Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Shell's third-quarter refining margins drop sharply
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -Shell's refining profit margins dropped sharply in the third quarter from the previous three months as global demand sagged, while oil product trading earnings also wea...
Oct 07, 2024
China likely to launch military drills around Taiwan after president's national speech, sources say
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - China is likely to launch military drills this week near Taiwan, using Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's upcoming national day speech as a pretext to pressure the island ...
Oct 07, 2024
Business climate in German retail clouds over, Ifo says
BERLIN (Reuters) - The business climate in the German retail sector clouded over in September, according to an Ifo survey published on Monday. Retailers assessed their current situation as slightly wo...
Oct 07, 2024
Ukraine repels Russian 'Kinzhal' missile strike on Kyiv during rush hour
KYIV (Reuters) - Missile debris came down in three districts of the Ukrainian capital during rush hour on Monday morning after air defences engaged and repelled a Russian strike, city authorities said...
Oct 07, 2024
Exclusive-India cenbank asks banks to avoid large shorts as rupee nears record low, sources say
By Jaspreet Kalra and Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India has asked state-run and private banks to refrain from betting heavily against the rupee in an effort to support the curre...
Oct 07, 2024
Goldman Sachs lowers odds of US recession to 15% after better-than-expected jobs report
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has lowered the odds of the United States slipping into a recession in the next 12 months by five percentage points to 15%, following the latest employment report that showed...
Oct 07, 2024
Ghana's wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila PRESTEA-HUNI VALLEY, Ghana (Reuters) - At an unlicensed gold mine in Ghana, men in t-shirts, shorts and rubber boots wade through pools of muddy water laced with mercury, ...
Oct 07, 2024
ASEAN must play key role in resolving Myanmar crisis, Thai PM says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Monday the regional bloc ASEAN must play a key role in ending the protracted civil war in Myanmar, ahead of a summit of the...
Oct 07, 2024
Many firms see excessive yen falls as undesirable, says BOJ official
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Many companies in western Japan saw excessive yen declines as undesirable, Kazushige Kamiyama, the Bank of Japan's Osaka branch manager, said on Monday. "Quite a large...
Oct 07, 2024
Nigeria reports 359 cholera deaths in first nine months of year
LAGOS (Reuters) - More than 350 people have died from cholera in Nigeria in the first nine months of this year, a 239% jump from the same period last year, data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Con...
Oct 07, 2024
