Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licences
MADRID, May 26 (Reuters) - Spain's Consumer Rights Ministry temporarily banned so-called prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi for operating in the country without a gambling licence, the official ...
May 26, 2026
Euro zone may face pockets of stress from private credit, not systemic risk: ECB
FRANKFURT, May 26 (Reuters) - The euro zone is not facing systemic risk from the recent turbulence in private credit markets but a few pockets of the financial system are exposed and some tension may ...
May 26, 2026
'Not far away': rescue team confident of reaching 7 trapped for days in Laos cave
May 26 (Reuters) - A rescue team racing to save seven people trapped for days in a cave in Laos is getting closer to reaching them, the head of the operation said, after breaking through 15 m (16 yard...
May 26, 2026
UN special rapporteur can join case against Woodside LNG plant extension, Australian court rules
By Helen Clark PERTH, May 26 (Reuters) - A U.N. special rapporteur can make submissions in a case challenging the government's decision to extend the licence for Woodside Energy's North West Shelf LNG...
May 26, 2026
China says QUAD cooperation should not target third party
BEIJING, May 26 (Reuters) - China on Tuesday reiterated its stance on the Australia-India-Japan-US Quad group, saying cooperation between countries should contribute to regional peace, stability and p...
May 26, 2026
OpenAI's Altman says AI unlikely to lead to 'jobs apocalypse'
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY, May 26 (Reuters) - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on Tuesday the rapid development and adoption of AI would not lead to a global "jobs apocalypse" and the technology had not claim...
May 26, 2026
European shares slip as US strikes on Iran dampen peace deal hopes
By Johann M Cherian May 26 (Reuters) - European shares slipped on Tuesday as expectations for an imminent end to the Middle East conflict waned after the U.S. launched fresh attacks on Iran. The pan-E...
May 26, 2026
Sri Lanka stuns with 100-bp rate hike as Iran war rattles currency, fuels inflation
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, May 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday, the biggest hike in three years, and si...
May 26, 2026
Spain's industrial prices rise 8.3% year-on-year in April, fastest since December 2022
May 26 (Reuters) - Spanish industrial prices rose 8.3% in the 12 months through April following a revised 3.1% increase in the 12 months through March, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on ...
May 26, 2026
A year after glacier collapse, Blatten residents rebuild lives in Swiss Alps
By Marleen Kaesebier, Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani WILER, Switzerland, May 26 (Reuters) - Hotel Momentum stands above Switzerland's Loetschen Valley as a symbol of recovery, a year after a col...
May 26, 2026
