Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK faces legal action over new North Sea oil and gas licences
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's decision to issue dozens of new oil and gas exploration licences is being challenged in court by a marine conservation organisation, which argues ministers unlawfully fail...
Aug 21, 2024
Zelenskiy says Ukraine is boosting its forces in east to resist Russian advance
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday his forces understood what Moscow was attempting to do on the Pokrovsk front in eastern Ukraine, scene of Russian advances, a...
Aug 21, 2024
Mexico's Sheinbaum: judicial reform won't violate commitments with USMCA trade pact
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A judicial reform planned by Mexico's government will not violate the country's commitments with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), President-elect Claudia Shei...
Aug 21, 2024
Israeli PM says troops will not leave Philadelphi corridor in Gaza
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has not agreed to withdraw its troops from the so-called Philadelphi corridor along the border between Egypt and Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office s...
Aug 21, 2024
Ukraine minister says Kursk attack aims to protect border area
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov told a visiting delegation of U.S. congressmen on Wednesday that Kyiv's attack on Russia's Kursk region was intended to protect Ukraine. Refer...
Aug 21, 2024
Paraguay president says economy should grow faster 4% in 2024 despite soy price slump
By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's economy is on track to grow a faster-than-expected 4% this year, President Santiago Pena told Reuters on Wednesday, a bullish fo...
Aug 21, 2024
Paraguay open to China trade deals via Mercosur despite Taiwan ties, Pena says
By Daniela Desantis and Lucinda Elliott ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguayan President Santiago Pena said on Wednesday that he was "fully open" to trade deals with China via South American trade bloc Merco...
Aug 21, 2024
Guatemala prosecutors request to remove Arevalo's presidential immunity
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan prosecutors on Wednesday filed a request to strip President Bernardo Arevalo of the criminal immunity granted to his role so he can face charges for alleged abuse...
Aug 21, 2024
MIT's enrollment of Black, Latino students drops after Supreme Court affirmative action ban
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's incoming freshman class this year dropped to just 16% Black, Hispanic, Native American or Pacific Islander students compared...
Aug 21, 2024
New York man charged with acting as Chinese agent, DOJ says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York man was charged on Wednesday with operating as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the United States, the Department of Justice said. (Reporting by Jasper W...
Aug 21, 2024
