Author Archives: Syndicated Content
High energy prices no excuse to slow green transition – IMF committee chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - High energy prices should not be used as an excuse to slow the transition to clean energy sources to fight climate change, Swedish Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson, who head...
Oct 14, 2021
Polish parliament backs building wall on Belarus border
WARSAW (Reuters) - The lower house of the Polish parliament voted on Thursday in favour of a government plan to spend more than 1.6 billion zlotys ($400 million) on building a wall on Poland's border ...
Oct 14, 2021
Exclusive-Macron’s secret campaign team points to conservative battle ahead
By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron is building an election campaign machine stacked with former conservative insiders, because he has realised he ne...
Oct 14, 2021
Baosteel says it will fight Nippon Steel’s patent infringement claim
LONDON (Reuters) - China's Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd (Baosteel) said on Thursday it did not agree with Japanese rival Nippon Steel's claims that it infringed patents. Nippon Steel said on Thursday i...
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. elected back to U.N. Human Rights Council after Trump era
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administr...
Oct 14, 2021
Coding platform GitLab valued at $13.48 billion in strong market debut
(Corrects Reuters Instrument Code in paragraph 1) (Reuters) - GitLab Inc shares opened about 22% above their offer price in their Nasdaq debut on Thursday, giving the software development platform a m...
Oct 14, 2021
France’s Macron scores penalty in charity soccer match
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron scored a penalty goal when he turned out for a team of celebrities in a charity match on Thursday. Macron, playing in midfield and wearing the number...
Oct 14, 2021
Italy’s antitrust approves with conditions Nexi’s merger with SIA
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority said on Thursday it gave its green light to Nexi's planned acquisition of smaller rival SIA but imposed some conditions on the two groups. Last month Ital...
Oct 14, 2021
France’s Axa to invest 1.5 billion euros to fight deforestation
PARIS (Reuters) - French insurer Axa said on Thursday it will invest 1.5 billion euros ($1.74 billion) to support sustainable forest management as part of new commitments to fight deforestation and pr...
Oct 14, 2021
Column-Global economy faces biggest headwind from inflation
By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) - Global inflation is spreading to a wider range of goods and services, as the rapid recovery in spending overwhelms the short-term ability of manufacturers, freight firm...
Oct 14, 2021
