Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK man who helped wife take own life can still inherit estate, court rules
LONDON (Reuters) - A British man who helped his terminally ill wife travel to Switzerland to end her own life should be allowed to inherit part of her estate, London's High Court has ruled in a case t...
Oct 11, 2024
Russia jails tank factory employee for selling blueprints to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A woman who worked for a Russian tank factory was convicted of treason and sentenced to 12-1/2 years in a penal colony on Friday for selling military information to Ukraine. Video p...
Oct 11, 2024
Eni CEO says U.S. funds are showing confidence in group's strategy
MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. investment funds are showing confidence in Eni's strategy of spinning off growth businesses in order to attract financial resources, the Italian energy group's CEO Claudio Desca...
Oct 11, 2024
Dutch see bluetongue infections with type for which no vaccine is available
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Infections with a bluetongue virus variant for which no vaccine is available, BTV12, have been discovered in the Netherlands this week, the Dutch government said on Friday. The c...
Oct 11, 2024
Hundreds march against Ghana's damaging informal gold mining boom
ACCRA (Reuters) - Hundreds of people marched through Ghana's capital Accra on Friday in a peaceful protest against unlicensed gold mining, calling on authorities to act against the dangerous and envir...
Oct 11, 2024
Climate change made Hurricane Milton worse, scientists say
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - The brutal wind and torrential rainfall of Hurricane Milton that killed 16 people in Florida this week were worsened by human-caused climate change, a team of internationa...
Oct 11, 2024
China says Foxconn employees probed for bribery, embezzlement
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government said on Friday that employees of Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest iPhone assembler, are being investigated for suspected taking of bribes and embezzlement, ...
Oct 11, 2024
Independent candidate in Mozambique poll threatens nationwide strike if ruling party wins
By Nellie Peyton and Manuel Mucari MAPUTO (Reuters) - Independent presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane on Friday threatened to call a nationwide strike and bring Mozambique to a standstill if ruli...
Oct 11, 2024
Hezbollah's priority is defeating Israel, open to efforts to stop the attacks, group's official
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah's priority right now is defeating Israel militarily but it is open to any efforts to stop "the aggression", the head of Lebanese group's media office, Mohammad Afif, said ...
Oct 11, 2024
Tennis-Last of 'Big Four', Djokovic battles on
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Former world number one Novak Djokovic, the last surviving member of tennis' "Big Four", said he does not plan on stopping any time soon but admitted that the retirement of rivals...
Oct 11, 2024
