Daimler Truck hits double-digit return on sales in industrial business

Daimler Truck hits double-digit return on sales in industrial business

BERLIN, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Daimler Truck (DTGGe.DE) achieved a record adjusted return on sales in its second quarter of 10.3% for its industrial business making trucks and buses, the company said on Tuesday, boosted by considerable growth in its North America and Asia business. Unit sales rose by 9% with revenue up 15%, indicating … Read more

Morning Bid: Bank of Japan excites, Dow unlucky, Intel jumps

Morning Bid: Bank of Japan excites, Dow unlucky, Intel jumps

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan The Bank of Japan added its own twist to a week of rising central bank interest rates on Friday, and it proved an unlucky 13 for Dow Jones bluechips (.DJI) on Wall St. The BOJ’s long-awaited tweak of its ultra-easy bond-buying … Read more

L’Irak condamne l’incinération du Coran à Copenhague, affirme que le personnel de la mission danoise a quitté Bagdad

L’Irak condamne l’incinération du Coran à Copenhague, affirme que le personnel de la mission danoise a quitté Bagdad

[1/2]Des manifestants des « patriotes danois » manifestent devant l’ambassade d’Irak à Copenhague, Danemark, le 24 juillet 2023 Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Sjoerup/via REUTERS DUBAÏ/COPENHAGUE, 24 juillet (Reuters) – L’Irak a condamné lundi l’incendie d’un exemplaire du Coran devant son ambassade au Danemark et a déclaré que le personnel de l’ambassade danoise à Bagdad avait quitté le … Read more

L’OTAN et l’Ukraine discuteront de la question des céréales de la mer Noire à la demande de Zelenskiy

L’OTAN et l’Ukraine discuteront de la question des céréales de la mer Noire à la demande de Zelenskiy

22 juillet (Reuters) – L’OTAN et l’Ukraine discuteront la semaine prochaine de la sécurité de la mer Noire, en particulier de l’exploitation d’un corridor d’exportation de céréales, à la demande du président ukrainien Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a annoncé samedi l’alliance occidentale. Le porte-parole de l’OTAN, Oanu Lungescu, a déclaré que le Conseil OTAN-Ukraine, mis en place … Read more

Erdogan says talks with Putin could lead to restoration of Black Sea grain deal, media report

Erdogan says talks with Putin could lead to restoration of Black Sea grain deal, media report

ANKARA, July 21 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said his scheduled talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin could lead to the restoration of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and called on Western countries to heed Russia’s demands, Turkish broadcasters reported on Friday. “The termination of the Black Sea grain deal will have a range … Read more

Russian Navy practices firing rockets at ships in Black Sea after warning Ukraine

Russian Navy practices firing rockets at ships in Black Sea after warning Ukraine

[1/3]A still from video, released by Russia’s Defense Ministry, shows what it said was the missile ship Ivanovets during exercises in the Black Sea, in this still from video released July 21, 2023. Russian Defense Ministry/Handout via REUTERS MOSCOW, July 21 (Reuters) – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday its Black Sea Fleet had practiced … Read more

Zelenskiy sacks Ukraine’s ambassador to UK after criticism

Zelenskiy sacks Ukraine’s ambassador to UK after criticism

[1/2]Ukraine’s Ambassador to Britain Vadym Prystaiko arrives for a radio interview in Westminster, London, Britain April 8, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson/File Photo KYIV, July 21 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sacked Vadym Prystaiko as Ukraine’s ambassador to Britain on Friday, days after the envoy publicly criticized the president. A presidential order, which said Prystaiko had also … Read more

Appeal to UN rights chief to stop execution of Iranian boxer: letter

Appeal to UN rights chief to stop execution of Iranian boxer: letter

GENEVA, July 20 (Reuters) – Dozens of human rights activists along with prominent lawyers and former prosecutors have written to the UN human rights chief urging him to intervene to try to prevent the execution of an Iranian boxer, according to a letter published on Thursday. Mohammad Javad Vafa’i Thani, who was jailed for his … Read more

Russia has not yet allowed access to the roofs of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor, according to the IAEA

Russia has not yet allowed access to the roofs of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor, according to the IAEA

VIENNA, July 20 (Reuters) – Moscow has still not let the UN’s nuclear watchdog inspect the roofs of reactors at Russia’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the watchdog said on Thursday, two weeks after it first requested what it called “essential” access. On July 4, Russia and Ukraine accused each other of plotting to … Read more

Blinken says there are no indications that Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons

Blinken says there are no indications that Russia preparing to use nuclear weapons

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) – There are no indications that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons and the United States sees no reason … Read more