Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Global carbon pricing schemes raised $84 billion in 2021 – World Bank
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Countries around the world raised $84 billion last year by charging firms for emitting carbon dioxide, up around 60% from 2020 as prices in many schemes hit recor...
May 24, 2022
Full cost of rebuilding Ukraine impossible to quantify, says German Finance Minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Tuesday it was impossible to say how much it would cost to rebuild Ukraine as long as fighting with Russia continues, amid European...
May 24, 2022
Saudi foreign minister says some progress in talks with Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said on Tuesday that there had been some progress in talks with Iran but "not enough" and that the kingdom's hands remain outstretched to Tehran. Prin...
May 24, 2022
UK PM Johnson did not knowingly lie to parliament about lockdown party -minister
By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) - A British minister defended Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday over photographs of him drinking at a coronavirus lockdown-breaking gather...
May 24, 2022
Global digital tax deal might not be ready until early 2024 – France
PARIS (Reuters) - A global digital tax deal might not be ready until the end 2023 or early 2024, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday, flagging a big delay to the reform's implementa...
May 24, 2022
Soccer-Champions League final ball to be auctioned for UN refugee body
(Reuters) - The ball used in Saturday's Champions League soccer final between Liverpool and Real Madrid will be auctioned after the game with the proceeds going to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), ball ...
May 24, 2022
Insecurity, battle with lawmakers clouding presidency of Ecuador’s Lasso
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso's efforts to combat insecurity and economic problems amid rising violence and fierce legislative opposition are falling sho...
May 24, 2022
At least 11 killed in central Mexico in apparent gangland attack -media
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - More than a dozen gunmen opened fire in two bars and a hotel in the central Mexican city of Celaya late on Monday, killing at least 11 people and wounding several more in an ap...
May 24, 2022
After three months underground, Kharkiv residents move as metro reopens
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv restarted its metro service on Tuesday and asked the hundreds of people who had used the underground as a bomb shelter for t...
May 24, 2022
Spain to spend 12.25 billion euros on microchip industry
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government has approved a plan to spend 12.25 billion euros ($13.12 billion) on the semiconductor and micro chip industry by 2027, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Tue...
May 24, 2022
