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☆ Elon Musk's secret talks with Putin ramped up during his Twitter takeover: WSJ report
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Lora Kolodny | In Lorakolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

watch nowTesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has engaged in secret talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according to reporting published Thursday by The Wall Street Journal. Currently, the SpaceX website says that a "service date is unknown at this time," for Starlink in Taiwan for general customers. Musk and representatives for X, SpaceX and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The conversations between Musk and Putin, who once ran the KGB, reportedly occurred as Musk was in the midst of a leveraged buyout and takeover of Twitter. He continued to promote the idea, via X (formerly Twitter) that some Ukraine citizens would prefer to join Russia.

Persons: Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Musk, withold, Xi Jinping, Bill Nelson, Donald Trump's, Donald Trump, Anna Moneymaker, Mike Gallagher, StarShield, Tesla, NASA's, Joe Raedle, Ian Bremmer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sen, Lindsay Graham, Garry Kasparov, Lisi Niesner, Yuri Milner, Dana Rohrabacher, Rohrabacher, Rohrabacher's Organizations: SpaceX, Wall Street, Republican, Pentagon, NASA, Department of Defense, CNBC, ., NBC, X, KGB, Twitter, Polaris, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Eurasia Group, NATO, Kremlin, Eastern Economic, Reuters, SXSW, Roscosmos, Russian Space Locations: U.S, Russia, Ukraine, Taiwan, Beijing, Washington, Butler , Pennsylvania, China, Starlink, Cape Canaveral , Florida, Crimea, Ukrainian, Sevastopol, Vladivostok, Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Silicon, Russian, Orange County , California, Moscow

☆ Champions League Wednesday: Prince William watches Aston Villa, Real Madrid suffers shock defeat
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Prince William watches Aston Villa stun Bayern MunichAston Villa fan Prince William was in the stands to celebrate his team’s memorable win against Bayern Munich. 15-time Champions League winner Real Madrid suffered its first defeat of the season with a 1-0 loss against Lille, an early setback in the team’s European title defense. Kylian Mbappé, hoping to win a first Champions League of his career, was left frustrated against Lille. With that, Salah stretched his run of scoring at home in the Champions League to five matches – the first player in the club’s history to do so. Salah celebrates Liverpool's second goal.

Persons: Mohamed Salah, Here’s, Prince William, Aston, Jhon, Villa, Pau Torres ’, Durán, Manuel Neuer, Mike Egerton, Emi Martínez, Serge Gnabry, Harry Kane, “, ”, Unai Emery, ‘, Eduardo Camavinga’s, Jonathan David, Andriy Lunin’s, Tiago Santos, Antonio Rüdiger’s, Lucas Chevalier, Jude Bellingham’s, Kylian Mbappé, Stephanie Lecocq, Arda Güler, Les Dogues, Carlo Ancelotti, Alexis Mac Allister, Dan Ndoye, Salah, Liverpool's, Paul Ellis, Arne, Michele Di Gregorio, Vlahović, Benjamin Šeško, Di Gregorio, Douglas Luiz, –, Šeško, Signora, Francisco Conceição, David Raum’s, Lisi Niesner, Germain Organizations: CNN, Aston Villa, Bayern Munich Aston Villa, Bayern Munich, Bayern, Press Association, Villa, Champions League, Dinamo Zagreb, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund –, ’, Lille, Real Madrid, League, France’s, Sporting CP, Bologna, Reds, Italian, Milan, Liverpool, Getty, Champions League –, ” Juventus, Juventus, RB Leipzig, Juve, Reuters, Salzburg, Brest Stuttgart, Sparta Prague Arsenal, Paris Saint, Germain Barcelona, Young Boys Bayer Leverkusen, Milan Borussia Dortmund, Celtic Internazionale, zvezda, Red Star Belgrade, PSV, Sporting Clube de Portugal Slovan Bratislava, Manchester City Shakhtar Donetsk, Atalanta Girona, Feyenoord Benfica, Madrid Liverpool, Bologna RB Leipzig, Juventus Lille, Real Madrid SK Sturm Graz, Brugge Aston Villa, Bayern Munich Dinamo Zagreb, AS Monaco Locations: Europe, Manchester, Barcelona, underwhelm, France’s Ligue, Matchweek, Bologna, AFP, Paris

☆ Carlos Alcaraz: ‘I want to sit at the same table as the big three.’ Spaniard charts path to greatness ahead of Wimbledon
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Aleks Klossok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The youngest male player to win three grand slams on three different surfaces – the 2022 US Open, Wimbledon in 2023 and the French Open in 2024 – at 21. Take, for example, the French Open. Let’s see if I’m going to be in this position.”Alcaraz celebrates winning match point against Alexander Zverev in the men's French Open final. “As a Real Madrid fan, I was watching in Paris [during the French Open]. “I’m really, really happy with everything that I’m living right now.

Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, “, ” Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, you’d, I’ve, ”, Juan Carlos Ferrero, ” –, Juanjo Moreno, –, Ferrero, Albert Costa, Carlos Moyá, Sergi Bruguera, Garbiñe, “ I’m, Lisi Niesner, Alcaraz, Estonia’s Mark Lajal, Clive Brunskill, Djokovic, Francisco Cerúndolo, Roger Federer’s, Novak, Alexander Zverev, what’s, Roland Garros, I’m Organizations: Wimbledon, London CNN, CNN Sport, CNN, Nadal, “, Reuters, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Olympic, Real, Spanish national Locations: London, Spanish, –, Alcaraz, Spain, SW19, Berlin, Paris, Real Madrid, Wimbledon

☆ French Open: Umpire rescues pigeon during match
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —With a bird’s eye view from his chair, umpire Damien Dumusois spotted a poorly pigeon on Court Suzanne-Lenglen and flew into action. Pictures show Dumusois picking up the bird with a towel during the third-round match, which Medvedev won under the roof on a rain-hit day to reach the last 16. “I hope the bird was okay, it was not looking good,” Medvedev told reporters afterwards. He was very gentle, I think important, and I hope the bird is fine and they take it to the vet clinic. I don’t know, we need to ask what happened after.”The pigeon was caught with the help of a towel.

Persons: Damien Dumusois, Suzanne, Lenglen, Daniil Medvedev, Tomas Machac, Medvedev, ” Medvedev, “, Lisi Niesner, Susan Mullane, Alex de Minaur Organizations: CNN, Reuters, REUTERS, USA, Sports, Machac

☆ Germany to extend border controls with Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Police patrol at a highway near the German-Polish border to prevent illegal migration near Bademeusel, Germany September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Germany plans to extend its border controls with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland to stem a migration surge and combat people-smuggling until Dec. 15, a spokesperson for the interior ministry said on Monday. Berlin will notify the European Commission of the extension, the spokesperson told a regular news conference in Berlin. Germany announced the stricter controls on its land borders with Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland in response to a sharp increase of first-time asylum requests this year. Reporting by Rachel More; editing by Matthias WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Rachel More, Matthias Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, European Commission, Thomson Locations: Bademeusel, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Berlin, Polish

REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, no longer welcome in Western concert halls since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was named on Friday as director of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. After performing for decades on the world's biggest classical stages, Gergiev has been shunned in the West since the start of the war in February 2022. The following month he was fired as chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra after the city's mayor said Gergiev had declined to "clearly and unambiguously" distance himself from the invasion. Gergiev, also a former principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, has long been controversial outside Russia because of his support for President Vladimir Putin. He spoke out in favour of Russia's invasion of Crimea in 2014.

Persons: Valery Gergiev, Lisi Niesner, Gergiev, Vladimir Urin, Urin, Vladimir Putin, Putin, we're, we've, Mark Trevelyan, Kevin Liffey Organizations: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, REUTERS, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre, Munich, Orchestra, Bolshoi, London Symphony Orchestra, Islamic, Thomson Locations: Russian, Vienna, Austria, Ukraine, St Petersburg, West, Russia, Crimea, Palmyra, Syria, Islamic State, China

☆ Benko's complex web at Signa - from Chrysler building to Berlin landmark
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

