Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia lifts restrictions for cargo vessels transiting Kerch Strait
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has lifted restrictions on cargo vessels moving through the Kerch Strait between the Azov and Black seas, the head of the Russia-focused Sovecon consultancy told Reuters on T...
Jul 20, 2023
JPMorgan ups Turkey inflation, growth forecasts after rates decision
LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street bank JPMorgan revised both its growth and inflation outlooks for Turkey upwards after the central bank delivered a smaller-than-expected interest rate hike on Thursday. ...
Jul 20, 2023
South Africa holds key interest rate after 10 hikes
PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's central bank kept its main lending rate unchanged at 8.25% in a decision announced on Thursday. The decision marked a pause in the South African Reserve Bank's tigh...
Jul 20, 2023
US condemns attack in Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, criticizes Iraq security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday strongly condemned the attack on the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad over a planned Koran burning in Stockholm and criticized Iraq's security forces for...
Jul 20, 2023
Kyiv condemns Russian warning against ships travelling to Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's foreign ministry on Thursday condemned a warning by Russia that any ships travelling to Ukrainian Black Sea ports will be seen as possibly carrying military cargoes. "The Mi...
Jul 20, 2023
No technical recession in euro zone as Eurostat revises up Q1 GDP
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone gross domestic product was flat in the first three months of this year against the previous quarter, the EU's statistics agency Eurostat said on Thursday, revising a pre...
Jul 20, 2023
Russia restricts movements of British diplomats in response to ‘hostile actions’
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it was imposing restrictions on British diplomats, requiring them to give five days' notice of any plans to travel beyond a 120-km (75-mile) radius, due to w...
Jul 20, 2023
Sri Lanka parliament OKs bill to boost cenbank independence
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliament on Thursday approved a new law to improve the independence of the country's central bank, the parliament's deputy speaker said, as part ...
Jul 20, 2023
How Chile’s progressive new plan to mine lithium faces Indigenous hurdles
By Alexander Villegas ATACAMA DESERT, Chile - Chile's millennial president, Gabriel Boric, promised to mine differently. He would turn the world's largest copper producer and second largest lithium mi...
Jul 20, 2023
Cerebras Systems signs $100 million AI supercomputer deal with UAE’s G42
By Stephen Nellis and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Cerebras Systems on Thursday said that it has signed an approximately $100 million deal to supply the first of three artificial intelligence (AI) supercomp...
Jul 20, 2023
