Reuters

By Evelyn Hockstein and Julia Harte

WOODSTOCK, Virginia (Reuters) - The education board for Shenandoah County, Virginia, voted early on Friday to restore Confederate generals' names to two public schools in the predominantly white, rural and solidly Republican district, becoming the first in the U.S. to take such an action.

By a 6-1 vote, the board overturned its 2020 decision that stripped a high school and elementary school of their... (continue reading...)

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation is on track to ease back to 2% next year so European Central Bank policymakers concluded last month they will likely be in a position to cut interest rates in June, the account of their April meeting showed.

The ECB left interest rates unchanged at a record high last month but made clear that its next move will be a cut, most likely on June 6, provided wage and inflation data stay on their current, relatively... (continue reading...)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has no plans to restrict the work of foreign companies in its market, despite Western sanctions against Moscow, Mikhail Mishustin, President Vladimir Putin's nominee for prime minister, said on Friday.

Mishustin also told Russia's lower house of parliament that the government planned no restrictions on the businesses of Russian companies do abroad, as he presented his programme before a vote on his appointment.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has requested that a United Nations assistance mission set up after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of the country end its work by the end of 2025, saying it was no longer needed because Iraq had made significant progress towards stability.

The mission, headquartered in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, was set up with a wide mandate to help develop Iraqi institutions, support political dialogue and elections, and promote... (continue reading...)

ABUJA (Reuters) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Friday attended an inaugural mental health summit at a school run by a local non-profit linked to their foundation in Nigeria's capital Abuja, as they kicked off their first trip to Africa's most populous nation.

The couple were invited to Nigeria by the chief of defence staff.

At Lightway Academy, run by a non-profit supported by their Archewell Foundation, Harry and Meghan were... (continue reading...)