David Barret

September 29, 2021 By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is in danger of losing momentum as opposition in targeted countries rises and debts mount, paving the way for rival schemes to squeeze Beijing out, a new study showed on Wednesday. President Xi Jinping launched BRI in 2013 to […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – Spain’s inflation surged to a 13-year-high in September as national consumer prices rose 4.0% year-on-year, flash data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday. The highest reading since September 2008, when the rate was 4.5%, was fuelled by energy costs and to a lesser extent by the prices […]

September 29, 2021 By David Kirton ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) – China on Wednesday revealed a drone concept similar in mission – and appearance – to the U.S.-made Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie as countries race to invest in “loyal wingman” drones to help protect pricier crewed fighter jets. The long-range FH-97 drone concept unveiled on Wednesday can […]

September 29, 2021 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi JABER CROSSING, Jordan (Reuters) – Jordan fully reopened its main border crossing with Syria on Wednesday in a boost for their struggling economies following a push by Arab states to reintegrate a country they have shunned during its decade-long civil war. Syria, which blames Western sanctions for its economic […]

September 29, 2021 By David Kirton ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) – China on Wednesday revealed a drone concept similar in mission – and appearance – to the U.S.-made Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie as countries race to invest in “loyal wingman” drones to help protect pricier crewed fighter jets. The long-range FH-97 drone concept unveiled on Wednesday can […]

September 29, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Wednesday threatened to block Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube after Russian state-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channels were deleted a day earlier and said it was weighing possible retaliation against the German media. YouTube said on Tuesday that RT’s channels had breached its COVID misinformation policy, a move Russia’s Foreign […]

September 29, 2021 By Tom Westbrook and Anushka Trivedi SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar stood at its strongest levels of the year on Wednesday, after rising along with U.S. yields on investor concerns that the Federal Reserve will start to withdraw policy support just as global growth slows. The euro fell to $1.1657, its lowest […]

September 29, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it hoped the United States could view bilateral trade properly after the U.S. commerce secretary accused Beijing of preventing its domestic airlines from buying Boeing aircraft. China hopes the United States can follow market principles and work with Beijing, Hua Chunying, spokesperson at […]

September 29, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s cyberspace watchdog and other government bodies will set up governance rules for algorithms in around three years, it said on Wednesday, as Beijing seeks to tighten its grip on the algorithms technology companies use to attract users. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement that algorithms […]

September 29, 2021 TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese prosecutors asked a Tokyo court on Wednesday to send former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly to prison for two years for his alleged part in helping Carlos Ghosn, the carmaker’s ousted CEO, hide earnings. Prosecutors, who are also seeking a 200 million yen fine for the Japanese carmaker, […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – Two of Australia’s “big four” banks are facing a multi-million dollar claim in New Zealand for not refunding more than 150,000 customers the interest and fee charged following an alleged breach in disclosing changes to loan agreements. The class-action lawsuit https://ift.tt/3iglisd said Kiwi units of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and […]

September 29, 2021 By Shivani Singh and David Stanway BEIJING (Reuters) – China is in the grip of a power crunch as coal supply shortages combined with strong power demand from manufacturers, industry and households push coal prices to record highs and trigger widespread curbs on usage. Climate watchers have been at pains to say […]

September 29, 2021 LONDON (Reuters) – Next, one of Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run up to Christmas unless the government relaxes post-Brexit immigration rules to allow more workers into the country. Britain is already facing disruption caused by worker shortages. A dearth of truck […]

September 29, 2021 By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -Air France-KLM aims to decide in the coming months on an order of at least 80 medium-haul jets for its Dutch network and Transavia budget subsidiaries in what would be its biggest fleet transaction ever, its chief executive said. The Franco-Dutch airline launched a tender earlier this […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Wednesday its newly acquired Alexion division will purchase the remaining equity in drugmaker Caelum Biosciences in a deal that could be worth up to $500 million, expanding its access into rare-disease treatments. The Anglo-Swedish drugmaker said it would take forward Caelum’s late-stage trial of a potential medicine […]

September 29, 2021 By David Morgan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans for a second day in a row blocked a bid by President Joe Biden’s Democrats to head off a potentially crippling U.S. credit default, as partisan tensions rattled an economy recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. With federal government funding due to […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – The Taliban on Wednesday warned of consequences if the United States did not stop flying drones over Afghan airspace. “The U.S. has violated all international rights and laws as well as its commitments made to the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, with the operation of these drones in Afghanistan,” the Taliban […]

September 29, 2021 Adam Wainwright earned his 17th victory as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 6-2 on Tuesday night to clinch a berth in the National League wild-card game. Wainwright (17-7) allowed two runs on seven hits in six innings and drove in a run as the Cardinals extended their team-record […]

September 29, 2021 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s currency has lost more than 60% of its value since the beginning of September in a collapse that has driven up food and fuel prices in an economy that has tanked since a military coup eight months ago. “This will rattle the generals as they are quite obsessed with […]

September 29, 2021 A look at the day ahead from Dhara Ranasinghe. From one crisis to another — a looming U.S. government shutdown is adding to markets’ unease, coming as it does amid a hawkish shift by major central banks and signs of strain in China from a power crunch and the problems at property […]