By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar began 2026 stronger on Friday, snapping last year’s slump against most currencies as investors look ahead to a critical week of economic data that could steer Federal Reserve policy and global markets. The rebound follows the sharpest annual decline since 2017 of more…
By Dave Graham CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Hundreds of people silently filed through the frosty streets of the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on Sunday to remember victims of a New Year bar fire that killed at least 40 people and injured more than a hundred others. Following a packed church mass that…
By Gram Slattery PALM BEACH, Florida, Jan 3 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump capped the holidays with an unprecedented strike on Venezuela, overseeing a surprise snatch-and-grab operation early on Saturday targeted at Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. The dramatic mission punctuated a winter sojourn to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, filled with an…
Jan 2 (Reuters) – The South Carolina health department reported 185 measles cases related to the ongoing outbreak in the state on Friday, nine additional cases since its last update on Tuesday. The widening outbreak has been reported in the northwest part of the state, which includes Greenville and Spartanburg. Of those infected, 172 were…
By Saeed Azhar, Purvi Agarwal and Nikhil Sharma NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) – The Dow and S&P 500 indexes ended higher on Friday, starting 2026 by snapping a four-day losing streak, helped by gains in chip makers Nvidia, Intel <INTC.O> and Boeing In 2025, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all notched…
By Jonathan Stempel Dec 31 (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway shares closed slightly lower on Warren Buffett’s final day as chief executive, with the legendary investor set to hand the reins to Greg Abel on Thursday. The price of Berkshire Class A shares edged down $600, or 0.1%, to $754,800 on Wednesday, while the Class B share…
BERLIN, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Germany’s manufacturing sector faced a deepening downturn at the end of 2025, with output declining for the first time in 10 months in December amid a sustained drop in demand, a business survey showed on Friday. The HCOB final Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for German manufacturing, compiled by S&P Global,…
By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (Reuters) – The United States Coast Guard is searching for survivors of a U.S. military strike against a convoy of suspected drug vessels in the Pacific Ocean, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. President Donald Trump’s administration has carried out more than 30 strikes against suspected drug boats in the…
By Yimou Lee and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Taiwan remained on high alert on Wednesday after China staged massive military drills around the island the previous day, keeping its emergency maritime response centre running as it monitored Chinese naval manoeuvres, the coast guard said. The exercises named “Justice Mission 2025” saw China…
By Timour Azhari QARDAHA, Syria, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Khairallah Dib needed a promise of amnesty to come out of hiding. He had been lying low for weeks after Alawite fighters staged a March insurrection against Syria’s new Islamist-led rulers. Dib, an Alawite himself, carried no weapons and helped keep government security forces alive. But…
