By Steven Scheer TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s economy posted scant growth in 2024, with the war in Gaza against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas taking a toll on investment and exports, but growth is expected to bounce back this year following ceasefire deals. Gross Domestic Product grew 1% last year to $565 billion, sustained mainly…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – OPEC+ producers are not considering delaying a series of monthly oil supply increases that is scheduled to begin in April, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday, Russia’s RIA state news agency reported. Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing delegates, that OPEC+, which groups the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Donald Trump has so far sent comparatively fewer market-moving social media posts since being re-elected than during his first term in power, a study by U.S. investment bank JPMorgan has estimated. The bank’s analysts found that only 10% of the 126 posts Trump had published this time around on…
By Michael Martina, Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard WASHINGTON/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan is exploring buying arms worth billions of dollars from the United States, sources briefed on the matter said, hoping to win support from the new Trump administration as China continues to apply military pressure on the island. Three sources familiar with the situation,…