SIGNA PRIME/PROPERTY PORTFOLIOAccording to Signa, Prime is the group's largest company in its real estate division, valued at around 20.4 billion euros ($22.23 billion). Since 2019 Signa Holding has also been a co-owner of New York's iconic Chrysler Building. TRADING/RETAIL COMPANIESBenko has bundled his trading interests under the divisions Signa Retail and Signa Premium. In Switzerland, Benko's trading investments are bundled into Signa Retail Selection AG, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday. In 2018, Signa Holding bought around 24% stake in Austrian daily newspapers "Krone" and "Kurier" from Funke media group.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Rene Benko, Ernst Tanner, Hans Peter Haselsteiner, Torsten Toeller, Arthur Eugster, SIGNA, Signa, Otto Wagner, Benko's, Klaus, Michael Kuehne, Kuehne, Hamburg's, Chirathivat, Benko, Frasers, Kaufhof, Karstadt, Galeria, Alexandra Schwarz, Goerlich, Mattias Inverardi, Victoria Farr, Emma, Rachel More, Elisa Martinuzzi, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: Signa, REUTERS, Chrysler, Bank Austria, Femina, Chrysler Building, . Central Group, Globus, Selfridges, Central Group, Funke, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, New, Britain's Selfridges, Innsbruck, Swiss, Vienna, Hamburg, KaDeWe, Oberpollinger, Munich, Vienna's, Tyrol, Essen, Duesseldorf, London, Switzerland

"I feel really alone and if somebody with the status of an elected official can’t be protected then how must others feel?” said Omar. Official data shows a significant, smaller increase in anti-Muslim incidents in Britain and is patchy for the other two countries. "The vast majority of Muslims do not file a complaint when they are victims of such acts. A spokesperson for France's national police acknowledged data on anti-Muslim incidents was "incomplete", and relied on victims filing a complaint. For some Muslims in Germany, which has welcomed about a million Syrians and just under 400,000 Afghans in recent years, rising hostility came as a surprise.

Persons: Jian Omar, Lisi Niesner, ”, Omar, Zara Mohammed, Geert Wilders, Ben Badis, Rachid Abdouni, Khalil Raboun, Tell Mama, Mama, Abdallah Zekri, Zekri, Rima Hanano, Gerald Darmanin, Reza Zia, Emmanuel Macron, Zia, Ebrahimi, fomented, Aiman, Germany's, Reem Alabali, Radovan, Ghalia Zaghal, Zaghal, Layli Foroudi, Thomas Escritt, Sarah Marsh, Andrew MacAskill, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Reuters, Muslim Council of, Ministers, Local, French Muslim Council, HISTORY, Kings College London, Amnesty, German Muslim Council, Thomson Locations: German, Kurdish, Israel, Palestinian, Berlin, Germany, BERLIN, LONDON, Europe, Gaza, London, France, Britain, Muslim Council of Britain, British, Dutch, Netherlands, United States, Nanterre, Paris, French, Moroccan, Western, Syria

With some German property developers filing for insolvency, construction activity has dropped over a third from a year ago. That bleak outlook was despite the government recently announcing a 45 billion euro ($47 billion) support package for the property sector and measures to encourage house building, including tax incentives. With overall economic activity expected to remain weak over the coming quarters, it could take a while for the property sector to recover. The euro zone's commercial property sector could also struggle for years, posing a threat to the banks and investors who financed it, the ECB said recently. The median view of 12 property experts forecast average home rental prices to rise 4.0% or more until 2026.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Sebastian Schnejdar, Carsten Brzeski, Indradip Ghosh, Purujit Arun, Rahul Trivedi, Sarupya Ganguly, Ross Finley, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, European Central Bank, ECB, ING, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, BENGALURU

☆ Alibaba’s U-turn casts dark clouds over China tech
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Anshuman Daga | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Alibaba (9988.HK) scrapped the spinoff of its prized cloud computing business, blaming U.S. curbs on advanced chips. The U-turn dashes market expectations of stability among technology companies after the end of Beijing’s years-long regulatory crackdown. Add in so-so results from Alibaba’s main businesses, also reported on Thursday, and it is hard to see a silver lining in the dark clouds gathering over China’s technology sector. The technology giant reported revenue of 224.8 billion yuan ($31 bln) in the three months to September, up 9% year-on-year, and in line with market estimates. Alibaba posted a net profit attributable to shareholders of 27.7 billion yuan versus a net loss of 20.6 billion yuan, due to an increase in the value of its equity investments.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Daniel Zhang, Zhang, Alibaba, Francesco Guerrera, Thomas Shum Organizations: IFA, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, HK, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, Rights SINGAPORE, Hong Kong, U.S, China

