Italy wrestles with antitrust loophole that could save Amazon a packet
By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s competition watchdog AGCM is trying to close a legal loophole that has allowed…
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Mexico suspends some migrant detention centers pending watchdog review
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s migration institute (INM) on Wednesday said it will suspend operations at 33 migrant detention centers…
Exclusive-Pakistan point-of-sale payments slump after protest violence
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Point-of-sale transactions routed through Pakistan’s main digital payment systems fell by around 50% the…
Pope urges countries to manage migrant waves, expand legal channels
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis appealed to countries on Thursday to manage waves of migrants as…
Number of internally displaced people hits record due to war, climate change
GENEVA (Reuters) – The number of internally displaced people (IDPs) reached a record 71.1 million worldwide last year due to…
Marketmind: Disinflation cheer, debt cap fear
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Investor relief that ongoing U.S. disinflation…
EU lawmakers’ committees agree tougher draft AI rules
By Foo Yun Chee, Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) -European lawmakers came a step closer to passing new rules…
Norway government ups spending by $5.3 billion due to inflation, Ukraine aid
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s centre-left government said on Thursday it plans to spend an extra 56 billion Norwegian crowns ($5.3 billion)…
Yellen says G7 members looking at how to counter China’s ‘economic coercion’
By Andrea Shalal NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday said many members of the Group…
Brazil’s Haddad raises concerns about economic situation, drought in Argentina
By Andrea Shalal NIIGATA, Japan (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad expressed serious concerns on Thursday that Argentina’s economic…