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President Biden and first lady to visit Children’s National Hospital on Friday
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit the Children's National Hospital in Washington on Friday to meet with pediatric patients, their fami...
Dec 23, 2022
Google to appeal India antitrust ruling on Android
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google said on Friday it will appeal the Indian antitrust watchdog's ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform and imposed a fi...
Dec 23, 2022
Japan lawmaker says TSMC is considering second plant in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - A senior Japanese lawmaker said on Friday that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest contract chip maker, is considering building a second plant in Japan in addi...
Dec 23, 2022
Italy business and consumer morale rises in December, but manufacturers more downbeat
ROME, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Morale amongst Italian businesses and consumers rose in December, data showed on Friday, although the manufacturing sector was more downbeat. National statistics institute IST...
Dec 23, 2022
Christmas gifts come by boat to isolated Romanian Danube Delta villages
C.A. ROSETTI, Romania (Reuters) - For the elderly living in remote villages in the Danube Delta, one of the world's largest wetlands, winter is a time of isolation. This year, they are also struggling...
Dec 23, 2022
Dutch pension giant ABP to overhaul portfolio in sustainability drive
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ABP, the largest Dutch pension fund with around 500 billion euros ($530 billion) in assets, expects to cut a large number of companies from its portfolio as it aims to limit inve...
Dec 23, 2022
Thai power price hike to hurt business, competitiveness – business group
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's decision to hike electricity prices by 20% in early 2023 will push up inflation and undermine the country's competitiveness as the economy recovers gradually from the pa...
Dec 23, 2022
European shares flat as health stocks’ gain offset luxury, tech drag
(Reuters) - European shares were flat on Friday, with the weakness in some luxury firms and tech stocks offset by gains in healthcare companies. The region-wide STOXX 600 was off 0.03% at 0810 GMT, bu...
Dec 23, 2022
Japan unveils record budget in boost to military capacity
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan unveiled on Friday a record 114.4 trillion yen ($863 billion) budget for the next fiscal year from April, pushed up by increased military spending and higher social security co...
Dec 23, 2022
Spain Q3 GDP expands 0.1% q/q, 4.4% y/y, INE final data shows
(Reuters) - The Spanish economy expanded 0.1% in the third quarter, slowing from a 1.5% growth rate in the previous three-month period, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday. The GDP ...
Dec 23, 2022
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