Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer-Can ICC’s Philippines drugs war probe make progress if Manila cuts contact?
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said this week he would cut off contact with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it rejected...
Mar 30, 2023
Far-right lawmakers walk out of Zelenskiy speech to Austrian parliament
VIENNA (Reuters) - Lawmakers from the pro-Russia, far-right Freedom Party walked out of the lower house of Austria's parliament on Thursday during a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, ...
Mar 30, 2023
Spain PM urges Asia to open market to Western companies
BOAO, China (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday urged Asian countries to reciprocate and open their markets to Western companies. For bilateral trade to flourish, a regulatory...
Mar 30, 2023
China says Australia-Britain-US nuclear submarine cooperation may spark arms race
BEIJING (Reuters) - Nuclear submarine cooperation between Australia, the United States and Britain may may spark an arms race, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday. "Once 'pandora's box' is o...
Mar 30, 2023
South Sudan president appoints own defence minister, breaching peace deal
By Waakhe Wudu JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has appointed a member of his own party as defence minister, according to a decree read on state media, breaching a peace deal in whi...
Mar 30, 2023
Four bankers who helped Putin’s friend set up Swiss bank account convicted
ZURICH (Reuters) - Four bankers who helped a close friend of Vladimir Putin move millions of francs through Swiss bank accounts have been convicted of lacking diligence in financial transactions. The ...
Mar 30, 2023
Exclusive-Canada’s ATCO gives Mexico troubled pipeline after damage award -sources
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Canada's ATCO Ltd has agreed to transfer ownership to Mexico of an unfinished pipeline bogged down in a dispute with the Mexican state power company, two officia...
Mar 30, 2023
Wall Street Journal reporter in Russia detained on suspicion of spying – Ifax cites FSB
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's FSB security service said on Thursday that a reporter with the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, had been detained in the Urals city of Yekaterinbur...
Mar 30, 2023
BlackRock calls on clients to rethink hedging strategy after UK pension crisis
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock's liability-driven investment business is urging some smaller UK pension fund clients to stop splitting assets across multiple managers, as it tries to cut...
Mar 30, 2023
Spain inflation falls more than expected to 3.3% in March
(Reuters) - Spain's consumer price inflation slowed to 3.3% in March, its weakest annual rate since August 2021 and down from 6.0% in February, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute ...
Mar 30, 2023
