[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping on Saturday hailed deals worth more than $64 billion signed during China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) this week as he sought to reassure skeptics the project will
SAS pilot strike grounds more flights across Scandinavia
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Scandinavian airline SAS cancelled hundreds of flights scheduled for Sunday as a pilot strike entered its second day, disrupting the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers. SAS airplanes are
Putin flags wider investigation into contaminated Russian oil
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Tsinghua University’s ceremony at Friendship Palace in Beijing, China April 26, 2019. Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Pool via REUTERS BEIJING (Reuters) – Russia’s pipeline monopoly Transneft is investigating
Russia’s Putin says it is unlikely OPEC will quit oil cut deal
[ad_1] The logo of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries at OPEC’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/Files BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he has
Presidents of Belarus, Russia discussed poor Russian oil quality: report
[ad_1] MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko discussed the poor quality of Russian oil which had been supplied to Belarusian refineries with President Vladimir Putin on Friday, Belarusian news agency Belta reported. Lukashenko’s administration
India hikes wheat import duty to support local farmers
[ad_1] MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has raised its import duty on wheat to 40 percent from 30 percent, the government said late on Friday, as the world’s No. 2 producer of the grain tries to
China’s first private high-speed rail project gets $4 billion financing: Xinhua
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s first privately-controlled high speed railway project signed a loan contract for 28.1 billion yuan ($4.18 billion) on Friday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua said China Development Bank, Industrial
Renault to propose joint holding company with Nissan: source
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Renault will propose a plan to create a joint holding company that would give the French carmaker and Japanese partner Nissan equal footing, a person with knowledge of the issue told
Deutsche Bank focused on solo destiny after Commerzbank deal demise
[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Within hours of the collapse of merger talks with Commerzbank, Christian Sewing scrambled to convince investors and employees that Deutsche Bank can stand on its own two feet. The Deutsche Bank
China’s industrial profits pick up in March with 13.9 percent rise
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – Profits at China’s industrial firms grew in March, rebounding from four months of contraction, adding to optimism the world’s second-largest economy may be starting to stabilise. Workers are seen next to