As unrest grows, Iran restricts access to Instagram, WhatsApp
(Reuters) -Iran curbed access on Wednesday to Meta Platforms’ Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last remaining social networks in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman…
(Reuters) -Iran curbed access on Wednesday to Meta Platforms’ Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last remaining social networks in the country, amid protests over the death of a woman…
By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has released thousands of prisoners during Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s presidency as part of an effort to free those who have not…
By Hongji Kim and Joyce Lee GYEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Hwang Bun-hee, 74, lives in a pink house near the sea surrounded by a riotous vegetable garden and sounds…
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – Tomasz Łuksza, who took over his father’s Polish confectionary business just over a decade ago, has a problem he’s not unhappy about: European supermarkets…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory activity growth slowed to a 19-month low in August as output and new order declines deepened, amid growing pressure from persistent rises in raw material…
By Sabine Siebold and Daria Sito-Sucic BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has deployed troops with the European Union’s peacekeeping mission in Bosnia for the first time in a decade as concerns mount…
BRUSSELS – Euro zone industrial production in June grew three times more than expected, data showed on Friday, mainly thanks to a jump in the output of capital goods. The…
(Reuters) – U.S. power consumption will rise to a record high in 2022 as the economy grows, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO)…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Twitter Inc and Elon Musk, who are suing each other over the world’s richest person’s effort to exit their $44 billion merger, couldn’t even agree…
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – Canadian manufacturing activity lost further momentum in July as production and new orders declined for the first time since the early stages of the coronavirus…
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product rose by 11.8% in the second quarter compared with the same period in 2021, according to initial government estimates on Sunday, as the…
By Harold Isaac and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE – A string of recent arms-trafficking scandals in Haiti, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations, has…
By Nupur Anand and Swati Bhat MUMBAI – Loan growth in India is at a three-year high and seen inching up further as economic activity gains traction but a much…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – For years, the lot at the southwest side of the Cox Cro Road and Route 9 intersection has remained vacant and lifeless. Today, it was announced…
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON – Democrats on the ballot for November’s most competitive congressional elections have a growing financial advantage over Republicans, with a few Republican campaigns showing signs they…
BRASILIA – Services activity in Brazil resumed growth in May and at a faster-than-expected pace, benefiting from the normalization of activities after the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
DUBAI – Qatar’s economy grew 2.5% in the first quarter from a year earlier, although the growth fell slightly from the previous quarter, official estimates showed on Tuesday. Qatar’s real…
TOKYO – Japan’s services sector activity expanded at the fastest pace in over eight years in June as the easing of coronavirus curbs boosted sentiment among businesses such as those…
MADRID – Factory activity in Spain grew in June at the slowest pace since January 2021 as a challenging economic environment, notably price increases, weighed on demand, a survey showed…
By Medha Singh (Reuters) – Executives at electric car marker Tesla, drug maker Novartis and retailer Bed Bath and Beyond are cutting spending or jobs while others are shelving projects…
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector continued strong growth in May, notching its 21st consecutive month of expansion, as demand withstood rising output costs, a survey showed on Sunday.…
DUBAI – Growth in the United Arab Emirates’ non-oil private sector strengthened in May to a five-month high as demand remained strong despite inflationary pressures, a survey showed on Friday.…
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON(Reuters) – Price differences between U.S. light and heavy crude oil grades have been widening, pricing data showed, as refiners around the world have been snapping up…
TOKYO – Japan’s manufacturing activity expanded at the slowest pace in three months in May, as supply bottlenecks due to parts shortages and China’s COVID-19 lockdowns caused output and new…
LIMA – Peru’s economy grew 3.79% in March compared with a year earlier, the country’s statistics agency said on Sunday, with most sectors of the economy showing improvement, while the…