Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Putin: Russia expanding economic ties with CIS despite Western sanctions
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia was expanding its economic ties with countries of the former Soviet Union in spite of Western sanctions against Moscow. Putin...
Oct 13, 2023
World Bank's Banga eyes longer, cheaper loans as mission expands to climate
By David Lawder MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) - World Bank president Ajay Banga on Friday laid out ambitious plans to widen the development lender's mission to include climate change and other global c...
Oct 13, 2023
Malaysia announces smaller budget, eyes subsidy cuts to narrow deficit
By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia on Friday unveiled a tighter budget for 2024, focusing on subsidy rationalisation to strengthen its fiscal position, as an economic slowdown puts a st...
Oct 13, 2023
One killed, 13 hurt in Russian strike on Ukraine's Pokrovsk - Kyiv
KYIV (Reuters) - One person was killed and 13 wounded in a Russian attack on the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Friday, Ukrainian officials said. The emergency services s...
Oct 13, 2023
Country Garden founding family provides $300 million loan, selling jet - report
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The founding family of Country Garden recently loaned the embattled Chinese property developer $300 million interest free, and the family was also trying to sell its private jet,...
Oct 13, 2023
Pakistan set to meet some key targets set by IMF - central bank chief
KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's central bank has met an end-September deadline for a forward book target of $4.2 billion agreed with the IMF, and is comfortably placed to meet others on net i...
Oct 13, 2023
Inflation has peaked in Germany - Bundesbank's Nagel
MARRAKESH (Reuters) - Inflation in Germany is on a downward trajectory, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Friday on the sidelines of an International Monetary Fund meeting in Marrakesh. "It s...
Oct 13, 2023
Israeli embassy staffer assaulted in Beijing - Israel Foreign Ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - A staffer at the Israeli embassy in Beijing was assaulted on Friday, Israel's foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that the person was in a stable condition and is being tr...
Oct 13, 2023
Exclusive-Star Chinese fund manager Wang detained and under investigation -sources
(Reuters) -Wang Yawei, a star fund manager in China, has been detained by authorities since August and is under investigation, according to three sources with knowledge of the matter. The 52-year-old ...
Oct 13, 2023
German economy expected to shrink slightly in Q3 - econ ministry
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy is seen as shrinking slightly in the third quarter as the global economic slowdown, money tightening and energy prices slow its expected recovery, the economy mini...
Oct 13, 2023
