By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – More than two-thirds of refugee and migrant children who reached Europe via Mediterranean and Balkan routes last year were unaccompanied, and many experienced exploitation, a report by UN agencies showed on Wednesday. While overall child arrivals…
SINGAPORE, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The world’s rich view rising rates and yields as the biggest threat to global economic growth, while a large majority expect Asia to be the most stable geopolitical region for the next 12 months, according to a Deutsche Bank poll…
SOFIA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Bulgaria has halted its search for the missing crew of a ship that sank after being hit by a drone on Tuesday about 70 nautical miles (130 km) off its coast, Vice-Admiral Rumen Nikolov of the Maritime Administration Executive Agency…
By Peter Hobson NADI, Fiji, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Nations including Fiji and Ireland said on Wednesday they were donating about $15 million to a fund to finance climate resilience and adaptation projects in Pacific islands, but pledges remain far below the fund’s target. Pacific…
PONTIANAK, Indonesia, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Indigenous and civil-society organisations in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan criticised the national government for failing to attend the first court proceedings in their class action suit seeking to hold it responsible for the haze engulfing the province. Judges adjourned the hearing…
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Oct 7 (Reuters) – A Taiwanese union representing workers at Micron Technology said on Wednesday it had secured authorisation from its members to strike work over a dispute concerning the company’s bonus scheme, escalating a labour conflict at the chipmaker’s largest manufacturing…
SEOUL, Oct 7 (Reuters) – AMD CEO Lisa Su said on Wednesday that the US chipmaker continues to explore partnership opportunities with Samsung Electronics in the memory and foundry businesses. • In response to tight memory chip supply, Su said AMD is “working with our…
KYIV, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Russia fired 70 missiles and also drones in one of its biggest strikes at Ukraine, targeting the Ukrainian energy sector and killing at least 11 people across the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. “One of the key targets was our…
BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) – The governing board of the International Energy Agency will hold an informal meeting at 1300 local time on Wednesday to discuss the proposed release of oil and diesel stocks, said two European Union diplomats. The representatives of EU nations had…
By Kunal Das and Christy Santhosh Oct 7 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday recommended diet, exercise and counseling over popular weight-loss drugs in its first global guidelines addressing rising obesity among younger children. According to UNICEF data, obesity has surpassed being underweight…
