Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ilva steel plant should be closed if it is a health hazard, EU court says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Ilva steel plant in the Italian city of Taranto should be shut down if it poses serious and significant threats to the environment and human health, the European Court of Jus...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
China urges EU to revoke sanctions on Chinese firms over Russian links
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday urged the European Union to revoke sanctions on Chinese companies for what it believes is supporting Russia's war in Ukraine. China always opposes unilateral sanct...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Ukraine urges 'strong' decision from NATO at Washington summit
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine wants to see a "strong" decision taken at the NATO summit in Washington next month as Kyiv tries to advance its strategic goal of joining the military allianc...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Israel supreme court rules religious seminary students must be drafted to military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the government must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students to the conscript military, a decree likely to send shockwaves throug...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 24 in Gaza City, say Gaza officials
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate airstrikes on Gaza City early on Tuesday, health officials said, while tanks deepened their incu...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Decades after war, North Korea still builds borders, draws warning shots
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - Seventy four years after the Korean War began, North Korean troops are building new fortifications, occasionally inviting warning shots from South Korean counterparts...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Hot spell hits summer crops in east Europe, but a relief in northwest
By Sybille de La Hamaide and Michael Hogan PARIS (Reuters) - A heatwave due to spread throughout Europe this week is set to take a heavy toll on summer crops in the southeast but is good news for farm...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Chinese developer Shimao sweetens debt revamp terms ahead of liquidation hearing, sources say
By Xie Yu and Clare Jim HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shimao Group has sweetened its offshore debt restructuring terms to garner support from creditors, said three sources, as the Chinese property developer s...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Veteran BOJ watcher warns Japanese households facing more pain from weak yen
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese households are bearing the brunt of the central bank's snail-pace normalisation of loose monetary policy which is giving investors a perfect excuse to push d...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024
Shareholder support for SoftBank CEO Son's reappointment falls to 79%
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shareholder support for the reappointment of SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has fallen to 79.22% from 95.93% a year ago after proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Se...
Thomson Reuters Jun 25, 2024

