The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index for March, released on April 3, showed a broader decline in manufacturing activity. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) manufacturing index for March showed a broader slowdown in manufacturing activity. Overstocks, lingering inflation, rising interest rates and cautious business and consumer … Read more
The Russian government may seek damages for the September 2009 explosion of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline linking Russia and Europe. A gas leak from Nord Stream 2 on the Danish island of Bornholm in September last year. MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow may seek damages for the September blast of Nord Stream, a natural … Read more
Osamu Takashima Citigroup Securities Chief FX Strategist TOKYO (2nd) – The dollar/yen, which approached 152 yen in October 2022, fell sharply in November following the release of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI), which suggests that inflation has eased. Expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) will ease its pace of monetary tightening have risen … Read more
Vilnius/Warsaw (Reuters) – A giant transformer built in Ukraine in the 1980s and now disused is being dusted and ready to leave here in Lithuania. He will probably head to Romania in the next few weeks and from there return home to Ukraine. On December 21st, a giant transformer, built in Ukraine in 1980 and … Read more
UPINI, Poland (Reuters) – In 2018, the Tukaczuk family left the Polish city of Krakow for the clean air of the countryside and moved to the village at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains. On December 8, the Tukaczuk family left the Polish city of Krakow in 2018 and moved to Oupini, a village at … Read more
On December 8, the South Korean Truck Drivers Union decided to end its nationwide strike after a vote by its members. FILE PHOTO: Uiwan, South Korea, November 2022. REUTERS/Heo Ran SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s truckers’ union said on Monday it had decided to end its nationwide strike in a vote of its members. The … Read more
BEIJING (Reuters) – Russia is weighing three options, including banning oil sales to some countries, to counter oil price caps set by the West on Dec 7, 2020. FILE PHOTO: Vladivostok, Russia, March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Tatiana Meel [７日 ロイター] – Russia is considering three options, including banning oil sales to some countries, to counter oil … Read more
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince seized the opportunity of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week to consolidate his position as a leader in the Middle East and launch a unique diplomacy that distances him from the United States I’m trying to show you the route. Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown … Read more
Ukraine and Moldova on Thursday accused Russia of an energy “blackmail” after Russian state gas giant Gazprom threatened to cut natural gas supplies to Moldova via Ukraine. February 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic [キシナウ／キーウ（キエフ） ２３日 ロイター] – Ukraine and Moldova on Thursday accused Russia of an energy “blackmail” after Russian state gas giant Gazprom threatened to cut … Read more
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Shmykhal said on Monday that almost half of the country’s energy system had been knocked out by Russian military strikes. Officials in the capital Kyiv have warned that the capital’s power grid could come to a “complete stop”. FILE PHOTO: People visit a supermarket in Kyiv, the capital city of Kyiv, after … Read more