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By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Asia’s economic data and policy calendar this week is light, which is perhaps just as well because investors’ focus is firmly fixed elsewhere – the global banking crisis and what it means for growth, markets, and policy. Some may balk at recent events being termed a ‘crisis’, but consider: two of America’s top […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will unveil new measures on Monday to crack down on antisocial behaviour by focusing on policing in several areas of England and Wales, as he works to win over voters in the run-up to an election expected next year. Sunak, who has seen a small tick up in his approval ratings since last month and received a boost when he curtailed a […]

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo continued his record-breaking form for Portugal as he grabbed two more goals in his country’s 6-0 thrashing of Luxembourg in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Sunday, giving them a second win in four days. The 38-year-old grabbed a double against Liechtenstein on Thursday and scored twice more in Luxembourg to extend his record tally of international goals to 122 in 198 appearances. Joao Felix, Bernando […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Mexican government said Sunday it would challenge the Supreme Court’s temporary suspension of parts of a controversial electoral reform pushed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The Supreme Court on Friday halted parts of the reform, which was a scaled-down version of a failed constitutional reform originally sought. The court also confirmed it will consider a lawsuit from independent electoral institute INE that seeks to […]

MALTA (Reuters) – Goals by forward Mateo Retegui and midfielder Matteo Pessina steered Italy to a 2-0 win over Malta in their Euro 2024 qualification Group C clash at Sunday. Defending champions Italy were looking to get back on track after starting the campaign with a 2-1 loss against England on Thursday. It took 15 minutes before Italy got their first goal when Retegui broke free from his marker to […]

(Reuters) -Anglo-French oil company Perenco’s UK unit said on Sunday that a limited oil leak occurred at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, southern England. Perenco UK said the spill was being contained and an investigation will be launched. “Any spill is an extremely serious matter and a full investigation will be launched to ascertain what happened in Poole Harbour,” Perenco UK’s Wytch Farm General Manager […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday dismissed Defence Minister Yoav Gallant a day after he broke ranks and urged the government to halt a highly-contested plan to overhaul the judicial system. Gallant’s dismissal will likely fuel mass protests against the plan that have already rocked the nation for months. It came as Netanyahu was poised to ratify legislation that would tighten political control over judicial appointments. That […]

(Reuters) – NATO on Sunday criticised Russia for its “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, escalating a standoff with the West. Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Sunday called for an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council and for the international community to “take decisive measures” to prevent Russia’s use of nuclear weapons. DIPLOMACY AND SANCTIONS […]

By Aleksandra Michalska and Joseph Ax SILVER CITY, Mississippi (Reuters) -Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful storm tore across Mississippi late on Friday, killing at least 25 people there and one person in Alabama as it leveled hundreds of buildings and spawned at least one devastating tornado. The tornado stayed on the ground for about an hour and cut a path of destruction some 170 miles (274 […]