Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU should loosen green tech state aid rules - von der Leyen
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed to EU leaders on Wednesday a loosening of state aid rules in renewable energy and clean-tech as a ...
Dec 14, 2022
Africa's food crisis is the biggest yet – five reasons why
By Joe Bavier, Abdi Sheikh, Aditi Bhandari and Michael Ovaska MOGADISHU (Reuters) - In October, Nadifa Abdi Isak brought her malnourished daughters to hospital in Mogadishu. That day, a nurse said, 42...
Dec 14, 2022
Swimming-Intrepid septuagenarians have cold water poured on cross-channel record
LONDON (Reuters) - Six swimmers with a combined age of 449 who completed what they thought a relay record crossing of the English Channel have been denied their moment of glory because of a technicali...
Dec 14, 2022
Exclusive-Sri Lanka expects up to $8 billion more in loans, asset restructuring
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is expecting loans of up to $5 billion next year from multilateral agencies besides a deal with the IMF, the foreign minister told Reuters, adding th...
Dec 14, 2022
Delta expects profit to nearly double next year on 'robust' air travel demand
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc said on Wednesday its profit is expected to nearly double next year, driven by "robust" travel demand and a decline in non-fuel operating ...
Dec 14, 2022
Factbox-China's approved COVID treatments
BEIJING (Reuters) - As China begins dismantling its tough zero-COVID controls, there is strong anecdotal evidence that cases in cities such as Beijing and Chengdu are spiking, boosting demand not only...
Dec 14, 2022
Russia shells regional HQ in Kherson central square, Ukraine says
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces firing multiple rocket launchers hit the regional administration building on the central square of the recently liberated southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Wednesda...
Dec 14, 2022
China plans to expand domestic demand to spur economy - state media
BEIJING (Reuters) -China has set out plans to expand domestic consumption and investment, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, as the economy struggles with COVID and weakening external ...
Dec 14, 2022
Japan plans to introduce carbon levy on fossil fuel importers in FY28/29
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese government on Wednesday proposed to introduce a carbon levy on fossil fuel importers in 2028-29 fiscal year to encourage the companies to curb carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions...
Dec 14, 2022
U.S. citizen freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap - Kyiv
KYIV (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen was among dozens of detainees handed over to Ukraine by Russian forces in a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, the head of Ukraine's presidential administration said Wedne...
Dec 14, 2022
