Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pakistan shrugs off concerns over its 2023 external financing needs
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan will manage to raise the roughly $34 billion it expects to need in external financing in the 2023 financial year, the finance minister said on Wednesday, ...
Oct 19, 2022
U.S. awards $2.8 billion for EV battery, grid projects
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The Biden administration will announce on Wednesday it is awarding $2.8 billion in grants for projects to boost U.S. manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries and dom...
Oct 19, 2022
WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health emergency
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared as one. The WHO's emergency committee first made th...
Oct 19, 2022
India regulator fines MakeMyTrip, Oyo for anti-competitive conduct
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined hotel-booking services MakeMyTrip Ltd and Goibibo around $27 million, and IPO-bound hotel chain Oyo $20 million for anti-compe...
Oct 19, 2022
Italy budget watchdog sees GDP shrinking by 0.2% in third quarter
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian economy is set to shrink by 0.2% in the third quarter of the year, the Italian parliament's budget watchdog said on Wednesday, adding it expected growth of 0.3% for 2023. ...
Oct 19, 2022
Israel edges toward air defence assistance for Ukraine
By Emily Rose Jerusalem (Reuters) - Israel offered on Wednesday to help Ukrainians develop alerts for civilians under air attack, signalling a softening in its policy of non-military intervention afte...
Oct 19, 2022
Ukraine discusses energy security after Russian air strikes
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed security at power supply facilities with senior officials on Wednesday following Russian air attacks on his country's energy infrastr...
Oct 19, 2022
One dose of two-dose cholera vaccine enough to fight outbreaks, WHO says
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen for cholera, replacing it with a single dose due to vaccine shortages ...
Oct 19, 2022
Cricket-England’s Topley out of T20 World Cup with ankle injury
(Reuters) - England seamer Reece Topley has been ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia due to ligament damage to his left ankle, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday. The 28-...
Oct 19, 2022
World’s female foreign ministers to meet on Iran, Canada says
(Reuters) - The world's female foreign ministers will discuss ongoing protests in Iran during a virtual meeting this week hosted by Canada, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mlanie Joly said in a s...
Oct 19, 2022
