Indonesia dishes out first free meals in programme targeting 83 million people
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s ambitious multi-billion dollar programme to provide free meals to more than a quarter of his people was officially underway on Monday, officials said, with 570,000 mouths to feed on its opening day. Despite…
Norway PM worried by Musk involvement in politics outside US
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Monday that it is worrying that Elon Musk directly involves himself in domestic political issues in countries outside of the United States. “I find it worrying that a man…
China’s top diplomat heads to Africa as West’s attention dwindles
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Sunday, maintaining a 35-year-long tradition, to quietly advance Beijing’s already sizeable influence across the resource-rich continent as Europe’s presence wanes and America’s wavers. While global…
Winter storm hits central US, barrels toward Washington
(Reuters) – A winter storm brought snow, ice and freezing temperatures to a broad swath of the U.S. on Sunday, with some 60 million people across more than a dozen states from Kansas to New Jersey under winter weather warnings…
Musk turns on UK’s Farage and says he should quit as Reform party leader
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by the U.S. billionaire for the Brexit campaigner who is trying to shake up…
Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.65%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Communication sectors led shares lower. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.65%. The best performers of the session…