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(Reuters) -Russia’s Interior Ministry has put two of Ukraine’s top generals, including commander in chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, on a “wanted list”, the state-run RIA news agency said on Tuesday. Also on the list is Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, it said. The articles they are wanted under have not been specified, RIA reported, citing the ministry’s wanted person database. Deputy Ukrainian defence minister Hanna Maliar […]

BANGUI (Reuters) -Central African Republic’s President Faustin-Archange Touadera said on Tuesday he would hold a referendum in July on his intention to change the constitution and remove term limits. Touadera’s allies proposed the change in May last year, arguing that presidential term limits were uncommon in many neighbouring countries. Critics and opposition parties held protests last year as the reform would allow Touadera to run again in 2025 for a […]

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Cox Media Group LLC, Fox Corp and CBS Corp have agreed to pay a combined $48 million to resolve civil antitrust claims in U.S. Court that accuse them of a conspiracy to artificially fix the prices of spot advertising on broadcast television. Cox has agreed to pay $37 million to settle class-action claims brought on behalf of an advertising company and a small heating and […]

By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Cox Media Group LLC, Fox Corp and CBS Corp have agreed to pay a combined $48 million to resolve civil antitrust claims in U.S. Court that accuse them of a conspiracy to artificially fix the prices of spot advertising on broadcast television. Cox has agreed to pay $37 million to settle class-action claims brought on behalf of an advertising company and a small heating and […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The cost of insuring exposure to a U.S. debt default fell further on Tuesday, reflecting investor optimism over a tentative deal by U.S. lawmakers to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. Trading picked up on Tuesday after much of Europe and the United States were closed on Monday for holidays. In mid-morning trading, the U.S. one-year credit default swap (CDS)- a market-based gauge of the risk of […]

LONDON (Reuters) – The cost of insuring exposure to a U.S. debt default fell further on Tuesday, reflecting investor optimism over a tentative deal by U.S. lawmakers to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. Trading picked up on Tuesday after much of Europe and the United States were closed on Monday for holidays. In mid-morning trading, the U.S. one-year credit default swap (CDS)- a market-based gauge of the risk of […]

(Refiles to change day in first par to Tuesday from Monday) LONDON (Reuters) – The cost of insuring exposure to a U.S. debt default fell further on Tuesday, reflecting investor optimism over a tentative deal by U.S. lawmakers to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. Trading picked up on Tuesday after much of Europe and the United States were closed on Monday for holidays. In mid-morning trading, the U.S. one-year […]

By Fatos Bytyci ZVECAN, Kosovo (Reuters) -NATO is to send 700 extra troops to Kosovo and put another battalion on high alert to go in as unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country’s northern Serb-majority area after votes last month. In the town of Zvecan on Tuesday, dozens of NATO soldiers in anti-riot gear from the United States, Poland and Italy secured […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi on Tuesday asked Ukraine and Russia to respect five principles to safeguard Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, suggesting he had not secured their agreement on protecting the facility. Grossi has been trying for months to establish an agreement to reduce the risk of a catastrophic nuclear accident from military activity like shelling at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant, […]