Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Guinean student cycles across Africa for place at top Islamic university
By Mahamat Ramadane and Dina Sakr CAIRO/N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Mamadou Safaiou Barry was determined to study Islamic theology at an elite school. Unable to afford a flight to Egpyt from Guinea, he drew...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
New York remains top financial centre, London clings to second place - survey
LONDON (Reuters) - New York has easily remained the world's top financial centre with London still second and gaining some ground, but also facing a tougher fight with Singapore and Hong Kong, the Glo...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
Start-up Atlas raises $27 million for new nickel technology for EV batteries
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) - Atlas Materials, which has developed a new technology to process low-grade nickel that can be used for electric vehicle batteries, has raised $27 million ahead of bui...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
Swiss glaciers lose 10% of volume in worst two years on record
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's glaciers suffered their second worst melt rate this year after record 2022 losses, shrinking their overall volume by 10% in the...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
China's Dalian Wanda in talks to avert $4 billion IPO repayment -Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - China's Dalian Wanda Group has started negotiations on a proposal that would allow the conglomerate to avoid repaying about 30 billion yuan ($4.11 billion) to investors in its shopping mal...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
Japan's moon transportation startup ispace delays NASA-partnered mission to 2026
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's moon transportation startup ispace inc said on Thursday it would postpone a future lunar landing mission by a year to 2026 to reexamine a payload commissioned by U.S. NASA, c...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
Games-Russia Olympic boss says Asian Games exclusion 'unacceptable'
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic chief has criticised Asian Games organisers for rowing back on a decision to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete at the multi-sport event in ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
Ryanair to cancel flights due to Boeing delivery delays
(Reuters) -Ryanair on Thursday announced a number of cuts to its winter schedule due to delays in the delivery of Boeing aircraft, but Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers said its full-year ...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024 - Nagorno-Karabakh authorities
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The president of Armenia's self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Samvel Shahramanyan, has signed a decree to dissolve all state institutions from January 1, 2024, Karabakh Armeni...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
OpenAI, Jony Ive in talks to raise $1 billion from SoftBank for AI device venture - FT
(Reuters) - OpenAI is in advanced talks with former Apple designer Jony Ive and SoftBank's Masayoshi Son to build the "iPhone of artificial intelligence", fuelled by more than $1 billion in funding fr...
Thomson Reuters Sep 28, 2023
