Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan protests Chinese navy ship entering Japanese waters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has conveyed "strong concern" and lodged a protest against China after the Chinese Navy entered Japan's waters near Yakushima Island on Thursday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroka...
Jun 08, 2023
About 600 sq km of Ukraine’s Kherson region under water after dam destroyed – governor
KYIV (Reuters) - About 600 square kilometres, or 230 square miles, of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine was under water on Thursday following the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, th...
Jun 08, 2023
European shares open lower on rate jitters; Novartis rises
(Reuters) - European shares opened lower on Thursday as rate-sensitive technology shares slipped on expectations of further interest rate hikes by major central banks, although gains in Swiss healthca...
Jun 08, 2023
Australia’s largest bank blocks payments to some crypto exchanges
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said on Thursday it would block some payments to certain cryptocurrency exchanges as part of a suite of new anti-scam measures ...
Jun 08, 2023
Soccer-Benzema fever hits Jeddah ahead of Al-Ittihad presentation
(Reuters) - Saudi champions Al-Ittihad sold more than 56,000 tickets for Karim Benzema's presentation at Jeddah's King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in only a few hours after sales were announced on We...
Jun 08, 2023
Proposed EU migration deal needs to be improved, German minister says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU countries could reach an agreement on a migration deal on Thursday, but the proposed compromise needs to be improved, Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said before a mee...
Jun 08, 2023
Japan’s Isuzu says it is not planning to relocate factory from Thailand to Indonesia
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese truck maker Isuzu Motors on Thursday said it was not planning to move a factory from Thailand to Indonesia, a day after the Indonesian industry minister said the company wou...
Jun 08, 2023
Meta introduces broadcast tool Channels on WhatsApp
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Thursday introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make the app a "private broadcast messaging product." Users in Colombia and S...
Jun 08, 2023
Blast tears through mosque at funeral of deputy governor in northern Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion took place inside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday during the funeral of the provincial deputy governor who was killed in an attack this week, a provincial o...
Jun 08, 2023
Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter target of EU crypto advertising complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' Instagram, Alphabet's YouTube, TikTok and Twitter could face regulatory action after European consumer group BEUC complained to the European Commis...
Jun 08, 2023
