Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US announces targeted visa restrictions for some Ethiopians
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department announced visa restrictions targeting people it said were undermining peace in Ethiopia on Thursday, focused on hardliners in the Tigray Peopl...
Jun 18, 2026
Philosopher, senator, exile: social reformer Cepeda seeks Colombia's presidency
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, June 18 (Reuters) - Leftist senator and activist Ivan Cepeda, whose youth was marked by exile and the political assassination of his father, is vying for Colombia's preside...
Jun 18, 2026
Rate hikes are on for the G10 economies
By Alun John LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - The agreement between the United States and Iran to end their war, and the subsequent fall in oil prices, are good news for central bankers worried that high e...
Jun 18, 2026
Exclusive-UniCredit turned to CEO Orcel's brother to broker Russia sale
By Valentina Za, Elvira Pollina and John O'Donnell MILAN/FRANKFURT, June 18 (Reuters) - Riccardo Orcel, a former senior banker at Russian state-backed bank VTB Group and brother of UniCredit CEO Andre...
Jun 18, 2026
DOJ probes US banks over transactions tied to Iran's supreme leader, Bloomberg News reports
June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei built a global investment portfolio with exposure to Wall Street banks, Bloomberg News re...
Jun 18, 2026
EU leaders to strive for unity on China trade imbalance
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, June 18 (Reuters) - European Union leaders will debate new and tougher measures on Thursday that could be needed to curb the bloc's growing trade deficit with China and ...
Jun 18, 2026
Wildfire in Spain disrupts Madrid-Barcelona rail service as heatwave looms
MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - The high-speed rail service between Spain's Madrid and Barcelona was disrupted on Thursday after a wildfire broke out near a section in Catalonia, rail operator Adif said. ...
Jun 18, 2026
Iran peace not stopping central banks from raising borrowing costs
By Balazs Koranyi and Leika Kihara FRANKFURT/TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - The Iran war-induced inflation surge is becoming too much for central banks around the world to simply look past and a string of...
Jun 18, 2026
Parents of Serbian school shooter sentenced in retrial, report says
BELGRADE, June 18 (Reuters) - The parents of a Serbian boy who killed 10 people in a 2023 Belgrade school shooting were convicted at a retrial on Thursday, the prosecutor's office said, with the court...
Jun 18, 2026
QUOTES-Bank of England policymakers set out views on rates outlook in minutes of June meeting
LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - The Bank of England left interest rates on hold at 3.75% on Thursday after a split 7-2 vote by its Monetary Policy Committee. Below are key excerpts from comments by indivi...
Jun 18, 2026
