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Reuters exclusively revealed Mexico’s state-owned power utility has been buying coal from new mines that have not yet been visited by labor inspectors, according to a Reuters analysis of coal contracts and inspection records, including the mine where 10 people died last month after flooding trapped them below ground. The post Reuters reveals Mexico state […]

Reuters was first to report India will try out a strategy of parallel testing to speed up safety approvals for new electronic devices, a move that could boost device launch plans by the likes of Samsung and Apple. The move comes as India scrambles to remove bottlenecks faced by businesses, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

Reuters was first to report Mexican economic growth should accelerate in 2023 to around 3.0% from some 2.4% this year as inflation cools markedly and oil output picks up, according to finance ministry draft budget forecasts seen by Reuters. Mexico’s economy has performed better than some analysts had previously expected in 2022, powered by strong […]

Reuters exclusively reported Qatar’s central bank has told banks in the Gulf state not to exchange its currency with entities outside the country without prior permission, in a move bankers say aims at ending the riyal’s divergence against the dollar. The Qatari riyal, officially fixed at 3.64 to the dollar since 2001, has in the […]

Reuters exclusively reported Greece will repay ahead of schedule 2.7 billion euros of loans owed to euro zone countries under the first bailout it received during its decade-long debt crisis. Greece, the euro zone’s most indebted country, emerged from its third international bailout in 2018 and since then has relied solely on bond markets to […]

Reuters exclusively revealed the European Union and the United States have ramped up buying key industrial metals from Russia, despite logistical problems spurred by the war in Ukraine and tough talk about starving Moscow of foreign exchange revenue. The metal shipments highlight the West’s difficulty in pressuring Russia’s economy, which has performed better than expected […]

Reuters exclusively reported China’s Geely Automobile Holdings and an oil group are in talks about taking stakes in the fossil-fuel engine unit Renault plans to separate from its electric vehicle business. But Renault’s alliance partner, Japanese carmaker Nissan, does not plan to take a stake in the combustion engine unit.  The post Reuters reveals Geely, […]

Reuters was first to report the head of state-run Ukranian energy company Naftogaz is ready to step down if it would help the business to restructure its debt in the wake of Russia’s invasion. CEO Yuriy Vitrenko’s position came under scrutiny last month after the Ukraine government openly criticised the company’s handling of the debt […]

Reuters provided insight into how Cuba, mired in an energy crisis that has brought frequent blackouts, is negotiating with a Turkish company to have it double the megawatts it currently produces for the country from shipboard generators just offshore. The company already has five ships operating off Cuba with a capacity of around 250 megawatts. […]

Reuters was first to report two of Malaysia’s largest mobile carriers do not plan to take stakes in a state-owned 5G agency, a setback that threatens to throw the country’s 5G rollout into further disarray. The decision by Maxis Bhd and U Mobile has also disrupted the government’s plan to sign agreements with other carriers.  […]