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Oil rises after Iran shuts Hormuz again, Trump threatens new attacks

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, June 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday after shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed while talks between U.S. and Iranian officials in their first meeting under an interim peace deal were off to a bumpy start. Brent crude futures ...
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Stocks slip in Asia, oil up on peace doubts

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, June 22 (Reuters) - Most share markets slipped in Asia on Monday as doubts about the Middle East peace process sent oil prices and bond yields up again, leading investors to price in more risk of higher U.S. interest rates. Sterling eased ...
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Stocks slip in Asia, oil up on peace doubts

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, June 22 (Reuters) - Most share markets slipped in Asia on Monday as doubts about the Middle East peace process sent oil prices and bond yields up again, leading investors to price in more risk of higher U.S. interest rates. Sterling eased ...
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Thousands of Czechs rally against a government plan to overhaul the funding of public broadcasters

PRAGUE (AP) - Thousands of Czechs rallied in the capital on Sunday to condemn a plan by the government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to overhaul funding for public broadcasters that is considered dangerous for their independence. The protesters gathered in front of ...
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How a COVID lockdown helped make an award-winning winemaker in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Like millions of others, Natasha Jacka went stir-crazy during a COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, until it dawned on her that there might be great opportunity in having nowhere to go. Jacka used the pandemic and the suspension of her ...
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‘Toy Story 5’ rakes in the biggest box-office debut of the year with a franchise-best $160 million

NEW YORK (AP) - "Toy Story" still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of ...
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Moschino names Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo as creative directors

June 21 (Reuters) - Italian fashion brand Moschino has appointed Loris Messina and Simone Rizzo as creative directors effective immediately, replacing Adrian Appiolaza, parent company Aeffe said on Sunday. Here are a few more details: • Messina and Rizzo's debut for Moschino will be unveiled ...
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Starmer is on the precipice as pressure builds for the UK leader to resign

LONDON (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a career-defining decision: step down or fight a possible challenge from Labour Party rival Andy Burnham. Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in office, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues ...
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Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales

Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula. Gov. Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head o Crimea, said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28 others. He did not ...
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What to know about the legacy of Brexit, which still divides Britain 10 years on

LONDON (AP) - Ten years ago, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that forges political identities to this day and that shattered a half-century project to get closer to the continent. Brexit, short for British exit, became a reality ...
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Russia strikes an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and 1 person is killed

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian bombs struck an apartment building on Saturday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing at least one person and wounding nine, including a 6-year-old child, authorities said. A body was pulled from the rubble hours after the attack, Mayor Ihor Terekhov ...
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The Media Line: CENTCOM Challenges Iranian Claim of Hormuz Closure as Negotiators Head to Switzerland  

CENTCOM Challenges Iranian Claim of Hormuz Closure as Negotiators Head to Switzerland By The Media Line Staff The United States and Iran offered conflicting accounts Saturday over the status of the Strait of Hormuz as officials prepared for negotiations in Switzerland on ...
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