Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox-What South Korea has done and could do to defend won
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has issued warnings and made various efforts to prop up the won, one of the world's worst performing major currencies this year. The won, near its lowest level since Marc...
Sep 30, 2022
Drought-diminished French maize harvest at halfway stage
PARIS (Reuters) - French farmers had gathered 51% of this year's grain maize crop by Sept. 26, farm office FranceAgriMer said on Friday, as growers pursued an earlier than usual harvest expected to yi...
Sep 30, 2022
Cubans in Havana bang pots and protest days-long blackout after Ian
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans took to the streets on Thursday night to bang pots and protest across several neighborhoods in the capital Havana as the country entered its third day of bla...
Sep 30, 2022
UK mortgage approvals jump unexpectedly in August: BoE data
LONDON (Reuters) - British lenders approved many more mortgages than expected in August, Bank of England data showed on Friday. Mortgage approvals rose to 74,340 last month, up from 63,740 in July and...
Sep 30, 2022
Hong Kong retail sales slip 0.1% in August
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's August retail sales slid 0.1% from a year earlier amid a high base of comparison, government data showed on Friday. Sales decreased to HK$28.6 billion ($3.64 billion)...
Sep 30, 2022
Thai court rules PM Prayuth has not exceeded 8-year limit in office
By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Constitutional Court on Friday ruled Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha had not exceeded the maximum eight years allowed in off...
Sep 30, 2022
Uyghur leader urges Japan to join call for UN debate on alleged abuses in China
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan needs to do more than make an "empty promise" to stop human rights abuses in China, the leader of the largest ethnic Uyghur group in exile said in Tokyo on Frida...
Sep 30, 2022
Indonesian navy denies it requested payments to release ships
By Stanley Widianto and Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian navy hasn't requested or received money to release detained vessels or ship captains, a senior naval officer said, respon...
Sep 30, 2022
UK retailer Currys raises staff pay for third time in 13 months
LONDON (Reuters) - British electricals retailer Currys said on Friday it was raising hourly pay rates for a third time in 13 months as competition heats up to attract and retain staff in a tight labou...
Sep 30, 2022
Bulgaria’s central bank raises capital buffer as loan risk remains high
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian banks will have to accumulate more capital in 2023 to counter a build-up of systemic risks linked to persistently high levels of borrowing and increased economic uncertaint...
Sep 30, 2022
