Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mercedes-Benz firms up plans for 2,500-tonne battery recycling plant
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz AG on Friday firmed up plans to build a battery recycling pilot plant in Germany, part of a trend in which carmakers are trying to cut the use of sc...
Mar 11, 2022
Ukraine says Russian aircraft fired at Belarus from Ukrainian air space
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's air force said on Friday Russian aircraft had fired at a Belarusian settlement near the border with Ukraine from Ukrainian air space to try to drag Belarus into Mos...
Mar 11, 2022
El Salvador says could launch bitcoin sovereign bond between March 15-20
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador is looking for the right timing to launch its bitcoin-backed bond, which could happen between March 15 and 20, the Central American nation's finance minister Aleja...
Mar 11, 2022
U.S. to lift Russia’s ‘most favored nation’ status -Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will revoke Russia's "most favored nation status" over its invasion of Ukraine, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference on Friday. (Re...
Mar 11, 2022
U.S. SEC rejects NYDIG Bitcoin ETF and Global X Bitcoin Trust listing proposals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rejected proposals to list and trade shares of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) NYDIG Bitcoin ETF https://www.sec.gov/rules/sr...
Mar 11, 2022
Baerbock: Germany wants Serbia to become fully fledged EU member
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed Germany's desire for Serbia to become a fully fledged member of the European Union during a visit to Belgrade on Friday. "We want...
Mar 11, 2022
Exclusive-New Islamic State leader is brother of slain caliph Baghdadi – sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The new leader of Islamic State, whose appointment the group announced on Thursday, is the brother of slain former caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to two Iraqi security offi...
Mar 11, 2022
Ukrainian embassy says 86 Turks sheltering in Mariupol mosque
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Ukrainian Embassy in Ankara said on Friday there are 86 Turkish citizens sheltering in a mosque in the besieged southern Ukrainian port of Mairupol, as Russian forces continue...
Mar 11, 2022
Exclusive-Russia’s Surgut works with China to allow oil sales to go on
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Russian producer Surgutneftegaz has allowed Chinese buyers to receive oil without providing guarantees known as letters of credit (LC) in order to bypass Western s...
Mar 11, 2022
Fate of Ukrainians with disabilities a ‘crisis within a crisis’
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - A Ukrainian disability campaigner could barely hold back the tears when she told of a young man with cerebral palsy who she said was killed in a Russian air strik...
Mar 11, 2022
