide arc across Ukraine early on Friday extending from the capital, Kyiv, through central and southern regions and at least two people were killed, according to media and officials. “A young woman and a three-year-old child have been killed,” Borys Filatov, mayor of the central city of Dnipro, said on Telegram. Filatov gave no further details. Pictures on social media showed an […]

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia attacked cities in a wide arc across Ukraine early on Friday extending from the capital, Kyiv, through central and southern regions and at least two people were killed, according to media and officials. “A young woman and a three-year-old child have been killed,” Borys Filatov, mayor of the central city of Dnipro, said on Telegram. Filatov gave no further details. Pictures on social media showed an apartment […]

By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Persistently high inflation remains the biggest economic concern this year even as most central banks are at or near the end-game for rate rises, according to Reuters polls of economists who also upgraded their 2023 growth forecasts from three months ago. With the global economy performing better than expected so far this year, most major economies were forecast to escape an outright recession or […]

By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) -Four months before the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, key banking regulators worried about the dangers large regional lenders posed to financial stability, according to records from an advisory meeting reviewed by Reuters. Officials from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) told an advisory panel on bank failures in November that “large portions” of regional banks’ deposit balances were uninsured and warned of “knock-on effects” […]

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Decades-long foreign bullishness on China’s capital markets is breaking down, investment flows and interviews with fund managers suggest, with a new era of uncertainty fuelled by geopolitical risks and U.S. investors especially wary. There have been ample excuses to buy China as the world’s second biggest economy gathers steam. Post-pandemic recoveries in exports, property and shopping have run harder than expected. Stock market returns are […]

(Reuters) – Three U.S. Army helicopter pilots died after two Apaches crashed in central Alaska while returning from a training mission, the Washington Post reported late on Thursday, citing military officials. The AH-64 Apache helicopters from Fort Wainwright crashed near Healy, Alaska, the 11th Airborne Division said on Facebook. “First responders are on the scene. The incident is under investigation,” the army unit said, without detailing the reasons behind the […]