Economic News

By Anna Tong and Dan Whitcomb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -A tech executive was arrested on Thursday for the stabbing murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco, police said, stressing that the suspect knew the victim but declining to discuss a possible motive for the crime.

DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s prime minister said on Thursday that the original basis for the 2011 suspension of Syria’s membership in the Arab League still stands and he reiterated Doha’s stance against normalisation with Syria unless there is a political solution.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – The Sudanese army early on Thursday warned of what it described as a “mobilisation of forces and redeployment” by the powerful Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the capital Khartoum and other cities.

By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The airport operating business in Mexico is thriving as traffic surges due to multinational companies bringing overseas operations closer to home and growth at Mexican airlines, according to the head of GAP, which operates 12 airports in the country.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s data regulator has one month to make an order on blocking Facebook’s transatlantic data flows, European Union regulators said on Thursday.

By Toby Sterling BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The body that unites Europe’s national privacy watchdogs said on Thursday it had set up a task force on ChatGPT, a potentially important first step toward a common policy on setting privacy rules on artificial intelligence.

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A proposed data transfer pact with the United States to replace two previous agreements struck down by Europe’s top court does not contain sufficient safeguards to protect Europeans’ data, a key committee of EU lawmakers said on Thursday.

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – A court in Moldova on Thursday imposed a 15-year jail sentence in absentia on the leader of a small opposition party in connection with the theft of $1 billion in bank assets in the impoverished European state.

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency investors are facing delays to withdraw funds deposited on the Ethereum blockchain after its major software upgrade, highlighting persistent headaches for Ethereum which aims to have the technology widely used for instant payments.

(Reuters) – Digital World Acquisition Corp, a blank-check firm that is set to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump’s media and technology company, on Thursday named Katherine Chiles as its chief financial officer.

DUBLIN (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden, a proud Irish-American, took his three-day tour of Ireland to Dublin on Thursday for an address to parliament and a banquet at Dublin Castle as his focus shifted from Northern Irish peace to celebrating his heritage.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that he will return to the Senate next week, more than a month after he was sidelined by a bad fall and as talks over the nation’s looming $31.4 trillion debt ceiling shift to

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks struggled on Thursday, dragged by selling in Hong Kong tech shares, while the dollar was under pressure and short-dated bonds were firm as softening U.S. inflation seemed to suggest the U.S. rate hike cycle was nearing its end.

(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday ahead of fresh economic data that could offer clues on the Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening plans, while investors also awaited bank earnings after turmoil in the sector last month.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday he had launched an effort to win bipartisan agreement for a new regulatory regime to address concerns about artificial intelligence.

(Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of security at Indian diplomatic establishments in Britain during a call with his British counterpart Rishi Sunak, Modi’s office said in a statement on Thursday.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea has fired a missile into the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday.

By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Thursday welcomed the “continuous, ironclad and unprecedented support” of the United States as his country fights Russia’s invasion, and underscored Ukraine’s commitment to battling corruption.

By Joe Bavier and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Angola’s next sovereign debt issuance will be an ESG bond of up to $1 billion, its finance minister told Reuters on Thursday, but she added that the southern African oil producer’s government would not tap the market this year.

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices eased in early trading on Thursday after rising for the previous two sessions as investors remained cautious due to lingering concerns over a U.S. recession and weaker oil demand.