By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s approval rating slipped in recent days to nearly its lowest level of his current term as voters from his Republican Party soured on his handling of the economy, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day survey, which concluded on Sunday, showed 39% of…
By Puyaan Singh and Michael Erman Dec 16 (Reuters) – Pfizer said on Tuesday the next few years will be bumpy, beginning with 2026, due to lower sales of its COVID vaccine and treatment, price cuts promised to the U.S. government, and the expiration of patents on key drugs. The stock fell 5.2% on Tuesday….
By Heejin Kim SEOUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to provoke North Korea into mounting an armed aggression to create justification for the December 2024 martial law declaration and to eliminate political opponents, a special prosecutor said. The special prosecutor, Cho Eun-seok, told a briefing on Monday his…
By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday in his landmark security trial on charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and sedition, which could mean life in prison. The 78-year-old Lai, founder of the pro-democracy…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Nathan Gomes CHICAGO, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Spirit Airlines said Monday it has secured an additional $100 million in emergency financing to support its operations and restructuring efforts while under bankruptcy protection. The move comes amid mounting speculation about the ultra-low-cost carrier’s future. Aviation outlet The Air Current reported Friday…
By Tim McLaughlin Dec. 14 (Reuters) – BNSF Railway, one of the crown jewels of Warren Buffett’s sprawling Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, calls itself an environmental leader in the U.S. rail industry with the cleanest locomotive fleet in North America. “When you see our orange locomotives’ and freight cars’ steel wheels moving on steel rails, think…
By Friederike Heine, Matthias Williams and Olena Harmash BERLIN/KYIV, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Ukraine has relinquished its ambition of joining the NATO military alliance in exchange for Western security guarantees as a compromise to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said ahead of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin. The move marks a…
By Menna AlaaElDin and Muhammad Al Gebaly CAIRO, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Hamas’ chief negotiator Khalil Al-Hayya said on Sunday that a targeted assassination by Israel on Saturday of one of the group’s senior commanders threatens the “viability of the truce” in the enclave. In a televised address, Hayya, who is also exile Gaza Hamas…
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted 213-184 to pass a bill that aims to speed up federal permitting of interstate natural gas pipelines by designating the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as the lead agency in the process. The Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act gives the agency…
By Joey Roulette and Gursimran Mehar Dec 13 (Reuters) – SpaceX is preparing to go public next year and has opened a secondary share sale that would value the company at $800 billion, according to a letter to shareholders sent by the company’s CFO Bret Johnsen and reviewed by Reuters. The Elon Musk-led company’s move…
