Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Singapore bank DBS deepens focus on booming family office business
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore lender DBS Group is stepping up its focus on the business of family offices, where its assets have surged in the last two years. Southeast Asia's largest bank by assets...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
Thailand's poll body to investigate PM frontrunner Pita
By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjareonrat will be investigated over whether he was qualified to run in last month's...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
Chechen force signs contract with Russia's defence ministry that Wagner's Prigozhin refused
(Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Monday it has signed a contract with the Akhmat group of Chechen special forces, a day after Russia's powerful mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin refused t...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
Volkswagen supervisory board to discuss savings programme on Tuesday
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen's supervisory board will meet on Tuesday to discuss a planned savings programme ahead of its capital markets day on June 21, two sources close to the company said on Mond...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
Iran says prisoner exchange with U.S. could happen soon
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran could exchange prisoners with Washington soon if the U.S. shows goodwill, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said on Monday at his weekly press conference. (Re...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
UAE looks to salty, muddy mangroves in climate change fight
By Abir Ahmar and Amr Alfiky ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Against the heat, urbanisation and sand of the United Arab Emirates, the placid, muddy waterways of the Gulf state's coastal mangroves are being rest...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
TC Energy shuts two compressor stations on NGTL due to Alberta wildfires
(Reuters) - TC Energy said it completed the shutdown of two compressor stations on the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL) System and a gas storage facility on Saturday that were near wildfires in Edson...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
Factbox-Top US-China exchanges since Biden took office
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to arrive in China this month for long-delayed talks aimed at stabilizing tense relations in what will be the first such visit by Washing...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
European shares rise at open, all eyes on central bank meetings
(Reuters) - European shares edged higher on Monday at the start of a week packed with major central bank policy meetings, while shares of Swiss drugmaker Novartis rose after it agreed to buy U.S.-base...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
The global nuclear arsenal grew last year, SIPRI says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The number of operational nuclear weapons rose slightly in 2022 as countries implemented long-term force modernisation and expansion plans, a leading conflict think-tank said on ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 12, 2023
