Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German carmakers challenged over Xinjiang due diligence in rights group complaint
By Victoria Waldersee and Jan Schwartz BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's top carmakers have been accused by a Berlin-based human rights group of not showing they have carried out due diligence to prevent th...
Jun 21, 2023
UN chief deplores 'chronic underfunding' of humanitarian aid
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticised on Wednesday what he called chronic underfunding of aid across the globe despite growing humanitarian needs. "Chronic un...
Jun 21, 2023
Russian ally Belarus starts 'mobilisation exercises'
(Reuters) - Belarus, an ally of Russia in the war with Ukraine, said on Wednesday that its armed forces were beginning 10 days of annual "mobilisation exercises". The Belarus defence ministry said the...
Jun 21, 2023
UK's Sunak announces new war risk insurance framework to boost Ukraine rebuild
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a new framework for war risk insurance on Wednesday, aimed at helping businesses invest in Ukraine. "This is a huge step forward towards...
Jun 21, 2023
Australian lawmaker calls for international probe into PwC govt tax leak
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -The chair of an Australian senate committee looking into PricewaterhouseCoopers' leak of a confidential government tax plan has called for an international investiga...
Jun 21, 2023
UK's stubborn inflation fails to fall, turning up heat on BoE
By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British inflation defied expectations of a slowdown to hold at 8.7% in May, putting yet more pressure on the Bank of England a day before it i...
Jun 21, 2023
Analysis-China to tread warily on easing as concerns over impact on banks mount
By Kevin Yao and Ziyi Tang BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank is likely to cut lending rates further in a bid to revive the economy but reluctance among private firms and households to borrow me...
Jun 21, 2023
Israeli lead producer to use ACE Green emissions-free recycling
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.-based ACE Green Recycling, which has developed a lead battery recycling process with no greenhouse gas emissions, said it will deploy its technology to Israel's Hakurnas Lead W...
Jun 21, 2023
Kaczynski, leader of Polish ruling party, returns to government
WARSAW (Reuters) - The leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, will return to the cabinet as deputy prime minister, the government spokesman said on Wednesday, ahead...
Jun 21, 2023
Pratt & Whitney sees supply chain progress
PARIS (Reuters) - Pratt & Whitney is seeing "solid progress" in the aerospace supply chain after bottlenecks caused by the pandemic, Shane Eddy, president of engine maker Pratt & Whitney, said at the ...
Jun 21, 2023
