Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US menus change as Trump's tariffs hit wine prices
By Emma Rumney and Waylon Cunningham LONDON/NEW YORK, March 30 (Reuters) - Certain champagne and cremant brands that were once wine menu staples are on the chopping block at restaurants and bars owned...
Mar 30, 2026
BOJ highlights inflationary pressure from oil, weak yen
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, March 30 (Reuters) - Japan's underlying inflation rate may face stronger upward pressure from rising oil prices and the yen's declines than in the past as firms have become more...
Mar 30, 2026
Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ says
March 30 (Reuters) - A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Vanuatu Islands on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)said. The U.S. Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami thre...
Mar 30, 2026
Israeli fire kills four in Gaza and the West Bank, medics say
CAIRO/RAMALLAH, The West Bank, March 30 (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed at least three people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, local health officials said, in the latest round of violence since a...
Mar 30, 2026
Iran war forces Asian economies to confront sliding currencies and surging oil
By Ankur Banerjee and Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, March 30 (Reuters) - Policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region are facing their toughest test since the COVID-19 pandemic, with few easy options, as they r...
Mar 30, 2026
Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran war, defence minister says
MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Mar...
Mar 30, 2026
UK mortgage approvals rise by most since November, Bank of England says
By Suban Abdulla LONDON, March 30 (Reuters) - British lenders last month approved the most mortgages in three months and consumer credit grew at the fastest pace in nearly two years, Bank of England d...
Mar 30, 2026
German state inflation points to national uptick as Iran war heats up
BERLIN, March 30 (Reuters) - Inflation rose to at least 2.5% in four German states in March, driven by energy price shocks from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, signalling that the national inflation rat...
Mar 30, 2026
Taiwan probes 11 Chinese firms for illegal poaching of tech talent
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, March 30 (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Monday 11 Chinese firms are being investigated for alleged illegal poaching of semiconductor and other hightech talent, stepping up efforts t...
Mar 30, 2026
WTO suffers fresh blow as reform push hits a wall at Cameroon meeting
By Olivia Le Poidevin YAOUNDE, March 30 (Reuters) - World Trade Organization talks broke up on Monday with no agreement on a plan for reform or even on extending a moratorium on e-commerce, piling mor...
Mar 30, 2026
