Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. broadens restrictions on Belarus national airline after violations
By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday broadened export controls against Belarus's national airline, Belavia, for providing flights on Boeing aircraft in vio...
Jun 16, 2022
Zimbabwe nurses to start strike on Monday over pay
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean nurses unions said on Thursday their members would strike next week to protest at poor salaries and working conditions, the second walk-out by nurses since the COVID-19 p...
Jun 16, 2022
Porsche agrees to pay $80 million to resolve fuel economy claims on 500,000 U.S. vehicles
(Reuters) - Volkswagen AG and its Porsche AG unit have agreed to a class-action settlement worth at least $80 million to resolve claims it skewed emissions and fuel economy data on 500,000 Porsche veh...
Jun 16, 2022
Euro zone ministers urge to cut deficits, debts amid ‘not easy times’
By Francesco Guarascio LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers urged a return to budget discipline on Thursday to help the European Central Bank fight the risks of a new debt crisis in the ...
Jun 16, 2022
Italy wants to see Ukraine as part of EU, Draghi says in Kyiv
KYIV (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday the main message of his talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the leaders of France and Germany was that ...
Jun 16, 2022
U.S. targets Chinese, Emirati firms for Iran petrochemical sales
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Chinese and Emirati companies and a network of Iranian firms that help export Iran's petrochemicals, a step likely aimed at ra...
Jun 16, 2022
Brussels Airlines set for strike during EU summit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pilot and cabin crew unions of Brussels Airlines plan to strike on June 23-25, coinciding with a summit of European Union leaders in the Belgian capital next Thursday and Friday. ...
Jun 16, 2022
C$ falls as global central bank tightening spooks investors
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as oil prices fell and interest rate hikes by central banks around the world added to investor worries that ti...
Jun 16, 2022
Italy’s borrowing costs unjustifiably high: ECB’s Visco
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's borrowing costs are unreasonably high so European Central Bank support to temper yields on the bloc's periphery is fully justified, Italian central bank chief Ignazio Visco s...
Jun 16, 2022
WTO provisionally agrees to extend e-commerce tariff moratorium – sources
GENEVA (Reuters) - WTO members reached a provisional deal on Thursday to extend a moratorium on applying duties to e-commerce until the next ministerial meeting, likely to be in 2023, trade sources in...
Jun 16, 2022
