Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sri Lankan prime minister resigns after Dissanayake's presidential win
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has resigned, he said on Monday, a day after Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a pr...
Sep 23, 2024
Austria election brings into focus Russian gas habit and a sputtering economy
By Louis van Boxel-Woolf VIENNA (Reuters) - The government that takes power in Austria after next Sunday's general election will face growing pressure to diversify its energy supply away from dependen...
Sep 23, 2024
Factbox-Austrian political parties' plans for the economy
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria holds a general election on Sunday with the next government facing an economy poised to contract for a second year running, and inflation that has outstripped the EU average...
Sep 23, 2024
Israeli military says it is striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military conducted another round of extensive strikes against targets of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon on Monday, and suggested a ground incursion m...
Sep 23, 2024
Analysis-Ukraine's Zelenskiy heads to US with 'victory plan' at perilous moment
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy travels to the United States to set out a "victory plan" to his closest ally this week, in an urgent attempt to influence White House po...
Sep 23, 2024
Pope audiences canceled on Monday due to mild flu, ahead of trip this week
MILAN (Reuters) - Pope Francis' audiences on Monday are canceled due to a mild flu, as a precautionary measure, ahead of a trip this week, the Vatican said in a statement. (Reporting by Cristina Carle...
Sep 23, 2024
Flooding in Poland makes changes to 2024 budget more likely, says minister
WARSAW (Reuters) - Devastating floods in Poland have increased the probability of changes to the 2024 budget and decisions could be made by the government within two weeks, Finance Minister Andrzej Do...
Sep 23, 2024
Thailand to postpone October 1 minimum wage hike, official says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will postpone a hike in the minimum wage to 400 baht ($12.15) per day scheduled for October 1 by about two weeks due to a lack of a quorum at meetings of the committee wor...
Sep 23, 2024
South Africa seeks to reform faltering Black empowerment system
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The head of South Africa's flagship Black economic empowerment programme plans to introduce additional incentives and potential fines to improve corporate participation and cu...
Sep 23, 2024
Factbox-The racial divide in South Africa's economy
By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa's economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate on the extent to which its flagship ...
Sep 23, 2024
