Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Global debt hits record $312 trillion, climate finance a challenge, banking trade group says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global debt hit a record high of $312 trillion at the end of the second quarter, driven by borrowing in the United States and China, while a key debt ratio in emerging markets als...
Sep 25, 2024
Cycling-British adventurer breaks record for highest-altitude bike ride
LONDON (Reuters) - Sixty-year-old British adventurer Neil Laughton has set a new record for the highest-altitude cycle ride after pedalling a fold-up bike on top of a 7,246-metre Nepalese peak. Laught...
Sep 25, 2024
US lawmakers seek to pay livestock farmers to use climate-friendlier practices
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Farmers in the United States who raise livestock in large industrial operations could get funding from President Joe Biden's signature climate law to transition to more env...
Sep 25, 2024
Trudeau set to survive vote of confidence in Canadian parliament
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks set to survive a vote of confidence on Wednesday after his main political rival appeared to fail to muster enough sup...
Sep 25, 2024
Biden to meet Vietnam leader on UN assembly sidelines
By Steve Holland and Simon Lewis NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will hold talks with Vietnam's president and ruling Communist Party chief To Lam on Wednesday as the U.S. leader closes out hi...
Sep 25, 2024
Israel sends scores of bodies to Gaza; Palestinians demand details before burying them
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel returned the bodies on Wednesday of 88 Palestinians killed in its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which the territory's health ministry refused to b...
Sep 25, 2024
Greece to urge EU to offer medical aid to injured Lebanese, minister says
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will urge the EU to provide medical treatment to injured Lebanese citizens, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told his Lebanese counterpart at a meeting in New York, accor...
Sep 25, 2024
Georgian PM disinvited from Biden UN reception as relations sour
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze was disinvited from a reception for world leaders hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden during the United Nations General Assembly, Georgian ...
Sep 25, 2024
Explainer-How Germany's coalition works and could it fall apart?
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - The three parties in Germany's ruling coalition are facing increasing pressure to assert themselves following a series of regional election blows and dismal polls, ra...
Sep 25, 2024
Tropical Storm Helene to become hurricane, picking up steam in Gulf
By Rich McKay and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Helene promised to become a hurricane on Wednesday as it rapidly intensified in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, threatening to bring life-threa...
Sep 25, 2024
