Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Conductor Gergiev, shunned in West, named director of Russia's Bolshoi
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, shunned by Western concert halls since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was named on Friday as director of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. ...
Dec 01, 2023
Germany's Scholz announces Climate Club to help developing countries cut industry emission
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday announced the launch of an international club to help developing nations invest in decarbonising hard-to-abate industries like steel, cement ...
Dec 01, 2023
Vietnam, at COP28, details plan to use $15.5 billion funding to cut coal use
DUBAI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Friday that his country has forged a plan with G7 governments and lenders for how it would use an agreed multi-billion dollar cash in...
Dec 01, 2023
Factbox-Benko's complex web at Signa - from Chrysler building to Berlin landmark
(Reuters) - Signa Holding's insolvency on Wednesday has cast a spotlight on the complex structure of the debt-ridden Austrian property empire, whose holdings span from New York's Chrysler building to ...
Dec 01, 2023
Argentina's Milei taps conservative ex-rival Bullrich as security tsar
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President-elect Javier Milei has picked conservative election campaign rival Patricia Bullrich as his security minister, his office said on Friday, another signal of...
Dec 01, 2023
Crypto stocks set to start December on high note as bitcoin hits near 19-month high
(Reuters) -Shares of crypto miners and bitcoin-tracking companies rose on Friday as the world's largest cryptocurrency extended a recent rally to touch a near 19-month high on improving risk appetite....
Dec 01, 2023
Japan to stop building unabated coal power plants, PM Kishida tells COP28
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will stop building new coal power plants that do not have emission reduction measures in place, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Friday. "...
Dec 01, 2023
Banks get carbon emissions standard they sought for stock, bond deals
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) -Banks will need to account for a third of the emissions linked to their capital markets deals when they report their carbon footprint, after an industry-led standard ...
Dec 01, 2023
Canada adds jobs but not enough to change expectations for hold on rates
By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Canadian economy added more jobs than expected in November while the jobless rate ticked slightly higher, data showed on Friday, a result that ...
Dec 01, 2023
Ukraine's ex-president says he was blocked from leaving country
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's ex-President Petro Poroshenko said he had been stopped from leaving the country on Friday morning in what he described as a politically motivated bid to disrupt his work. Po...
Dec 01, 2023