And while the local government says Berlin has sufficient space to build over 100,000 apartments, there is no sign the housing crisis gripping the city will ease. But as Europe's largest economy teeters near recession, economists warn that high rents will feed inflation and reduce household consumption. In Berlin, local opposition has frustrated plans to build, while regulation creates a two-tier rental market that is cheap for some long-term tenants and expensive for new renters. Rising property demand saw private companies develop luxury apartments that offered a higher yield - in part, Buch said, because government permissioning for more affordable housing projects was so slow. OPPOSITIONSome building projects have since faced local opposition while a recent attempt to curb rent increases backfired.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Rolf Buch, Buch, you've, Konstantin Kholodilin, Marwa, Monika Neugebauer, Goldman Sachs, Neugebauer, Gesa Crockford, Martin Pallgen, Anna Hohnrath, Hohnrath, Matthias Inverardi, Matthias Williams, Catherine Evans Organizations: Berlin, REUTERS, Rights, Vonovia, Reuters, DIVISION, International Union of Tenants, European, West, Foreigners, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, San Francisco, California, City, Tempelhof, Valencia, Spain

☆ Germany buys stake in EnBW's high voltage grid for $1.1 bln
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Solar panels of Germany's largest solar park Weesow-Willmersdorf by energy supplier EnBW AG are seen during sunset in Werneuchen, Germany September 21, 2023. EnBW earlier this year already sold a 24.95% stake in TransnetBW to a savings banks-led consortium for around 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion). The group confirmed that KfW had bought its stake at the same conditions, without providing details. "We are delighted to welcome two long-term oriented and reliable co-investors on board at TransnetBW," EnBW finance chief Thomas Kusterer said in a statement. "This provides EnBW with additional funding for growth investments to accelerate the implementation of the energy transition in Germany."

Persons: Lisi Niesner, firming, KfW, Thomas Kusterer, Christoph Steitz, Jan Harvey Organizations: EnBW, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Werneuchen, Germany, TransnetBW, Berlin

☆ Garmin raises annual sales forecast, beats quarterly estimates
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A large replica of a fitness smartwatch from Garmin is on display the international consumer technology fair IFA in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 1 (Reuters) - Navigation equipment maker Garmin Ltd raised its annual sales forecast ahead of the crucial holiday shopping period as strength in its auto and fitness businesses helped it beat third-quarter revenue estimates. The company had previously forecast revenue of about $5.05 billion and adjusted earnings of $5.15 per share for the year. All of Garmin's segments registered growth in the quarter, except its marine business, which posted a 7% decrease in sales. Excluding items, Garmin earned $1.41 per share, topping expectations of $1.29.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Cliff Pemble, Juby Babu, Saumyadeb Organizations: Garmin, IFA, REUTERS, Audio, BMW, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, Bengaluru

[1/3] A scientist drives his snowmobile across an icefield of the arctic near Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway, April 10, 2023. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the opening of the station, in Tromsoe, northern Norway, in June, as a means for the US to have a "diplomatic footprint above the Arctic Circle", he said. Tromsoe is the largest city in Arctic Norway, located about 400km (250 miles) to the west of Russia. Tromsoe is also the seat of the Arctic Council, a polar body comprising the eight Arctic states of Russia, the US, Canada, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Denmark. Cooperation within the Arctic Council between Moscow and the Western Arctic states was put on hold after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Antony Blinken, Andreas Oesthagen, Washington, Tromsoe, Gwladys Fouche, Terje Solsvik, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Reuters, Arctic Council, Cooperation, Thomson Locations: Ny, Alesund, Svalbard, Norway, Rights OSLO, United States, Washington, Ukraine, Tromsoe, Oslo, Arctic Norway, Russia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Moscow

Iran-backed Hezbollah knows this and is keeping Lebanon's crises in mind as it plots the next steps in the conflict with Israel, sources say. As the war between Israel and Hezbollah's Palestinian ally Hamas reverberates across the Middle East, the risk of war between Hezbollah and Israel remains higher than at any point since their last big conflict in 2006. Lebanon has no interest in war", a source familiar with Hezbollah thinking said. However, Hezbollah has also indicated a readiness for war, reflecting its position as the spearhead of an Iran-backed alliance against Israel and the United States. Lebanon took years to rebuild from the 2006 war which killed 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 158 Israelis, most of them soldiers.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Israel, Walid Jumblatt, Isaac Herzog, Hezbollah's, Suleiman Frangieh, Nabil Boumonsef, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Ghassan Hasbani, Mohanad Hage Ali, Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Analysts, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanese, Annahar, Lebanese Forces, Christian, Carnegie Middle East Center, Thomson Locations: Israeli, Lebanon, Israel, BEIRUT, Iran, Hamas, Gaza, Arab, United States, Lebanese, LEBANON, Beirut

