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Hungary’s parliament backs 2025 budget plan, deficit target seen at risk
Date: December 20, 2024
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament approved Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 2025 budget on Friday, shrugging off concerns by the Fiscal Council that the government’s growth assumptions are too optimistic and the reserves too low to tackle contingencies. Orban, in power since 2010, has struggled to revive Hungary’s economy after last year’s downturn...
Malaysia to resume hunt for Flight MH370, 10 years after it vanished
Date: December 20, 2024
By Ashley Tang and Mandy Leong KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia has agreed to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, its transport minister said on Friday, more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and...
Fog and smog push Sarajevo towards top of world pollution charts
Date: December 20, 2024
By Amel Emric and Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A blanket of fog and smog descended on the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo this week, reducing daytime visibility to a few dozen metres and forcing residents indoors as pollution levels surged to hazardous levels. Only India’s capital New Delhi, which has 100 times more people than...
UK consumers cautiously shop more after pre-budget slump
Date: December 20, 2024
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales rose by a weaker-than-expected 0.2% in November, according to official data which suggested consumers had overcome their worries about the new government’s first budget but added to signs of only slow momentum in the economy. A Reuters poll of economists had forecast a monthly increase of 0.5%...
German producer prices rise unexpectedly in November
Date: December 20, 2024
(Reuters) – German producer prices rose unexpectedly in November, increasing by 0.1% on the year, the federal statistics office reported on Friday. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected a 0.3% decline. The office publishes more detailed data on its website. (Reporting by Bernadette Hogg, Editing by Friederike Heine)...
Jury deliberates in Arm, Qualcomm trial after closing arguments wrap
Date: December 20, 2024
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A license dispute between Arm Holdings and Qualcomm went before a jury on Thursday after attorneys from both sides completed closing arguments. The jury in a U.S. federal court in Delaware is considering whether Qualcomm or Nuvia, a startup Qualcomm purchased for $1.4 billion in 2021, breached a license agreement with...