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(Reuters) - NYSE Equities said on Monday it was currently investigating a reported technical issue.

It was not immediately clear what the technical issue was. The exchange operator said additional information would be provided as soon as possible.

Multiple stocks listed on the NYSE such as Berkshire Hathaway, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Barrick Gold were halted for volatility.

The NYSE did not immediately respond to a Reuters... (continue reading...)

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The armed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Monday it had launched a squadron of drones towards the headquarters of the Israeli military's Galilee formation.

Such an attack would be the first by Hezbollah involving a squadron of drones since the start of its exchanges of fire with Israel, which have run in parallel with the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

There was no... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing activity slowed for a second straight month in May as new goods orders dropped by the most in nearly two years, but a measure of input inflation fell back from the highest since mid-2022, a monthly survey showed on Monday.

The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing purchasing managers index for May fell to 48.7 from 49.2 in April. It was both the second straight decline and the second month below the 50 level... (continue reading...)

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former Revolutionary Guards commander, on Monday announced he would run for president to succeed Ebrahim Raisi who died last month in a helicopter crash, state media reported.

Qalibaf, who has unsuccessfully contested two presidential races and dropped out of a third to avoid splitting the hardline vote, signed up to run in the June 28 election despite being re-elected as parliament... (continue reading...)

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan was acquitted on charges of leaking state secrets on Monday after his conviction was overturned, but he will remain in prison in other cases.

It was one of four cases in which the 71-year-old former cricket star, who has been in jail since August last year, had been convicted ahead of a national election in February. In two of those cases the sentences have since been suspended... (continue reading...)