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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – As Israel’s judicial crisis reached crescendo, rival demonstrators passed each other on the escalators of a Jerusalem metro station – some arriving to picket parliament and others headed to Tel Aviv for a counter-rally backing the government. Both sides carried national blue-and-white flags and placards promoting democracy. Polite smiles and sportsmanly high-fives were exchanged across the handrails. But for many Israelis, the two camps […]

(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Monday as earnings from megacap growth and technology companies roll in and investors look ahead to a rate decision from the Federal Reserve later this week. Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Alphabet are among the big names reporting this week, with investors cautious after less-than-stellar reports by Netflix and Tesla. The EV maker eased 1.5% in premarket trading after UBS downgraded its […]

By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices were steady on Monday as traders expected more rate hikes from U.S. and European central banks, but tightening supply and hopes for Chinese stimulus underpinned Brent at well above $80 a barrel. Brent crude futures rose 4 cents, to $81.11 a barrel by 0644 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $77.11 a barrel, also up 4 cents. The benchmarks rose […]

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Vodafone reported better top-line growth on Monday, driven by higher prices in Britain and improvements in Germany, Italy and Spain, marking a positive start for new Chief Executive Margherita Della Valle’s turnaround plan. The European and African telecoms group also said it had appointed former SAP chief financial officer, Luka Mucic, to the same role at Vodafone, beginning on Sept. 1. He will replace Della […]

By Fedja Grulovic RHODES, Greece (Reuters) -Tour operators began flying home holidaymakers as wildfires raged on the Greek island of Rhodes on Monday and officials said the threat of further fires was high in almost every region of the country. Fires burning since Wednesday on Rhodes forced the evacuation of 19,000 people over the weekend as an inferno reached coastal resorts on the island’s southeast. A wildfire also forced evacuations […]

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Protesters chained themselves outside Israel’s parliament on Monday, as the country’s president led a last minute bid for a compromise on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul ahead of a crucial vote in the Knesset. Police used a water cannon to disperse demonstrators opposed to the judicial campaign by Netanyahu’s nationalist-religious coalition that has plunged Israel into one of its worst crises in decades. […]

By Nell Mackenzie and Dhara Ranasinghe London (Reuters) -World stocks slipped on Monday, with weak business activity data and an inconclusive election result in Spain weighing on sentiment in Europe ahead of a central bank-packed week for markets. German business activity contracted in July, increasing the likelihood of a recession in the second half of the year, the German Flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed. HCOB’s flash Composite Purchasing […]

URA E FSHEJT, Kosovo (Reuters) – With arms outstretched like bird’s wings in the traditional “swallow style”, Evald Krnic plunged more than 20 metres from a bridge in southern Kosovo into the cold White Drin river. “You don’t just jump; you fly,” he told Reuters after winning first place in the bridge-diving competition, an annual event held for the past 73 years and drawing both amateurs and professionals. “The primary […]

By Nell Mackenzie and Dhara Ranasinghe London (Reuters) -World stocks slipped on Monday, with weak business activity data and an inconclusive election result in Spain weighing on sentiment in Europe ahead of a central bank-packed week for markets. German business activity contracted in July, increasing the likelihood of a recession in the second half of the year, the German Flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) showed. HCOB’s flash Composite Purchasing […]