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Thailand will hold trade talks with US next week, finance minister says
BANGKOK, June 27 (Reuters) - Thai Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said on Friday he will travel to the United States for trade talks next week.The negotiation date has been scheduled, he told reporters, without elaborating.Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - June 27
June 27 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.Headlines- Apple to open App Store to competitors in EU as it seeks to avoid fines- British-born Anna Wintour to step down as editor of US Vogue-...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
NYC Mayor Eric Adams launches reelection bid as independent
Eric Adams launches his campaign for reelectionAdams criticizes policies of Democratic candidate Zohran MamdaniRepublicans react to Mamdani candidacyBy Christian Martinez June 26 (Reuters) - New York City's Mayor Eric Adams, who won as a Democrat in his first mayoral bid in 2021, launched hi...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years.Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismemberi...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
U.S. FDA Approves Streamlined Patient Monitoring Requirements & Removal Of REMS Programs From Bristol Myers’s Cell Therapy Labels
June 26 (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co BMY.N:U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVES STREAMLINED PATIENT MONITORING REQUIREMENTS AND REMOVAL OF REMS PROGRAMS WITHIN BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB’S CELL THERAPY LABELSReuters
Fri, Jun 27
Mexican regulator takes over running of banks hit by US fentanyl sanctions
By Noe Torres and Emily Green MEXICO CITY, June 26 (Reuters) - Mexico's banking regulator said on Thursday it will temporarily step in to manage three financial institutions, CIBanco, Intercam Banco and Vector Casa de Bolsa sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged involvement in money laundering li...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
SoftBank aiming to become leading 'artificial super intelligence' platform provider
TOKYO, June 27 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group 9984.T CEO Masayoshi Son said on Friday that he wanted the investment group to become the number one platform provider for "artificial super intelligence" in 10 years time."We want to become the organiser of the industry in the artificial super i...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Immigration officers arrest Iranian asylum-seekers in Los Angeles
By Sandra Stojanovic LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Reuters) - Pastor Ara Torosian received a distressed phone call from two Iranian members of his Farsi-speaking church on Tuesday -- U.S. federal immigration officers were at their Los Angeles home to arrest them.It was the second such call he received th...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
COLUMN-From India-Pakistan to Iran and Ukraine, a new era of escalation: Peter Apps
By Peter Apps WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - As India’s defense chief attended an international security conference in Singapore in May, soon after India and Pakistan fought what many in South Asia now dub “the four-day war”, he had a simple message: Both sides expect to do it all again.It was a...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Indian investigators download black box data from fatal Air India crash
Black boxes recovered, data downloaded in Delhi crashProtection Module safely retrieved and data accessedCVR and FDR analysis may reveal critical detailsBy Sakshi Dayal, Allison Lampert and David Shepardson NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - Investigators have downloaded flight recorder da...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
REFILE-India denies entry to UN aviation investigator in Air India crash probe, say sources
By Aditya Kalra, Allison Lampert and David Shepardson June 25 (Reuters) - India would not allow a UN investigator to join a probe of a crashed Air India jet that some safety experts had criticized for delays in analysis of crucial black box data, two senior sources familiar with the matter told R...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Bessent asks Congress to drop 'retaliatory' tax as Republicans struggle to rewrite bill
Trump expresses "hope" Congress will pass bill by July 4 holidaySenate Republicans face challenges with tax and health provisionsDemocrats criticize bill as benefiting wealthy AmericansRural hospitals warn of negative impact from provider tax cutsBy Bo Erickson, David Morgan and Andy Sulliva...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Suspect in California fertility clinic bombing took own life at jail
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, June 26 (Reuters) - The man charged with supplying explosives used to bomb a California fertility clinic in May took his own life while in pretrial custody, the Los Angeles County medical examiner ruled in autopsy results made public on Thursday.The coroner ruled the ...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
Trump administration will put Abrego on trial before deporting him again
U.S. lawyer says Abrego would be sent to 'third country'White House says Abrego will first face trialAbrego has pleaded not guilty to migrant smugglingBy Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is planning to deport migrant Kilmar Abreg...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
DIARY-Top Economic Events to August 29
June 27 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see: Top Economic Events M/DIARYEmerging Markets Economic Events EMRG/DIARYGovernment Debt Auctions D/DIARYPolitical and General News POL/DIARYU.S. Federal Reserve FED/DIARYToday in Washington WASH/DIARY-------...Reuters
Fri, Jun 27
EU received 'latest' trade proposal from US, von der Leyen says
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, June 27 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday the EU had received the "latest U.S. document" for further negotiations on tariffs but did not reveal details of Washington's demands. "All options remain on the ...Reuters
Thu, Jun 26
