Economic News

(Reuters) -Apple Inc said on Thursday it would use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025 as a part of its efforts to make all its products carbon neutral by the end of the decade.

(Reuters) – Pfizer said on Thursday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China’s Sinopharm Group, and plans to seek approval to market 12 innovative drugs in China through 2025.

By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc did not grant its Chief Executive Andy Jassy any new stock in 2022, shrinking the pay gap between the online retailer’s top boss and rank-and-file employees, the company said Thursday in a securities filing.

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fiji’s president suspended the Pacific island nation’s public prosecutor on Thursday and said a tribunal would be appointed to investigate him for alleged misbehaviour.

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) held talks last month with Russian diplomats in Geneva on providing aid to areas of Ukraine under Russian military control but has yet to be granted access, the medical charity said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Thursday countered Pakistan’s objection to the holding of Group of 20 (G20) meetings in the Himalayan regions of Kashmir and Ladakh, saying it was free to hold meetings on its own territory.

(Reuters) – Trading and investing platform eToro said on Thursday it has partnered with Elon Musk-led Twitter to let users access real-time prices for cryptocurrencies, stocks and others assets.

(Reuters) -Apple Inc is in talks with suppliers to make MacBooks in Thailand as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to expand its manufacturing presence beyond China, Nikkei reported on Thursday.

(Reuters) – The person who leaked U.S. classified documents prompting a national security investigation is a gun enthusiast in his 20s who worked on a military base, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing fellow members of an online chat group.

By Benjamin Mallet PARIS (Reuters) – French utility EDF has warned drawn-out strikes at its nuclear reactors and hydro-electricity plants have cost it 1 billion euros ($1.10 billion) in lost output and that it is reviewing hiring plans for the year, three sources said.

HELSINKI (Reuters) – NATO’s new member Finland will participate in the Western military alliance’s nuclear planning and support operations, the Finnish defence ministry said on Thursday, although it has decided not to allow any nuclear arms on its soil.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch parliament building was evacuated for a short while on Thursday afternoon after a bomb alert that turned out to be false.

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian court has referred to the EU Court of Justice a decision on whether to maintain the freeze on billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s assets worth more than 80 million euros ($88.18 million), according to a ruling.

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost 8 kg in jail and is suffering an illness that could be some sort of slow acting poison, his spokeswoman said.

By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) – The bereaved families of 10 South Koreans who won court cases over being forced to work under Japanese colonial rule have accepted compensation proposed by Seoul as it seeks to mend ties with Tokyo, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on

ROME (Reuters) – Italy plans to raise borrowing by some 8 billion euros ($8.8 billion) this year and next to fund aid measures mainly focused on cutting taxes for employees, the Treasury said.

LONDON (Reuters) – The G20’s financial watchdog on Thursday recommended a blueprint for banks to report cyberattacks in a common format in a bid to speed up responses to hacking and limit the fallout on financial stability.

MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis has managed to preserve a strong pricing power in North America, its CEO Carlos Tavares told shareholders on Thursday, in contrast with signs of pricing power declining for global automakers, with possible impacts on margins.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – In the hour before sunset during Ramadan, Gaza’s roads become choked with cars as people dash home in time to break their fast with their families.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s exports of merchandise and services rose by 6% in the fiscal year to March 31, Indian government data released on Thursday showed, while imports from Russia surged.