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Morning Bid: Stocks rise, blockade holds, talks may resume
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Gregor Stuart Hunter Global equities are nudging higher with fresh record highs within view, after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesd...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Oil prices fall on expectations US-Iran peace talks may resume
By Katya Golubkova and Emily Chow SINGAPORE, April 15 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday on expectations peace talks between the U.S. and Iran may resume and supply will eventua...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Factbox-Oil tankers transiting Strait of Hormuz since start of Iran war
By Ruth Chai and Florence Tan April 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. blockade on vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports adds to uncertainty over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been all-but...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases, FT reports
April 15 (Reuters) - Iran secretly acquired a Chinese spy satellite in late 2024 that allowed it to target U.S. military bases across the Middle East during the recent war, the Financial Times reporte...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Uber commits $10 billion to robotaxis in strategy shift, FT says
April 15 (Reuters) - Uber has committed more than $10 billion to buying thousands of autonomous vehicles and taking stakes in their developers, breaking from its asset-light "gig economy" business mod...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Rattled by Trump, US allies eye Japan's biggest arms opening since WW2
By John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Japan's imminent easing of arms export rules has sparked strong interest from Warsaw to Manila, Reuters reporting found, as President Donald Tr...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Tom Cruise touts 'wild' dark comedy 'Digger' to theater owners
By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS, April 14 (Reuters) - Tom Cruise said he took four decades of acting to get to a place where he could play the eccentric oil tycoon at the center of an upcoming dark comedy,...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Japan's decade-long march towards arms exports
By Tim Kelly and John Geddie TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Japan has spent the past decade steadily dismantling some of the world's toughest arms export restrictions as it steps back from the postwar pa...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
Trump doubles down in criticizing Pope Leo over Iran
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, whose war and immigration policies have been condemned by Pope Leo, reiterated his criticism of the religious leader on ...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
China calls US claims of military pressure on Taiwan a 'distortion'
BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) - The United States' claims about China exerting military pressure on Taiwan are distorted, and demonstrate its "malicious intentions", a government spokesperson in Beijing...
Thomson Reuters Apr 14, 2026
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