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(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada called on Wednesday for the immediate release of a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in Russia on spying charges. Russia’s Federal Security Service said reporter Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, was arrested last week because he was “suspected of spying in the interests of the American government”. The Wall Street Journal denied Gershkovich was spying. The White […]

LONDON (Reuters) – West Ham United manager David Moyes is in “no doubt” he still has the support of the club’s board despite Wednesday’s 5-1 thrashing by Newcastle United dragging them further into the Premier League relegation battle. The majority of home fans left the stadium before the final whistle and those who remained booed loudly as the team recorded only two shots on target. West Ham are 15th on […]

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Another set of weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data has investors spooked at the prospect of a looming recession, crimping risk appetite as traders hunker down and wait for the always-important non-farm payrolls data on Friday. Asian stocks sagged, while the dollar was on the front foot as investors kept their risk-off hat ahead of the long weekend. […]

By Silvia Aloisi PARIS (Reuters) – France braced for a new round of nationwide protests and strikes on Thursday after a meeting between the prime minister and labour unions failed to break a political stalemate over a deeply unpopular pension bill making people work for longer. Protests against the reform – which lifts the retirement age by two years to 64 – have drawn crowds of hundreds of thousands in […]

(Reuters) – Tennis missed an opportunity to send a strong message to Moscow by failing to impose a blanket ban on players from Russia and its ally Belarus after the invasion of Ukraine, world number one Iga Swiatek said. Wimbledon banned players from the two countries last year after the invasion, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”, but said in March that it would now accept them as neutral […]

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck the southern East Pacific Rise region on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) and the epicenter of the quake was at a distance of 3,178 km west of Valdivia, Chile, the EMSC said. EMSC, which first reported the quake, revised down its magnitude from 6.1. (Reporting by Baranjot Kaur in Bengaluru; […]

By Katya Golubkova and Muyu Xu TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil fell on Thursday as weak U.S. economic data raised concerns over a potential global recession and demand reduction, but benchmark prices were headed for a weekly advance after OPEC+ announced further output cuts and U.S. oil stocks dropped. Brent crude futures fell 74 cents, or 0.9%, to $84.25 a barrel by 0344 GMT. West Texas Intermediate U.S. crude slid 73 […]

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the Southern East Pacific Rise region on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles) and the epicenter of the quake was at a distance of 3,178 km west of Valdivia, Chile, the EMSC said. (Reporting by Baranjot Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan was keeping a close watch on a Chinese aircraft carrier and threats to inspect ships in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday after Beijing condemned a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy – the third highest ranking official in the U.S. leadership hierarchy – and other Republican and Democratic lawmakers met Tsai on Wednesday at […]