Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Conflict, high borrowing costs clip growth in EBRD regions, report says
By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) - Two wars and high borrowing costs have trimmed expected growth in countries covered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the bank said in ...
May 15, 2024
Taiwan drag queens bring their glamour to presidential office celebrating RuPaul win
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month's win on RuPaul's Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan's presidential office on W...
May 15, 2024
Indonesia set to ratify changes to controversial top court
By Kate Lamb and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is set to pass a revision to its constitutional court law, legislators have confirmed, ushering in changes that legal experts say will thr...
May 15, 2024
China considers local government purchases of unsold homes, Bloomberg News says
(Reuters) -China is considering a plan for local governments nationwide to buy millions of unsold homes, Bloomberg News said on Wednesday, after a meeting of leaders of the ruling Communist Party call...
May 15, 2024
New Caledonia riots rage on after Paris approves voting change
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Gunshots could be heard and schools remained shut in New Caledonia's capital Noumea on Wednesday morning after a night of rioting despite a curfew, as France's Nat...
May 15, 2024
Basketball-Clark ready to shake off disappointing debut defeat
By Amy Tennery UNCASVILLE, Connecticut (Reuters) - Caitlin Clark is ready to put her WNBA debut in the rear view mirror, after an uneasy start saw the Connecticut Sun wallop her Indiana Fever on the r...
May 15, 2024
Dutch nationalist Wilders says deal on right-wing government is very close
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders said on Wednesday he was very close to an agreement with his prospective right-wing government partners, almost six months after his election vict...
May 15, 2024
Indonesia records $3.56 billion trade surplus in April, above forecast
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia booked a slightly bigger than expected trade surplus in April of $3.56 billion, as the country saw smaller-than-estimated imports, data from the statistics bureau showed ...
May 15, 2024
Indonesia searches for 35 still missing in deadly Sumatra floods
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The search for 35 people who are still missing from flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province continued on Wednesday, authorities said, as the death toll fro...
May 15, 2024
Kenya Red Cross says responding to landslide in area in centre of country
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya Red Cross said personnel are responding to a landslide that left several people unaccounted for in a region in the central part of the country where there has been heavy rain...
May 15, 2024
