Since taking office, President Biden has pushed to expand the U.S.’s global influence in everything from climate change to defense. WSJ looks at how he could leverage ties with world leaders to help his foreign policy agenda during his first trip overseas. Photo: Phil Noble/Associated Press The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
(RTTNews) – French stocks retreated on Thursday as investors awaited the latest inflation reading from the U.S. for clues on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy path. The Labor Department is scheduled to publish its consumer price index data at 8:30 a.m. ET. Traders also geared up for the European Central Bank meeting, with many expecting the central bank to extend its phase of faster bond-buying through the summer to ensure the economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic. The benchmark CAC 40 index fell 18 points, or 0.3 percent, to 6,545 after rising 0.2 percent in the previous session. Automakers lost ground, with Renault falling more than 1 percent. Shares of digital music company Believe were moving lower on the first day of trading.
CARBIS BAY, ENGLAND (REUTERS) – United States President Joe Biden will bring a grave Brexit warning to his first meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Prevent a row with the European Union from imperilling the delicate peace in Northern Ireland. On his first trip abroad since taking office in January, Biden meets Johnson on Thursday (Jnune 10) in the English seaside resort of Carbis Bay ahead of a Friday-Sunday G7 summit, a NATO summit on Monday, a U.S.-EU summit on Tuesday and a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva the following day. Biden will try to use the trip to burnish his multilateral credentials after the tumult of Donald Trump’s presidency, which left many US allies in Europe and Asia bewildered and some alienated. Biden, though, has an uncomfortable message for Johnson, one of the leaders of the 2016 Brexit campaign: Stop heated EU divorce negotiations from undermining a 1998 US-brokered peace deal known as the Good Friday Agreement that ended three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland. “President Biden has been crystal clear about his rock-solid belief in the Good Friday Agreement as the foundation for peaceful co-existence in Northern Ireland,” White House
BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union on Thursday (June 10) denounced a Russian court ruling that branded “extremist” the political organisations of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and barred them from working. “Yesterday’s ruling by a Moscow Court to label Mr Alexei Navalny’s organisations as ‘extremist groups’ marks the most serious effort to date by the Russian Government to suppress the independent political opposition and anti-corruption investigations,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement on behalf of the 27 member states. The statement said the move was intended “to eliminate Mr Navalny’s political networks’ influence ahead of the State Duma elections in September, and beyond.” “It is an unfounded decision that confirms a negative pattern of a systematic crackdown on human rights and freedoms which are enshrined in the Russian constitution,” it said. The bloc repeated its calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Navalny following his “politically motivated” jailing. The EU has slapped sanctions on 10 senior Russian officials over last year’s poisoning of Navalny with a Novichok nerve agent and his arrest and sentencing this year. Moscow hit back by imposing entry bans on a number of Europeans,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The global durable medical equipment rental market size is expected to reach USD 35.4 billion by 2028, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 4.8% from 2021 to 2028. The growth is attributable to financial benefits offered by renting durable medical equipment (DME) as it aids in bridging the gap between capital availability and clinical needs. Moreover, before buying, renting DME helps in determining whether or not they are a suitable fit.Key suggestions from the report:The bathroom safety and medical furniture segment accounted for the largest revenue share of 56.4% in 2020 owing to growing technological innovations in such medical equipmentThe hospitals’ segment accounted for the largest revenue share of 59.2% in 2020 owing to huge patient footfall in comparison to laboratories and institutes coupled with growing need to keep up with technological advancementsNorth America contributed for the largest revenue share of 32.5% owing to the presence of dominant market players, high healthcare expenditure, and high adoption rate for advanced medical technologiesRead 187 page research report with ToC on “Durable Medical Equipment Rental Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report By Application, By End-use
BOGOTA (AFP) – Thousands of people took to the streets in several cities across Colombia Wednesday (June 9) in fresh protests against President Ivan Duque. Dozens of people have been killed in protests that erupted around the country on April 28, initially against a tax hike that would have mostly affected the middle classes, but which have morphed into a major anti-government movement. The protests Wednesday were peaceful and colorful during the day but after nightfall deteriorated into clashes with police in the capital Bogota, Medellin in the northwest and other cities around the country. The demonstrators demanded an end to police repression and more supportive public policies to alleviate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has plunged more than 40 per cent of the country’s 50 million inhabitants into poverty. “We need opportunities, and for education, health, to be a right and not a privilege,” said 15-year-old high school student Sofia Perico, who came to protest with her family in front of a hotel in central Bogota where a delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) was holding meetings to evaluate the social turmoil. “We want a change in social policy, in
(RTTNews) – United Airlines Holdings Inc. (UAL) is in advanced talks for a large narrow-body aircraft order, which would include at least 100 Boeing Co. 737 Max jets as part of a broader fleet revamp, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The airliner is looking at upgrading its fleet and studying several new, fuel-efficient models at a time when the likes of Boeing and Airbus SE are hungry for deals while demand for leisure travel has been surging in the United States, Bloomberg News said. As per the report, Boeing’s portion of the order could include 150 Max.
ABU DHABI (BLOOMBERG) – Abu Dhabi will restrict entry to public venues including malls and beaches to people who are vaccinated or have tested negative for coronavirus as cases start to inch higher in the United Arab Emirates. The rules will be based on a “green pass” system on the government’s health app, which will use a color-coded system to indicate vaccination status and PCR test validity, according to state-run WAM news agency. The new rules in oil-rich Abu Dhabi will be effective June 15 for venues including malls and large supermarkets, gyms, hotels, public parks and beaches, as well as restaurants and cafes. Last month, neighbouring Dubai began trialling the resumption of entertainment and sporting events for people who have been vaccinated. The UAE, a federation of seven sheikhdoms including Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has one of the highest inoculation rates globally. Still, cases have risen over the past month as the economy fully reopens and amid higher tourist arrivals. Related Stories:
OSLO, Norway, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Aker ASA announced today that Aker Capital (collectively referred to as “Aker”) has acquired the Norwegian technology and research and development (R&D) company Prototech AS (“Prototech”). The acquisition provides access to a portfolio of industrial technology solutions and R&D capabilities that underpin Aker’s strategic development in the energy transition.”Prototech has an impressive portfolio of technologies and expertise that need both capital and active ownership to realize their full potential,” said Øyvind Eriksen, President and CEO at Aker. “Aker has been developing knowledge-based industry for 180 years. There is no shortage of exciting ideas, research, and technology developments happening all over Norway. Identifying and developing interesting companies and investment opportunities is an essential part of the work to drive Aker’s value creation over time. Prototech has R&D capabilities and solutions that we believe can play an important role in Aker’s long-term development.”Prototech, established in 1988, was originally part of the Mechanical Section of the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, and is based on an engineering and technology tradition dating back to 1930 when CMI was established as a non-profit R&D institute. Over the last 30 years, Prototech has developed into a R&D and
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