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Georgia judge to release parts of report on Trump’s efforts to overturn election

By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Portions of a Georgia special grand jury’s report on Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election should be publicly released, but any recommendations on criminal charges will remain sealed for now, a state judge ruled on Monday. The panel’s findings, which have remained sealed since the final report’s existence …

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Amazon workers at UK warehouse set further strike dates

LONDON (Reuters) -Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Britain will walk out for seven further days in an escalation of a dispute over pay, their trade union said on Monday. Last month GMB union members at the warehouse in Coventry, central England, staged the first ever strike at the U.S. e-commerce giant’s operations in Britain. …

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Oil falls on demand fears as Fed nears ‘make or break moment’

By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices slipped on Monday as investors focused on short-term demand concerns ahead of key U.S. inflation data. Brent crude futures were down 76 cents, or 0.8%, to $85.63 a barrel at 1446 GMT after a 2.2% gain on Friday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 69 cents, or …

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Gold dips on higher dollar, bond yields as U.S. inflation test looms

By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices slipped on Monday due to upticks in the dollar and bond yields, with the spotlight on U.S. January consumer price index data that could steer the Federal Reserve’s rate-hike strategy. Spot gold fell 0.4% to $1,857.50 per ounce by 9:25 a.m. ET (1425 GMT), while U.S. gold futures …

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Dollar gains on yen as U.S. yields rise ahead of key CPI data

By Alun John TOKYO/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar was testing a five-week high versus major peers on Monday, particularly gaining against the rate-sensitive Japanese yen, as investors’ bets that the Federal Reserve will keep monetary policy tight for longer sent U.S. yields higher. Those expectations will be challenged or underscored by the week’s main event …

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U.S. shoots down mysterious object near Canadian border

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. military fighter jets on Sunday shot down an octagonal object over Lake Huron, the Pentagon said, the latest incident since a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon put North American security forces on high alert. It was the fourth flying object to be shot down over North America …

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UK firms plan biggest pay rises since 2012 to fill staff gaps

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British employers expect to raise wages for their staff by the most in at least 11 years but the 5% pay deals for workers would still fall well below expected inflation, a survey published on Monday showed. With the Bank of England fearing the surge in inflation could be …

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Opposition supporters attacked in Nigeria ahead of rally

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian presidential contender Peter Obi of the opposition Labour Party said his supporters were on Saturday attacked and injured ahead of a rally in the commercial capital Lagos, a stronghold of the ruling party. Previous elections in Africa’s most populous nation have been fraught with violence between supporters of rival parties and …

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Fighting in breakaway Somaliland kills nine, official and medic say

By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed and another 14 wounded on Saturday in a sixth day of fighting in Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region, a local government official and medic said, hours after Somaliland called for an unconditional ceasefire. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not …

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Ruling out aliens? Senior U.S. general says not ruling out anything yet

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force general overseeing North American airspace said on Sunday after a series of shoot-downs of unidentified objects that he would not rule out aliens or any other explanation yet, deferring to U.S. intelligence experts. Asked whether he had ruled out an extraterrestrial origin …

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