Oil prices extended gains Wednesday as Middle East peace talks stuttered, though stocks mostly rose on the back of continued demand for all things linked to artificial intelligence. Despite President Trump’s assurances that the U.S. and Iran are edging closer to ending their three-month-long war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, crude investors appear unmoved …
MADRID, June 3 (Reuters) – Spanish hotel group Melia said on Wednesday it would immediately stop managing, marketing and providing brand services for 15 hotels in Cuba, pointing to the island’s worsening geopolitical, legal and economic conditions. The move comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration steps up pressure on Cuba, using an oil blockade …
This first-person account was filed by CBS News London cameraman and editor Brian Robbinswho shot this video : Just after midnight on June 4, 1989, my soundman, Hiroshi Iizuka from CBS News Tokyoand I arrived at the Beijing Hotel side of Chang An avenue. We could hear shooting. A large group of students and civilians …
LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Navy said on Wednesday that one of its helicopters had crashed into a field in Devon, southwest England, with police saying emergency services were attending the scene and the incident was ongoing. A Royal Navy spokesperson said an investigation was underway. (Reporting by Sarah Young, writing by Sam …
Trump announced he’d now be the headlining act of the Great American State Fair. That put to rest any possible scenario where a president who has built his personal and political persona on seizing the spotlight might cede the stage to avoid overshadowing a national celebration bigger than himself. It also offered a peek into …
DUBAI, June 3 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said it intercepted a “hostile aircraft” that crossed into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday. It did not link the drone to Hezbollah, and the Iran-backed group has not claimed responsibility for the incident. Lebanon had announced a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel that would see …
By Sarah Young and Kate Holton LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) – Britain’s interior minister Shabana Mahmood on Wednesday condemned as “completely unacceptable” violent protests which broke out over the case of an 18-year-old who was handcuffed as he lay dying after his killer falsely alleged a racist attack. The murder of student Henry Nowak last …
BUDAPEST, June 3 (Reuters) – Hungary’s governing Tisza party has submitted a bill to parliament to abolish an organisation set up by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government that stigmatized opposition figures and journalists for serving “foreign interests.” The SPO was created in 2023 to monitor risks of what Orban’s then-governing Fidesz party described as …
BERLIN, June 3 (Reuters) – Germany granted citizenship to a record 332,500 people last year, a 14% increase, with Syrians making up the largest group for the fifth year in a row, according to data released by the Federal Statistics Office on Wednesday. • One in five people naturalised in 2025 was Syrian. However, compared …
COPENHAGEN, June 3 (Reuters) – Denmark’s Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen has been reappointed to his position, the new government said as it prepared to take office on Wednesday. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday her Social Democrats and three more parties had agreed to form a centre-left minority coalition following a general election …