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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all countries at the United Nations on Thursday to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea as blackmail after Moscow quit a deal that had allowed Ukraine to safely ship its grain to global markets. “Every member of the United Nations should tell Moscow ‘enough’,” said Blinken as he chaired a U.N. Security Council meeting […]

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -LATAM Airlines expects “record” net earnings in 2023 after posting stronger second-quarter results and improved forecasts, company executives said on Wednesday, hoping to bolster investor confidence after the company’s exit from bankruptcy in November. Speaking at a news conference, the Santiago-based airline’s chief financial officer, Ramiro Alfonsin, said the company had enjoyed a strong first half of the year. “Without a doubt we are foreseeing a much better […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – U.S. passport holders with Palestinian papers and families in Gaza are urging Washington to ensure they are treated equally under a reciprocal deal with Israel intended to insure visa-free travel for American and Israeli citizens. Israel, facing a Sept. 30 deadline to qualify its citizens for visa-free admission to the United States, said it has loosened access through its main airport and at the […]

By Vladyslav Smilianets ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – When they found the bodies of Russian troops at an abandoned position, something about the corpses looked wrong. “There were three or four of their dead. Two guys were lying on each other, which made us suspicious, because if there had been an explosion they would have been thrown in different directions, but here, one is lying on the other,” said Volodymyr, […]

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A body was found stuck in a barrier of buoys installed by Texas authorities in the Rio Grande river, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday while expressing fresh safety concerns over the floating fence. Authorities are working to identify the body found in the river and determine the cause of death, according to a statement from Mexico’s foreign ministry. The crossing is […]

By Valerie Insinna (Reuters) – Spirit AeroSystems shares continued their downward spiral on Thursday, dropping another 4% a day after the aerospace manufacturer disclosed major costs associated with a recent strike and new labor agreement. Shares plunged 27% on Wednesday as executives detailed a laundry list of problems. The manufacturer of major components for all Boeing jetliners, reported a faster-than-expected cash burn rate and $105 million in losses on Boeing […]

By Helen Coster and Samrhitha Arunasalam (Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery warned Thursday that the dual Hollywood strikes by writers and actors could hit its flagging studio business already bruised by high-profile box office flops including “The Flash.” The strikes have disrupted most of the production for the fall TV season and halted work on films as workers battle over pay in the streaming era. Toymaker Hasbro also flagged a hit […]

By Shubham Batra and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – The Dow and the S&P 500 slipped in choppy trading on Thursday as a jump in bonds yields, downbeat corporate earnings and a slew of economic data pointing to stubborn inflation kept investors on edge. Market participants have been keeping a close watch on data as they fear the Federal Reserve may stick to its rate-hike path if it fails to […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shelling on Thursday damaged a landmark church in the southern city of Kherson that once held the remains of a renowned 18th-century Russian commander. Ukraine’s emergency service said four of its workers were wounded in a second round of shelling as they fought the fire at St. Catherine’s Cathedral. Four other people were wounded in the first shelling attack, which also hit a trolleybus, the […]