Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
US signs $725 million loan pact with Energy Fuels to boost domestic rare earth production
By Mike Stone and Nandan Mandayam June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday signed a $725 million conditional loan commitment with Energy Fuels to boost domestic processing of rare earth ele...
Jun 18, 2026
First tankers cross strait under Iran deal; Israeli strikes raise doubt in Lebanon
By Maya Gebeily, Rami Ayyub and Zohra Bensemra BEIRUT/JERUSALEM/QLAILIEH, Lebanon, June 18 (Reuters) - Three Saudi-flagged supertankers carrying 6 million barrels of crude sailed through the Strait of...
Jun 18, 2026
China appoints senior official Cai Qi as head of National Academy of Governance
BEIJING, June 18 (Reuters) - China has officially appointed Cai Qi, a member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee, as president of the National Academy of Governance, replacing Chen Xi, the human...
Jun 18, 2026