People visit the LG display at the international consumer technology fair IFA in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2022. Mobile display panel orders are concentrated in the second half of the year, when panels for Apple's latest mobile products are produced before the holiday season. Shares in LG Display rose as much as 8% after the earnings result, versus a 0.7% drop in the wider market (.KS11). "LG Display made it clear it will turn to profit. LG Display posted an operating loss of 662 billion won ($491.11 million) for the July-September quarter versus a loss of 759 billion won a year earlier.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Sung, Kim, Jeff Kim, midsized, Max, 1,347.9600, Joyce Lee, Heekyong Yang, Clarence Fernandez, Jamie Freed, Lincoln Organizations: LG, IFA, REUTERS, Wednesday, Apple, KB Securities, Analysts, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany, SEOUL, Korean

☆ China says outlook worrisome as conflict spreads in Middle East, state media report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows illumination flares in the sky by Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, as seen from its Israeli side October 21, 2023. The envoy Zhai Jun, who is visiting the Middle East, said spillover effects in the region and internationally are widening, as conflict along the Israeli-Lebanese and Israeli-Syrian borders spread, "making the outlook worrisome". Zhai also said China is willing to do "whatever is conducive" to promote dialogue, achieve ceasefire and restore peace, as well as to promote the two-state solution and a just and lasting resolution to the conflict, China Central Television said. China has provided and will continue to provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Palestinians through the United Nations and via bilateral channels to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis, Zhai added. Reporting by Liz Lee and Shanghai newsroom; Editing by Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Zhai Jun, Zhai, Liz Lee, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Lebanese, China Central Television, United Arab, United Nations, European, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Rights BEIJING, China, Gaza, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Norway, European Union, Shanghai

☆ Israel expands evacuations as Lebanon border clashes escalate
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

A woman stands with bags of personal belongings before being evacuated from Kiryat Shmona, near Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, October 20, 2023. Hezbollah and Israel have been trading fire at the frontier with increasing frequency since Palestinian group Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel responded with intense air strikes on Gaza. It is the worst escalation in violence along the Israeli-Lebanese border since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. The area around the Lebanese town of Hula, opposite Israel's Kiryat Shmona, also faced Israeli bombardments, Al-Manar reported. Sources have previously said Hezbollah's attacks on Israel were designed to keep Israel's army occupied without provoking a major war.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Hassan Fadlallah, Manar, Kiryat Shmona, Henriette Chacar, Dan Williams, Edmund Blair, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: REUTERS, Defence Ministry, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Kiryat Shmona, Israel's, Lebanon, Israel, JERUSALEM, BEIRUT, Lebanese, Gaza, Iran, Aalma, Aitaroun, Hula, Jerusalem, Beirut

☆ Lebanon's Hezbollah says four fighters killed in Israel hostilities
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, which also has a presence in southern Lebanon, separately said one of its fighters was killed. It is the worst escalation in violence along the Israeli-Lebanese border since a 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. Sources have previously said Hezbollah's attacks were designed to keep Israel's military occupied without provoking a major war. Israel has said it has no interest in waging war and said if Hezbollah is restrained it will maintain the status quo. Israel and Hezbollah both reported exchanges of fire on other points along the frontier on Saturday, including around Lebanon's Alma Al-Shaab and Israel's Hanita, an area where Hezbollah said it fired guided missiles and Israel responded.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Israel, Alma Al, Israel's, Edmund Blair, Ros Russell, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Islamic, Hamas, Kiryat, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Rights BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, Lebanese, Iran, Margaliot, Gaza, Kiryat Shmona, Israeli, Kiryat Shmona's, Jerusalem, Beirut

