Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pacific leaders delay visit to troubled New Caledonia
(Reuters) - Pacific Islands leaders postponed a visit to French territory New Caledonia to assess civil unrest between indigenous Kanaks and French loyalists, the regional bloc's chairman and Cook Isl...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Malaysia orangutan programme says donations eligible for tax relief
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Donations to a Malaysian orangutan conservation programme will be eligible for tax relief, including on funds that come from palm oil industry players, the overseeing foundati...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Thailand says mpox case recorded in foreigner travelling from Africa
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, a disease control official said on Wedn...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Taliban bars UN human rights special rapporteur from Afghanistan - Tolo News
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban have barred United Nations-appointed special rapporteur Richard Bennett from entering Afghanistan, the administration's spokesperson told local broadcaster Tolo, accusing...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Kursk incursion boosts Ukrainian morale after grim year
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) - For Kyiv-area resident Olha Pavlovska, who huddles with her neighbours every week to discuss the often grim news from the front, Ukraine's shock incursion into Russia...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Stellantis CEO to visit US to create plan to reverse lagging profit, source says
By Giulio Piovaccari, Gilles Guillaume and Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares will visit Detroit this week, where he will seek to develop a strategy to fix the European auto...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
As Democrats gather, investors gauge market impact from a Harris administration
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are grappling with the market implications of a possible Kamala Harris presidential administration, which could pressure corporate profits through hig...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Swiss launch instant payments scheme
ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland has moved closer to a cashless society after it market-launched its instant payment scheme, which allows fund transfers in a matter of seconds, the Swiss National Bank an...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Rupee slips; forward premiums biased higher ahead of US payroll revisions
By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian rupee weakened on Wednesday pressed by importers' dollar bids, while forward premiums nudged up with traders anticipating a sharper rise if revised U.S....
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024
Myanmar households crippled as currency tumbles to record low
(Reuters) - A rapid depreciation of Myanmar's currency is pushing up the prices of essentials, including food and medicine, crippling ordinary households in the Southeast Asian country wrecked by civi...
Thomson Reuters Aug 21, 2024

