IMF official says Sri Lanka reforms critical, evaluating progress
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in Sri Lanka will evaluate progress made on reforms…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy, in Britain, wins pledge of long range drones
By Sachin Ravikumar and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – Britain promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy long-range attack drones when he…
Elon Musk to meet Macron, other leaders at France conference
PARIS (Reuters) -Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will meet French President Emmanuel Macron and other political leaders on Monday at a…
African Devt Bank proposes ‘fast track’ compensation for Zimbabwe white ex-farmers
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – The African Development Bank (AFDB) has developed financial instruments to “fast track and front…
US consumers keep vehicles for a record 12.5 years on average -S&P
By Paul Lienert (Reuters) – Americans in the waning days of the COVID pandemic are keeping their combustion-engine vehicles longer,…
KKR-backed Envision Healthcare files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) -KKR & Co Inc-backed Envision Healthcare Corp and its wholly owned subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on…
Philippine central bank signals pause in tightening cycle as inflation cools
By Neil Jerome Morales and Enrico Dela Cruz CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank could pause interest rate…
In South America’s remote Chaco, deforestation uproots natural rhythms
By Agustin Marcarian GRAN CHACO, Argentina (Reuters) – In the vast Chaco forests of northern Argentina, Noole rests from the…
Novartis names Sandoz board members ahead of spin-off
ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis on Monday named the intended new board members of Sandoz, the generics business it plans to…
Global equity funds see 4th week of outflows on slowdown worries
(This May 12 story has been corrected to change the inflation-linked bonds’ outflows to $125.3 million from $268 billion in…