Succession plans for Iran’s Khamenei hit top gear

Succession plans for Iran’s Khamenei hit top gear

By Parisa HafeziDUBAI (Reuters) -The clock’s ticking for senior clerics seeking a successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.A three-man committee from a top clerical body, appointed by Khamenei himself two years ago to identify his...

UN Security Council to meet Sunday over US strikes on Iran

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council is due to meet later on Sunday, diplomats said, after the United States joined Israel’s assault on Iran and hit the country’s main nuclear sites overnight in strikes with massive bunker-busting...
Slow rate hikes could cause wage-price spiral, BOJ paper says

Slow rate hikes could cause wage-price spiral, BOJ paper says

By Leika KiharaTOKYO (Reuters) -Hiking interest rates only gradually as raw material costs rise could heighten the risk of an upward spiral in wages and consumer prices, the Bank of Japan said in a research paper released this week.The paper’s publication on...
BofA lifts STOXX 600 annual target to 530 points

BofA lifts STOXX 600 annual target to 530 points

(Reuters) -BofA Global Research on Friday raised its year-end target for the STOXX 600 index to 530 from 500 on resilience in global growth following a U.S.-China trade truce.European equities remain close to all-time highs despite the global trade war and escalating...