Economic News

(Reuters) – Russian artillery and aerial attacks killed two civilians and wounded two more in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson on Thursday, the local governor said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had not received any request from Tunisia to re-evaluate loan conditions while also denying it had imposed ‘diktats’ on the country as it considers a bailout package.

By Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ethiopia is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to borrow at least $2 billion under a reform program, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have yet to agree on a date for the initial review under a $3 billion financial package signed in December, an IMF official said on Thursday.

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations will use talks in Japan next week to assess their strategy in the Middle East, diplomatic sources said on Thursday, as strategic shifts bypass Western powers leaving them scrambling for influence.

(Reuters) – Twitter-owner Elon Musk said on Thursday users of the social media platform will be able to offer their followers subscriptions to content, including long-form text and hours-long video.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa needs to urgently fix energy, transport and security challenges if it is to reverse souring investor sentiment, executives said on Thursday as President Cyril Ramaphosa targets 2 trillion rand ($111 billion) in new investments over the next five years.

By Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing has paused deliveries of some 737 MAXs as it grapples with a new supplier quality problem involving noncompliant fittings, the company disclosed on Thursday.

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google received a mixed ruling on Thursday from a San Francisco federal judge in a patent lawsuit brought by Sonos Inc over wireless audio technology, failing to invalidate all of the patents before a trial but narrowing Sonos’ claims.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Electric vehicle (EV) startup Faraday Future Intelligent Electric on Thursday pushed back initial deliveries of its flagship FF 91 Futurist by another two months, saying they would depend on “substantial additional financing”.

By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Twitter-owner Elon Musk has said advertisers are returning to the social media platform, but statements from several companies and data from research firms suggest a bounce-back is not happening so fast.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday said Donald Trump’s defamation trial over whether he raped a writer in the mid-1990s will begin as scheduled on April 25, rejecting the former president’s bid for a delay but letting him learn more

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday it may delay some space launches to minimize disruption to commercial air travel and provide “equitable” access to airspace near launch sites.

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior officials from the United States, Europe and Britain met on Thursday with financial institutions to brief them on efforts by Russia to evade Western sanctions imposed over its invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. Treasury official

By Evan Garcia and Brad Brooks LLANO, Texas (Reuters) – A rural Texas county’s public libraries will remain open while a court battle continues over whether local officials can remove books deemed inappropriate, commissioners decided on Thursday.

(Reuters) – Credit Suisse Group AG has hired BlackRock Inc to help sell a portfolio of structured bonds for the Swiss bank, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Washington, D.C., appeals court on Thursday refused to decide whether Donald Trump can be shielded from a defamation lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll, a writer who said the former U.S. president raped her nearly three decades ago.

By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos

By Julia Harte (Reuters) – U.S. telehealth abortion providers scrambled on Thursday to keep their services available after a federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone could be distributed amid ongoing litigation but with significant restrictions.

By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump is due back in New York to be questioned Thursday in a $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against him by the state’s attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter.