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Bill Ackman is planning IPO of Pershing Square, WSJ reports May 31, 2024 05:52AM

(Reuters) - Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman is planning an initial public offering for his investment firm Pershing Square Capital Management as soon as next year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

As a precursor to a public listing, Ackman is selling a stake in Pershing Square to investors in a funding round expected to value the firm at around $10.5 billion, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Russia says its forces are advancing in all tactical directions in Ukraine May 31, 2024 05:49AM

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian forces are advancing in all tactical directions in Ukraine and have taken control of 28 settlements this month, Russia's defence minister said on Friday, saying Moscow would press ahead with what it calls its special military operation.

Speaking at a meeting of regional defence ministers in Kazakhstan, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said Russian forces had captured a total area of 880 square kilometres (339 square miles) so... (continue reading...)


Trump Media slides after former president Donald Trump's criminal conviction May 31, 2024 05:48AM

(Reuters) - Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group dropped 8% in premarket trading on Friday after a jury found former U.S. president Donald Trump guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.

The Republican presidential candidate for this year's election owns a majority stake in TMTG, the parent of his social media platform Truth Social. The company also provides a way for Trump supporters to... (continue reading...)


NATO chief dismisses Russian warnings of escalation after lifting of arms restrictions May 31, 2024 05:44AM

PRAGUE (Reuters) - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday dismissed warnings by Russian President Vladimir Putin that allowing Kyiv to use Western weapons for strikes inside Russian territory might lead to an escalation.

Speaking on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Prague, Stoltenberg said the alliance had heard such warnings many times before.

"This is nothing new. It has (...) been the case for a long time that every... (continue reading...)


Separatist gunmen kill five soldiers in Nigeria's southeast, army says May 31, 2024 05:39AM

By Camillus Eboh

ABUJA (Reuters) - Armed men killed at least five soldiers in a surprise attack in Nigeria's southeastern Abia state, the military said on Friday, the latest in a string of raids in a region rife with separatist violence.

No group claimed responsibility, but the army blamed the outlawed separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement which wants the surrounding region to secede from Nigeria.

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