Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Sister of Belarus protest leader Maria Kalesnikava says she's starving in prison
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) - When Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko used the full force of his security apparatus to smash mass demonstrations in 2020, Maria Kalesnikava became a symbol o...
Sep 13, 2024
China's top health body urges marriage, childbirth at 'appropriate ages'
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's National Health Commission will focus more efforts on advocating marriage and childbirth at "appropriate ages", an official said, as authorities struggle ...
Sep 13, 2024
Hungary's Orban says EU must pay for Hungary's border protection costs
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The European Commission must reimburse Hungary's huge costs of protecting the European Union's external border from illegal migration, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio...
Sep 13, 2024
Putin ally accuses NATO of already being party to Ukraine war
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The chairman of Russia's State Duma, the lower house of parliament, on Friday accused NATO of being a party to military action in Ukraine, suggesting it was already heavily involved...
Sep 13, 2024
China's legislature approves draft proposal to raise retirement age
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's top legislative body has approved a draft proposal to raise the retirement age in the country, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday, accelerating a move towards...
Sep 13, 2024
As storm Bebinca approaches, Taiwan uses AI to predict typhoon paths
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so fa...
Sep 13, 2024
Indonesia to cut subsidised fuel sales to limit pollution, official says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to upgrade the quality of subsidised and polluting fuels, while also selling them to fewer vehicles, in a bid to improve the air quality in the capital Jakarta and ...
Sep 13, 2024
Strong case for 50 bp Fed cut, says former NY Fed chief Dudley
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Former New York Federal Reserve President Bill Dudley said there was a strong case for a 50 basis point interest rate cut in the United States. "I think there's a strong case for...
Sep 13, 2024
Japan's Mitsubishi to buy stake, offtake ammonia from ExxonMobil in Texas
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese trading house Mitsubishi said on Friday it has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a stake in and offtake low-carbon ammonia from ExxonMobil's hydrogen facility in Texas....
Sep 13, 2024
Japan August inflation seen accelerating, boosting case for BOJ rate hike - Reuters poll
By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's consumer inflation rate likely picked up for the fourth straight month in August, a Reuters poll of 20 economists showed, tracking comfortably above the c...
Sep 13, 2024
