By Jana Winter and Joseph Ax WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic members of the U.S. Congress who in a video message told members of the military they can legally refuse to carry out unlawful orders, a Justice Department official told Reuters on Tuesday. The Pentagon on Monday threatened to recall…
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s central bank remains dissatisfied with progress toward bringing inflation back to its target, its governor said on Monday, stressing that policymakers will maintain a data-dependent approach. Speaking at an event hosted by banking lobby Febraban, Gabriel Galipolo said the bank is “clearly moving in the desired direction to fulfill our mandate” of…
By Johann M Cherian and Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) -Wall Street’s main indexes climbed on Friday, while futures trading came back to life following a CME Group outage that had temporarily frozen currencies, commodities and equity contracts around the globe. At 9:41 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 79.63 points, or 0.17%, to 47,506.75,…
By Muvija M and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rachel Reeves fought back on Thursday against criticism that she was raising the tax burden to a post-World War Two high to fund extra welfare spending and returning the Labour Party to its high-tax, high-spend past. A day after announcing plans to raise taxes…
AGWARA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Martha Mathias, her husband and two children were asleep at home when gunmen arrived at St Mary’s Catholic School campus, in central Nigeria, in the early hours of Friday. “They asked my husband to come out, when he went out, they tied him,” said Mathias, a teacher at the school where more…
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday formally designated Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, layering additional terrorism-related sanctions on the group it has said includes President Nicolas Maduro and other high-ranking officials. Venezuela’s government rejected what it called a “ridiculous” U.S. plan to designate the “non-existent” group….
Why the Aging Population Is the Next Big Investment Megatrend Why the Aging Population & Longevity Economy Matter The “silver tsunami” isn’t a future trend—it’s happening right now. By 2030, one in five Americans will be over 65. Globally, populations are aging rapidly, with profound implications for how we work, retire, and spend. From biotech…
DUBLIN (Reuters) -The European Union needs to revamp how it spends money to revive growth, curbing state aid and redirecting funds towards “public goods” that will be critical for future growth, Dutch central bank chief Olaf Sleijpen said on Tuesday. European growth has been stuck at anaemic levels for years and policymakers have been debating…
By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police on Saturday took former President Jair Bolsonaro into custody due to flight risk after he took a soldering iron to his ankle monitor, ending months of house arrest as he appeals his conviction for plotting a coup. The detention in a 12-square-meter room in…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union member states have agreed a common position on draft online child protection legislation without forcing global tech companies to identify and remove online child sexual abuse. The position, announced on Wednesday by the European Council, represents a victory for U.S. companies such as Alphabet’s Google, Meta and others as well as…
