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UKMTO receives report of maritime incident south of Yemen's Aden May 7, 2024 12:08AM

CAIRO (Reuters) - The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Tuesday that it had received a report of an incident 82 nautical miles south of Yemen's Aden.

The Houthi militia that controls the most populous parts of Yemen and is aligned with Iran have staged attacks on ships in the waters off the country for months in solidarity with Palestinians fighting Israel in Gaza.

Authorities were investigating the... (continue reading...)


Australia's CSL tests 'dynamic pricing' of donor blood amid cost surge May 6, 2024 11:23PM

By Byron Kaye

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's CSL, the world's largest producer of blood plasma products, is trialling "dynamic pricing" of payments to donors to grow profit margins amid persistently high supply costs, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

CSL, one of Australia's biggest listed companies, makes most of its profit from converting the plasma of donated blood into treatments for rare diseases.

But since the... (continue reading...)


Japan warns of action over rapid currency moves May 6, 2024 11:23PM

By Satoshi Sugiyama

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan may have to take action against any disorderly, speculative-driven foreign exchange moves, the government's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Tuesday, reinforcing Tokyo's readiness to intervene again to support a fragile yen.

"It is preferable for exchange rates to remain in a stable manner following fundamentals, and if the market is functioning soundly in this way, there is of course no... (continue reading...)


Amazon to spend $9 billion to expand cloud infra in Singapore, Bloomberg News reports May 6, 2024 11:07PM

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend $9 billion in expanding its cloud computing infrastructure in Singapore, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

(Reporting by Dagmarah Mackos; Editing by Rashmi Aich)


Ukraine peace talks should include Russia, Chinese diplomat says May 6, 2024 10:55PM

(Reuters) - Beijing supports a peace conference on the Ukraine war that would see equal participation of all parties, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Russia's RIA state news agency in remarks published on Tuesday.

"China supports a timely convening of an international peace conference, approved by the Russian and Ukrainian sides, with equal participation of all parties and fair discussion of all options for peace,"... (continue reading...)


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