Iraq’s Green Zone housing US embassy targeted with rockets – sources

Iraq’s Green Zone housing US embassy targeted with rockets – sources

BAGHDAD, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone housing the U.S. Embassy was targeted with several rockets around dawn on Friday, two security sources said, noting it was not clear where the rockets had hit and whether there was damage. Explosions were heard near the embassy, in Iraq’s capital about 4 a.m. on … Read more

Denmark passes law to ban Koran burnings

Denmark passes law to ban Koran burnings

[1/5]The screen in the Danish Parliament, Folketinget, shows the result after a vote for a new law against inappropriate treatment of writings of importance to religious communities, in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 7, 2023. After a debate lasting several hours, the law against the inappropriate… Acquire Licensing Rights Read more COPENHAGEN, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Denmark’s … Read more

BLACKPINK members renew contract, boosting shares in label YG Entertainment

BLACKPINK members renew contract, boosting shares in label YG Entertainment

[1/2]Lisa (Lalisa Manoban), Rose (Roseanne Park), Jisoo Kim and Jennie Kim, from the K-Pop band BLACKPINK pose with their Honorary MBEs (Members of the Order of the British Empire) at Buckingham Palace, London, Britain November 22, 2023. Victoria Jones/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SEOUL, Dec 6 (Reuters) – South Korea’s YG Entertainment Inc … Read more

Prada CEO says it aims to double business in China in medium term

Prada CEO says it aims to double business in China in medium term

A logo of luxury goods company Prada is seen at the entrance of a shop in Brussels, Belgium July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SHANGHAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Prada has ambitions to double its business in China over the medium term, Gianfranco D’Attis, chief executive of the Italian luxury fashion house’s … Read more

Amazon taps SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to help launch Kuiper satellites

Amazon taps SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to help launch Kuiper satellites

[1/2]A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission, taking four crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 26, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Dec 1 (Reuters) – Amazon (AMZN.O) on Friday said it booked three Falcon 9 launches … Read more

Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

A logo of Sime Darby is seen at its car showroom in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Sime Darby (SIME.KL), Malaysia’s industrial and automotive conglomerate, is looking to set up a luxury car retail business in India and expand in Indonesia to … Read more

Second-hand shopping a $1-billion-plus business for Amazon in Europe

Second-hand shopping a $1-billion-plus business for Amazon in Europe

[1/5]Customers visit the Second Chance Store, a new shop selling returned and refurbished products from Amazon’s Second Chance programmes in-person in central London, Britain November 28, 2023. John Nguyen/Handout via REUTERS. Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Consumer demand for refurbished and pre-owned goods in Britain and across Europe has created a billion … Read more

Britain’s Sunak cancels meeting with Greek PM in row over Parthenon sculptures

Britain’s Sunak cancels meeting with Greek PM in row over Parthenon sculptures

ATHENS/LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused his British counterpart Rishi Sunak of cancelling a scheduled meeting in London on Tuesday in a diplomatic row over the status of the Parthenon Sculptures. Greece has repeatedly asked the British Museum to permanently return the 2,500-year-old sculptures that British diplomat Lord Elgin removed … Read more

China’s Shein files for US IPO in major test for investor appetite- sources

China’s Shein files for US IPO in major test for investor appetite- sources

Shein yet to determine IPO size, valued at over $60 bln in May IPO comes amid challenging markets and U.S. scrutiny Fast-fashion retailers still behind Amazon on sales Nov 27 (Reuters) – Fashion company Shein has confidentially filed to go public in the United States, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday, in … Read more

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

FDI gathering held at 16th century palace Sunak hails investment, holds off on subsidy push Britain has slipped in FDI rankings HAMPTON COURT, England, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced 29.5 billion pounds ($36.8 billion) of private sector investment in Britain at a gathering of global executives on Monday aimed at catapulting … Read more