Author Archives: Syndicated Content
COP28 summit opens with hopes for early deal on climate damage fund
By Kate Abnett, Katy Daigle and Valerie Volcovici BRUSSELS/DUBAI (Reuters) - Countries at the U.N.'s COP28 climate summit opening on Thursday hope to clinch an early deal on a new fund to pay for clim...
Nov 29, 2023
Meta Platforms' paid ad-free service is targeted in EU consumer groups' complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' paid no-ads subscription service, which it rolled out in Europe this month, breaches EU consumer laws, Europe's largest consumer group said on Thur...
Nov 29, 2023
Exclusive-Syrians lead push to create global chemical weapons tribunal
By Stephanie van den Berg, Anthony Deutsch and Maya Gebeily THE HAGUE/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Illegal chemical weapons attacks killed and injured thousands during Syria's civil war, many of them children, ...
Nov 29, 2023
Factbox-What is Japan's NISA tax-free investment scheme?
By Brigid Riley and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) - NISA, or the Nippon Individual Savings Account, is a Japanese government tax-free stock investment programme for individuals which is set for a big o...
Nov 29, 2023
Hamas says it agrees to extend truce with Israel
(Reuters) - The Hamas militant group said on Thursday it had agreed to extend a truce with Israel in Gaza for a seventh day. Israel's military said earlier the truce with Hamas will be extended to all...
Nov 29, 2023
Analysis-Kishida's NISA bet is paying off, just not for Japanese stocks
By Junko Fujita and Brigid Riley TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's big tax break to incentivise its citizens to funnel some of the trillions of yen held in cash into stock market investments and boost the eco...
Nov 29, 2023
Israeli military says Gaza truce will continue
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Thursday that a truce with Hamas will continue "in light of the mediators' efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages, and subject to the ter...
Nov 29, 2023
Resources exporter Australia highlights climate credentials ahead of COP28
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is within "striking distance" of its U.N. emissions reduction goals thanks to a raft of new decarbonisation policies, energy minister Chris Bowen said on ...
Nov 29, 2023
Indonesia approves 20% rise in defence budget by 2024
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's outgoing president has approved a 20% hike in defence spending through the end of next year, to upgrade the country's military hardware in response to geopolitical deve...
Nov 29, 2023
India's Tata Technologies soars 140% in pre-open debut trade
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of India's Tata Technologies surged 140% in their trading debut on Thursday, valuing the company at 486.80 billion rupees ($5.84 billion). The stock debuted at 1,200 rupee...
Nov 29, 2023
