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Italian-run space centre in Kenya to be used again for earth observation
Date: October 14, 2024
MILAN (Reuters) – An Italian-run space centre in Kenya will be used again for the launch of Earth observation satellites in the coming years, Italy’s industry minister said on Sunday. The idea is to give a new, more ambitious mission to this base and use it for the launch of low-orbit micro satellites for...
Hungary’s economy to get boost from housing next year, PM Orban says
Date: October 11, 2024
By Gergely Szakacs and Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s economic growth will accelerate substantially in the first half of next year due to an expected housing boom backed by government measures, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday. In power since 2010, the veteran nationalist has struggled to revive Hungary’s economy after...
UK property market strengthens, pressure on renters intensifies, RICS says
Date: October 10, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s housing market recovered further last month, according to property surveyors who said house prices, sales and enquiries rose, but pressure in the rental sector intensified as tenant demand continued to outstrip the number of available homes to rent. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said on Wednesday that its main house...
Hurricane Milton leaves Florida with less damage than feared
Date: October 10, 2024
By Leonara LaPeter Anton and Brad Brooks ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) -Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned more than a dozen tornados, destroyed homes and killed at least four people, but the storm did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was...
French government to present 2025 belt-tightening budget
Date: October 10, 2024
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government is to deliver its 2025 budget on Thursday with plans for 60 billion euros ($65.68 billion) worth of tax hikes and spending cuts to tackle a spiralling fiscal deficit. Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s new government is under increasing pressure from financial markets and France’s European Union...
Ratan Tata, who put India’s Tata Group on the global map, dies at 86
Date: October 10, 2024
By Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, the Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday. He was 86. Tata, who ran the conglomerate for more than 20...