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Asian economic powers warn of risks from war, monetary policy normalisation
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -East Asian economic leaders warned on Thursday of risks to the region's outlook and pledged to remain committed to market stability and sound fiscal policy. Econo...
May 12, 2022
UN rights chief says many Ukraine abuses may amount to war crimes
GENEVA (Reuters) - The UN Human Rights chief said on Thursday that a thousand bodies had been recovered in the area of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in recent weeks, adding that many of the violations it...
May 12, 2022
Volkswagen's EV business as profitable as combustion engines sooner than planned - CEO
BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen expects its electric vehicle business to be as profitable as its fossil fuel-burning cars sooner than planned, its chief executive Herbert Diess said on Thursday at the c...
May 12, 2022
EXPLAINER- Finland, Sweden on verge of applying to join NATO
STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Sweden to the verge of applying for NATO membership. Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin ...
May 12, 2022
South Korea drafts $46 billion extra budget to help COVID-hit businesses
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea unveiled plans on Thursday to pay more than $20 billion to small businesses and self-employed people to make up for losses due to COVID restrictions. The first supplement...
May 12, 2022
Russia warns West over risk of conflict with NATO
LONDON (Reuters) - One of President Vladimir Putin's closest allies warned the West on Thursday that the increasing military support given to Ukraine by the United States and its allies risked trigger...
May 12, 2022
Indian citizens, students now eligible for booster shot, health min says
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian citizens and students travelling abroad are now eligible to take a booster shot as needed, the country's health minister said on Thursday. "Indian citizens & students travell...
May 12, 2022
Siemens to leave Russia due to Ukraine war, take hefty charge
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Siemens will quit the Russian market due to the war in Ukraine, it said on Thursday, taking a 600 million euro ($630 million) hit to its business during the second qua...
May 12, 2022
More oil, slower demand mean world can weather Russian losses - IEA
LONDON (Reuters) - Lower output from Russia due to the fallout from its invasion of Ukraine will not leave the world short of oil, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday, as supply ram...
May 12, 2022
FACTBOX-Steps in Finnish, Swedish NATO bids
(Reuters) - Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Thursday their country must apply to join the NATO military alliance "without delay", a major policy shift trigger...
May 12, 2022
