|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | World | | Months of frosty relations between China and North Korea appeared suddenly to thaw with Kim Jong-Un’s secretive trip to Beijing, which saw the Chinese capital go into security lockdown as the mysterious North Korean delegation toured the city. Kim’s visit, countering what had been growing estrangement between the Cold War allies, is likely to bolster Pyongyang’s leverage going into a planned summit between Kim and Trump. | | | | Book excerpt: The untold story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. As the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination approaches, author David Margolick examines the untold story of King's relationship with Robert F. Kennedy during their struggle for civil rights in America. "They’d become allies, but never had they been friends,” writes Margolick in the first of three excerpts from "The Promise and the Dream." | | | | | | A missile attack this week on Riyadh has raised the risk of an escalation in the Yemen war in a region riven with interwoven conflicts, but a direct confrontation between arch-foes #SaudiArabia and #Iran still appears unlikely, https://reut.rs/2uwAGue 11:38 PM - MAR 28, 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | Brexit and the city | | While London represents one of the greatest concentrations of financial wealth on earth, about a third of the transactions on its exchanges and in its trading rooms involve clients in the European Union. Is London’s position as the largest international center of finance slipping as a result of Brexit? Reuters assesses the fortunes of the City through a series of indicators that suggest signs of a slowdown, but no transformative decline. 10 Min Read | | | | The number of finance jobs to be shifted out of Britain or created overseas by March 2019 due to Brexit has dropped by half compared to six months ago to 5,000 roles, firms employing the bulk of UK-based workers in international finance told Reuters.
8 min read | | | | Diners are still flocking to the elegant, glass-domed dining room at 1 Lombard Street, despite uncertainty about London’s future after Britain exits the European Union next year. But the restaurant’s owner, former banker Soren Jessen, says Brexit is hampering his ability to hiring qualified staff. 5 min read | | | | Despite Brexit dominating discussions in parliament and the pages of newspapers, voters’ views seem entrenched as ever. “People now think of themselves as Leavers or Remainers and see developments from that perspective,” Sara Hobolt, a professor of politics at the London School of Economics, told Reuters. She estimates that 80 to 90 percent of Britons have not changed their minds since 2016. 5 min read | | | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
