Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US 30-year mortgage rate surges to 6.73%, highest since July
(Reuters) - The interest rate for the most popular U.S. home loan jumped last week to 6.73%, its highest since July, adding to headwinds for the housing market even as the Federal Reserve looks set to...
Oct 30, 2024
Alphabet says Spotify, Paramount sign to use new cloud chip
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - Google Cloud, a unit of Alphabet Inc, said on Wednesday that Spotify Technology and Paramount Global are using a new chip that it designed with technology from Arm Holdin...
Oct 30, 2024
Chinese hacking is biggest state cyber threat to Canada, spy agency says
OTTAWA (Reuters) - An aggressive Chinese hacking campaign is the most active state cyber threat to Canada, the country's signals intelligence agency said on Wednesday, in the latest warning about clan...
Oct 30, 2024
Reports: White Sox to name Will Venable their next manager
The Chicago White Sox are set to name Will Venable as their manager. Multiple outlets reported the former outfielder is the choice of general manager Chris Getz to replace Pedro Grifol, fired in Augus...
Oct 30, 2024
US cracks down on Russia sanctions evasion in fresh action
By Daphne Psaledakis and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on hundreds of targets in fresh action against Russia, a signal that the U.S. will continue...
Oct 30, 2024
Ukraine has received only 10% of latest approved aid from US, Zelenskiy says
(Reuters) -Ukraine has received only 10% of U.S. military aid approved by Congress earlier this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video released on Wednesday. Russia, which sent tens of th...
Oct 30, 2024
Factbox-Ten countries hope to join the European Union. Here is their formal status
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission published on Wednesday its report on progress made by candidates to become members of the European Union on the road to fulfilling all the necessary criter...
Oct 30, 2024
EU says Georgia must change course before EU membership talks can begin
By Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission on Wednesday told Georgia that it will not be able to recommend opening European Union membership talks with the country unless it changes co...
Oct 30, 2024
Russian-led CSTO military bloc to hold drills in Belarus in Sept 2025, Belarus says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Collective Security Treaty Organisation, a Russian-led post-Soviet military bloc, plans to hold exercises in Belarus in September 2025, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said on W...
Oct 30, 2024
Berlin lawyers seek court block on German ship's 150-Tonne explosives bound for Israel
BERLIN (Reuters) - Human rights lawyers have filed an urgent appeal with Berlin's Administrative Court seeking to block a 150-tonne shipment of military-grade explosives aboard the German cargo ship M...
Oct 30, 2024
