Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Wall Street ramps up staffing as election nears, expecting volatile trading
By Laura Matthews and Suzanne McGee NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks, brokerages, investment managers and exchanges are adding staff to handle high trading volumes on and around Election Day with markets ex...
Oct 23, 2024
Rain batters India's Bengaluru, renews haphazard expansion concerns
By Kashish Tandon, Nandan Mandayam and VarunVyas Hebbalalu BENGALURU (Reuters) - Schools were shut and people worked from home in India's tech hub of Bengaluru on Wednesday after the heaviest rains in...
Oct 23, 2024
US Fed Board disciplined nine staff for sexual harassment in 2020-2023, document shows
By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board received 11 complaints against individuals alleging sexual harassment between 2020 and 2023 and disciplined nine staff members as a resul...
Oct 23, 2024
Uruguay election frontrunner Yamandu Orsi pledges a 'modern left'
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguayan center-left opposition leader Yamandu Orsi, whose political ambitions were galvanized by his experience growing up in a dictatorship, is the pollste...
Oct 23, 2024
War-scarred Ukrainians receive aesthetic treatment for free
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko KYIV (Reuters) - Before the war, Ukrainian soldier Yana Zalevska had plans for plastic surgery to enhance her appearance. But when a Russian drone struck her dugout in e...
Oct 23, 2024
Turkey to spend less on earthquake relief and rebuilding next year, vice president says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will need a smaller budget next year to meet the cost of damage from the 2023 earthquake and the needs of affected people as the majority of planned funds have already been a...
Oct 23, 2024
Manchester bombing survivors win harassment case against conspiracy theorist
LONDON (Reuters) - Two survivors of the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing in Britain won their harassment lawsuit on Wednesday against a conspiracy theorist who claims the deadly attack was staged. Martin...
Oct 23, 2024
Pakistan selects top judge under new process criticised by main opposition party
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday approved the selection of the next chief justice, who was chosen through a new process that the government's opponents say is d...
Oct 23, 2024
Exclusive-Moon sample talks show space engagement by rivals US and China
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA and Chinese officials are engaged in talks to let American scientists analyze rocks retrieved by China from the moon's far side, according to the head of t...
Oct 23, 2024
North Korean troops in Russia, US defense secretary says
ROME (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday there is evidence that North Korea troops are in Russia, and it remained to be seen what they would be doing there. "There is evi...
Oct 23, 2024
