Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Switzerland's Social Democrats propose shrinking UBS - Aargauer Zeitung
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's Social Democratic Party has drawn up a proposal to shrink UBS assets after its takeover of Credit Suisse, the Aargauer Zeitung newspaper reported. The combined bank wi...
May 30, 2023
South Korea, Australia agree to step up defence cooperation
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and Australia's defence chiefs agreed on Tuesday to step up defence cooperation, South Korea's defence ministry said. Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup met his Austral...
May 30, 2023
EU, US to weigh China, AI, trade strains at high-level Sweden talks
By Philip Blenkinsop LULEA, Sweden (Reuters) - Top U.S. and European Union officials meet in Sweden on Tuesday to weigh how best to deal with China and cooperate on artificial intelligence and other f...
May 30, 2023
Japan lower court rules that not allowing same-sex marriage is unconstitutional
TOKYO (Reuters) - A lower court in Japan on Tuesday ruled that not allowing same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, a large symbolic step towards marriage equality in the only Group of Seven nation wi...
May 30, 2023
Exclusive-Vietnam eyes multi-million-dollar handouts to Samsung, others to offset global tax -source
By Francesco Guarascio and Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - Samsung and other foreign companies are pushing Vietnam to introduce a multi-million-dollar reform that would compensate them for higher levies th...
May 30, 2023
Populist premier Danielle Smith overcomes gaffes to win close-fought Alberta election
By Sam Jabri-Pickett and Nia Williams (Reuters) - United Conservative Party (UCP) leader Danielle Smith's election victory in Canada's main oil-producing province Alberta on Monday is likely to herald...
May 30, 2023
Vietnam capital dims street lights to save energy during heat wave
By Thinh Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Authorities in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi are turning off street lights to keep the national power system running amid record temperatures bringing a surge in demand ...
May 30, 2023
Binance Australia customers seen selling bitcoin at discount to rival exchanges
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin prices on the Australian arm of Binance, the world's largest crypto-currency exchange, were almost A$9,000 lower than prices on rival exchanges on Tuesday, in a sign cust...
May 29, 2023
Drones hit buildings in Moscow, several downed on approach to capital - officials
(Reuters) -Drones hit several buildings in Moscow causing "minor" damage and no serious injuries, with air defence systems also destroying several drones on their approach to the Russian capital, Russ...
May 29, 2023
Marketmind: Too soon to drink to the US debt deal
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan U.S. and UK markets return from their long weekend on Tuesday with a touch of ambivalence, happy that the weekend resulted...
May 29, 2023
