Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German producer prices post smallest increase in two years
BERLIN (Reuters) - German producer prices posted their slowest annual increase in two years in April, according to data released on Friday, in a tentative sign that inflation may ease further in Europ...
May 19, 2023
Russia strikes Zelenskiy’s hometown, woman badly wounded – Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) - Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Ukraine early on Friday, setting ablaze several buildings in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown and seri...
May 19, 2023
As world leaders meet, Ukraine urges allies to be bolder on Russia sanctions
By Matthias Williams, Olena Harmash and John O'Donnell LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine wants its allies to be bolder in imposing sanctions on Russia, including by targeting banks that provide financia...
May 19, 2023
Russian billionaires bid for stake in Yandex’s local assets -Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - Technology company Yandex has received bids from Russian billionaires for a stake of about half of the company's local business, valuing it at over $7 billion, Bloomberg News reported on F...
May 19, 2023
Factbox-Parametric insurance policies help cushion climate impacts
By Gloria Dickie and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - The damage wrought by climate change has spurred countries and communities across the developing world to look at using so-called 'parametric' insu...
May 19, 2023
Wildfire ravages 3,700 acres in western Spain, 550 people evacuated
MADRID (Reuters) - A wildfire in the western Spanish region of Extremadura has ravaged up to 3,700 acres and forced 550 people from their homes with windy weather complicating efforts to bring it unde...
May 19, 2023
BOJ’s Ueda vows to maintain easy policy given economic uncertainty
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank is unwavering in its stance of patiently maintaining ultra-loose monetary policy given "extrem...
May 19, 2023
Heat insurance offers climate change lifeline to poor workers
By Gloria Dickie, Simon Jessop and Shivam Patel AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - A bright sun beat down on the sprawling Indian market where Kamlaben Ashokbhai Patni sat worrying about the brass jewellery...
May 19, 2023
South Korea’s Yoon to meet Hiroshima survivors for the first time
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to meet some South Korean survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on the sidelines of a G7 summit, his of...
May 19, 2023
Dutch foreign minister will visit China on May 23-24- China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra will visit China on May 23-24, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. Last Thursday, Hoekstra had said during a parliament debate that h...
May 19, 2023
