Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UN Security Council to meet Friday over Lebanon pager blasts
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council will meet on Friday over the pager blasts in Lebanon targeting militant group Hezbollah, said Slovenia's U.N. Ambassa...
Sep 18, 2024
Exclusive-Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close ...
Sep 18, 2024
Who still uses pagers anyway?
(Reuters) - As mobile phones became the world's main communications tool, pagers, also known as beepers because of the sound they make to notify users about incoming messages, were largely rendered ob...
Sep 18, 2024
Canada further tightens rules on temporary workers, students
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is further reducing the number of study permits it will grant to foreign students and tightening eligibility for work permits in a bid to cut down on ...
Sep 18, 2024
Israeli PM Netanyahu says we will return residents of the north to their homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to return tens of thousands of residents evacuated from northern border areas to their homes, amid mounting tensions ...
Sep 18, 2024
In a flood-hit Polish town, residents try to piece their lives back together
GLUCHOLAZY, Poland (Reuters) - As residents of the Polish town of Glucholazy struggled to salvage what they could from their flood-ravaged homes on Wednesday, they praised friends, family and rescue w...
Sep 18, 2024
US Senator Bernie Sanders bids to halt some weapons sales to Israel
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday he would file legislation seeking to block the sale of offensive U.S. weapons to Israel, citing the toll on ci...
Sep 18, 2024
Amazon raises pay of US hourly workers in fulfillment, transport ops
(Reuters) -Amazon.com is raising the pay of its fulfillment and transportation staff in the United States by at least $1.50 an hour and handing out free Prime memberships as benefits, it said on Wedne...
Sep 18, 2024
FTC says Gamestop CEO Cohen to pay nearly $1 million penalty
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday that Ryan Cohen, managing partner of RC Ventures LLC and Gamestop CEO, would pay a nearly $1 million penalty to settle an ant...
Sep 18, 2024
US funding rate spike could signal 'quirk' in its calculation, says Deutsche Bank
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) - A recent jump in a key U.S. overnight funding rate could be the result of a peculiarity in the way it is calculated, rather than a signal of low liquidity, sai...
Sep 18, 2024
