Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Asylum applications in EU last year up a third from 2020
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union received 648,000 applications last year for international protection, a third more than in 2020, its asylum agency EUAA said on Tuesday, with Syrians and Afghan...
Jun 28, 2022
Russia says missile hit on weapons depot in Kremenchuk caused fire at shopping center
LONDON (Reuters) -Russia's defence ministry on Tuesday said it fired missiles against a weapons depot in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk, with the subsequent explosion of ammunition triggering a fire...
Jun 28, 2022
ECB will keep countries on straight and narrow even if it buys more bonds
SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's upcoming bond-buying programme will rein in rising borrowing costs for vulnerable euro zone countries while keeping the pressure on their gover...
Jun 28, 2022
Renault teams up with Atos on data gathering, which Renault hopes will cut costs
PARIS (Reuters) - French carmaker Renault is teaming up with software company Atos, the companies said on Tuesday, to collect and analyse data in a "strategic collaboration" which Renault said would r...
Jun 28, 2022
Ukraine tells NATO it needs powerful missile defence system
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had told NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg by telephone that his country needs missile defence systems to prevent Russian attacks....
Jun 28, 2022
Africa’s dream of feeding China hits hard reality
By Duncan Miriri and Joe Bavier THIKA, Kenya (Reuters) - Watching workers poke avocados from the treetops in an orchard owned by Kenyan agriculture firm Kakuzi, managing director Chris Flowers revels ...
Jun 28, 2022
Buffett’s Berkshire buys more Occidental shares, raises stake to about 16.4%
(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc said on Monday it has purchased another 794,389 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp, giving the conglomerate a nearly 16.4% stake in the Houston, Te...
Jun 28, 2022
OPEC boosts oil income in 2021, well completions drop
By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC's oil revenue surged in 2021 as prices and demand recovered from the worst of the COVID pandemic, while the number of its members' active rigs posted a modest re...
Jun 28, 2022
India’s Zomato sheds nearly $1 billion in valuation over two days after Blinkit deal
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of India's Zomato Ltd fell as much as 8.2% on Tuesday, extending losses for a second straight day as investors questioned the rationale of the company's deal to buy local ...
Jun 28, 2022
Presence of Russia in North Africa is increasing, Spanish Foreign Minister says
MADRID (Reuters) - The presence of Russia in countries of North Africa is increasing, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Tuesday. "There is a growing Russian presence in Africa, in N...
Jun 28, 2022
