Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK firms report slide in activity due to Iran war and political turmoil
By William Schomberg LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - British companies are suffering their most widespread drop in activity in over a year due to the economic fallout from the Iran war and political uncert...
May 21, 2026
Johnson & Johnson says nipocalimab approved in China
SHANGHAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson's nipocalimab treatment for a type of muscle-weakening disorder received approval from China's National Medical Products Administration, the U.S. drugmak...
May 21, 2026
Ukraine must be precise with drones, Polish minister says
WARSAW, May 21 (Reuters) - Ukraine must be very precise when using drones to avoid Russia interfering with their flight path, the Polish defence minister said on Thursday, after a series of airspace v...
May 21, 2026
Euro zone current account surplus narrows in March on trade surplus drop
FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters) - The euro zone's combined current account surplus narrowed sharply in March on a big drop in the trade surplus, likely caused by higher energy costs, data from the Europea...
May 21, 2026
Europe's economy hit hard as energy price shock stifles demand
By Jonathan Cable LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Economic activity in the euro zone shrank at its sharpest rate in more than two-and-a-half years in May as a war-driven surge in living costs hammered dema...
May 21, 2026
Syria's Sharaa to attend G7 summit in France, sources say
By Feras Dalatey May 21 (Reuters) - Syria will attend the G7 summit in France next month as a guest nation and be represented by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, three sources familiar with the matter said,...
May 21, 2026
Russia says Zelenskiy wants to escalate Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a regular breifing on Thursday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was pursuing escalation of the confl...
May 21, 2026
Record 274 climbers scale Mount Everest in a single day from Nepali side
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, May 21 (Reuters) - A record number of 274 climbers scaled Mount Everest on Wednesday, a hiking official said, the highest number ever to reach the world's tallest peak on th...
May 21, 2026
German private sector contracts for second month running, PMI shows
By Maria Martinez BERLIN, May 21 (Reuters) - Germany's private sector activity contracted for a second consecutive month in May as the Iran war put the brakes on the country's economic recovery, hitti...
May 21, 2026
Iran rebuilding military industrial base faster than expected, CNN reports
May 21 (Reuters) - Iran has already restarted some of its drone production during the six-week ceasefire that began in early April, CNN reported on Thursday, citing two sources familiar with U.S. inte...
May 21, 2026
