Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres took the lead in the first straw poll vote on Thursday to pick the next UN secretary-general, diplomats said. Slovenia’s former president Danilo Turk came second in the secret vote by the UN Security Council to choose a successor to Ban Ki-moon.
Oil prices retreated Thursday as caution prevailed before central bank policy meetings in Europe and Japan. At 1130 GMT, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in September declined 19 cents at $46.98 a barrel. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for the same month nudged nine cents lower to $45.66 ...
