|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | World | | Senior Iranian figures said on Wednesday that American troops should withdraw from Syria. “Whether they want to or not, the Americans must leave Syria,” Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamene. There are fears in the West that Trump’s plan to extricate about 2,000 soldiers from Syria will cede influence to Tehran, which has backed President Bashar al-Assad in the nearly eight-year war, and also allow Islamic State militants to regroup.
| | | | A Russian court has found a Danish Jehovah’s Witnesses guilty of organizing the activities of a banned extremist organization. Dennis Christensen, a 46-year-old builder, was jailed six years in a case Western governments cast as a test of religious freedom. | | | | The Australian dollar nosedived on Wednesday after its central bank opened the door to a possible rate cut. The U-turn pushed the Australian dollar 1.5 percent lower, putting it on track for its biggest daily drop in a year. Australian short-dated bond yields were set for their biggest one-day drop in more than two years, down 10 basis points on the day.
| | | | | | Two @Reuters journalists have been detained in Myanmar since Dec. 12, 2017. See our coverage of the case: https://reut.rs/2DSXM0B 3:27 PM - 4 Feb 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Banks, insurers and other financial firms in Britain may have to come up with tougher targets for getting women into top jobs, UK financial services minister John Glen said on Tuesday. Glen said he will be studying a review of the Women in Finance Charter in March, which will give latest figures on how each firm that has signed up to is making progress on their internal targets. 2 min read | | | | If Volkswagen realizes its ambition of becoming the global leader in electric cars, it will be thanks to a radical and risky bet born out of the biggest calamity in its history. The German giant has staked its future, to the tune of 80 billion euros ($91 billion), on being able to profitably mass-produce electric vehicles - a feat no carmaker has come close to achieving. 10 Min Read | | | | Canadian pharmaceutical industry lobby groups, in an effort to head off a planned crackdown on prescription drug prices, offered to give up C$8.6 billion ($6.6 billion) in revenue over 10 years, freeze prices or reduce the cost of treating rare diseases, according to interviews and documents seen by Reuters. 6 min read | | | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
