Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Number of child asylum seekers in EU soared in 2021, with many from Afghanistan
(Reuters) - The number of unaccompanied children who sought asylum in the European Union in 2021 jumped by 72% as the number of refugees arriving from Afghanistan rose sharply, the bloc's statistics o...
May 04, 2022
Google picks former Modi think-tank official as India policy head -source
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has hired a new public policy head in India, Archana Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal think-tank and ...
May 04, 2022
Lacklustre earnings, Fed nerves weigh on European shares
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -European stocks slipped on Wednesday, dented by disappointing earnings and nerves ahead of a policy decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which is expected to hike rates b...
May 04, 2022
Allianz CEO wants to resolve fund debacle soon
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Allianz wants to resolve investigations into its Structured Alpha investment funds soon, Chief Executive Oliver Baete told shareholders on Wednesday. The demise of the funds has ...
May 04, 2022
Canada's trade surplus narrows as imports, exports hit record highs
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's trade surplus with the world narrowed to C$2.49 billion in March from February, missing analyst expectations, as both imports and exports surged to record h...
May 04, 2022
Dominican diplomat freed four days after Haiti kidnap
(Reuters) - A Dominican diplomat was kidnapped in Haiti and released after four days, the Dominican Republic's foreign minister said on Monday, in an abduction that coincides with a spike in gang viol...
May 04, 2022
Myanmar Supreme Court 'summarily dismisses' Suu Kyi appeal -source
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar on Wednesday struck down an appeal from deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi against a five-year jail sentence she was handed last week on corruption...
May 04, 2022
Keeping any NATO ratification period short is key to Finland, says PM
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Finland, which is considering whether to apply for membership to the NATO alliance, said that keeping any transition period as short as possible would be important for its secur...
May 04, 2022
Robust imports push U.S. trade deficit to record high in March
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit surged to a record high in March, confirming that trade weighed on the economy in the first quarter and could remain a drag for a while as businesses repl...
May 04, 2022
Analysis-Barely visible wage growth already a trigger for ECB
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Wage growth in Europe is still barely visible but underlying pressures are intense and the European Central Bank may already have left it too late to stop stron...
May 04, 2022
