Thai industrial sentiment drops to 3-year low in July on U.S. tariffs

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s industrial sentiment fell for a fifth straight month in July, hitting a three-year low on concerns over the impact of U.S. tariffs and the border conflict with Cambodia, the Federation of Thai Industries said on Tuesday. The survey was conducted before the United States set tariffs on Thai imports at 19%, which was …

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Un incendio en un pozo petrolífero en Indonesia causa tres muertos y cientos de evacuados

YAKARTA, 19 ago (Reuters) – Los bomberos de Indonesia se esfuerzan por contener el incendio que se declaró hace tres días en un pozo petrolífero ilegal que ha causado al menos tres muertos y dos heridos, según informó el martes un responsable de ayuda en catástrofes. Unas 750 personas han sido evacuadas de las zonas …

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India’s complex GST tax and how Modi’s reform will make goods cheaper

(Refiles to remove duplicated word and fixes a grammatical error in first paragraph.) By Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed India’s biggest tax reform in eight years to lower consumption levies on everyday goods and small cars from October, in a move seen as boosting his image amid trade tensions …

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Soccer-FIFPRO ‘deeply concerned’ over Indian league suspension, calls for swift resolution

(Reuters) -FIFPRO said on Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” by the growing uncertainty surrounding Indian professional soccer, urging swift action to resolve the indefinite suspension of the Indian Super League. The ISL, India’s top-flight soccer league, was put on hold last month, with stalled negotiations for a contract renewal with its commercial partners, Reliance-led Football …

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Softbank steigt bei Intel ein – Milliarden-Finanzspritze

Bangalore/San Francisco/Tokio (Reuters) – Der kriselnde US-Chipkonzern Intel erhält eine Geldspritze von Softbank. Der japanische Technologie-Investor teilte am Dienstag mit, im Rahmen einer Kapitalerhöhung neue Intel-Aktien für insgesamt zwei Milliarden Dollar kaufen zu wollen. Der Preis je Intel-Anteilsschein liege bei 23 Dollar, knapp drei Prozent unter dem Schlusskurs an der Wall Street vom Montag. Mit …

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Cyprus dispatches aid for Gaza, says distribution under UN watch

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Cyprus has dispatched 1,200 metric tons of humanitarian aid for Gaza by sea via Ashdod in Israel, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The pre-screened cargo would be transferred without additional security checks on arrival in Ashdod and with international humanitarian organisation World Central Kitchen the final contractor and distributor, the Cyprus Foreign …

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Russian foreign minister praises Trump, criticises Europeans over approach to Ukraine peace push

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that it was clear at Friday’s U.S.-Russia Alaska summit that U.S. President Donald Trump and his team sincerely wanted to achieve a long-term and sustainable peace in Ukraine. Lavrov said the atmosphere at the Putin-Trump summit was “very good.” “It was clear that the head …

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Russian strategic bombers fly over Sea of Japan, Russian defence ministry says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Tu-95MS nuclear-capable strategic bombers carried out a scheduled flight over neutral waters in the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The flight lasted more than six hours and the bombers were escorted by Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter jets, it said. (Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Maxim Rodionov, Editing …

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