[1/3] A man assists his elderly father to get into a car so that he can be evacuated from Kiryat Shmona, near Israel's border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, October 20, 2023. Israel on Friday ordered the evacuation of more than 20,000 residents from Kiryat Shmona, one of the biggest towns on its northern border following a heavy cross-border exchange of fire in the area the day before. Survival was uppermost in the minds of Lebanese civilians from the Lebanese village of Dhayra, west of Israel's Kiryat Shmona. Daniel Hagari, spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said the mass evacuations along Israel's northern border, allowed the army "to expand its operational freedom to act against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation." Israel is putting its swelling ranks of evacuees in guest houses and hotels if they don't have families to stay with.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, KIRYAT, Edo Goldstein, Goldstein, Dhayra, Zahira Omar Swaid, Israel, Daniel Hagari, Nissim Tsabaria, Mortada Mhanna, Crispian Balmer, Edmund Blair Organizations: REUTERS, Hezbollah, Hamas, Friday, Reuters, Locals, Israel Defense Forces, Local, Thomson Locations: Kiryat Shmona, Israel's, Lebanon, Israel, KIRYAT SHMONA, TYRE, Lebanese, Gaza, Dhayra, Israel's Kiryat Shmona, Tyre, Iran

☆ Israel announces evacuation plan for Kiryat Shmona city near Lebanese border - defense ministry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A tank is driven on a tank transporter on a road in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Israel has ordered the evacuation of residents of Kiryat Shmona, a northern town close to the Lebanese border, the defence ministry said on Friday. Kiryat Shmona has a population of more that 20,000 and is some 2 km (1 mile) from the border fence. Reporting by Dan Williams; Editing by Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Kiryat Shmona, Dan Williams, Christopher Cushing Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Kiryat Shmona, Israel, Lebanese

☆ Morning Bid: China data beat overshadowed by Mideast foreboding
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsA look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. The latest batch of economic data from China surprised by beating forecasts, but was unfortunately overshadowed by fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East following the Gaza hospital blast. Perhaps more importantly retail sales and industrial output for September topped estimates, which might mean Beijing's stimulus steps were finally bearing fruit after months of disappointment. The implications for inflation were another headache for bonds, which were still smarting from Tuesday's red-hot U.S. retail sales report. JPMorgan responded by ramping up its forecast for U.S. third quarter GDP growth to an annualised 4.3%, implying nominal growth of more than 7%.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Wayne Cole, Joe Biden's, Brent, ramping, Fed's Waller, Williams, Bowman, Harker, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: REUTERS, JPMorgan, U.S, Bank of Japan, Netflix, Norges Bank, EU, Fed, Thomson Locations: Israeli, Lebanon, Israel, Wayne, China, Gaza, millstone, Iran, Hormuz, Asia, Cook

☆ US raises travel advisory for Lebanon to 'do not travel'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Israeli soldiers stand near to a tank near Israel's border with Lebanon in northern Israel, October 16, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Tuesday raised its travel alert for Lebanon to "do not travel," citing the security situation related to rocket, missile, and artillery exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah. The State Department authorized the voluntary, temporary departure of family members of U.S. government personnel and some non-emergency personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut because of the unpredictable security situation in Lebanon. The advisory comes as a Gaza health ministry spokesman said hundreds were killed in a blast at a Gaza City hospital, igniting protests in the West Bank and around the Middle East. Reporting by Eric Beech and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Eric Beech, Dan Whitcomb, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . State Department, Hezbollah, The State Department, U.S, Embassy, West Bank, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Beirut, Gaza, Gaza City, Israel's, U.S

The International Energy Agency (IEA) report published this week revealed that a growing volume of renewable energy generation is being stalled as developers wait for projects to be connected to national electricity grids. Since the report's release on Monday, share prices of companies engaged in building electric grids, or with products and services tied to grid modernisation, have outperformed firms that are focused on renewable energy generation. The share prices of certain firms that hold these particular skill or product sets have seen signs of heightened buying interest this week since the IEA report was published, indicating that some investors may be already placing bets that grid specialist firms may be primed for growth going forward. Germany's E.ON (EONGn.DE), which has a major energy networks division, is up roughly 17% this year, LSEG data shows. Firms that develop smart meters and other grid management tools are also expected to see growth in demand for their services by power companies.

Persons: Lisi Niesner, Gavin Maguire, Muralikumar Organizations: REUTERS, International Energy Agency, IEA, FOCUS, Mastec Inc, U.S, Fluor Corp, Eaton Corporation, E.ON, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Weselitz, Germany, LITTLETON , Colorado, U.S, Ireland

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