Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian forces shell central Kharkiv, two injured, governor says
(Reuters) - Russian forces shelled the central Shevchenkivsyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, on Wednesday, injuring two people and damaging a five-storey building, the regional go...
May 15, 2024
Factbox-Killings and attempted assassinations of leaders in Europe
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded on Wednesday, becoming the latest European leader to be the target of an assassination attempt. Slovak media said the shoot...
May 15, 2024
Barge hits bridge in Texas, spills oil and shuts road
(Reuters) - A barge crashed into a bridge on the Texas coast on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the only roadway to a small island off the city of Galveston, city officials said. No injuries were re...
May 15, 2024
US removes Cuba from list of countries not cooperating fully against terrorism
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday removed Cuba from a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terror...
May 15, 2024
Biden administration, Texas duel in US appeals court over floating migrant barrier
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Wednesday urged a U.S. appeals court to rule that Texas cannot keep a 1,000-foot-long floating barrier in the Rio Grande, one in a series of ...
May 15, 2024
Explainer-Austria's Raiffeisen faces US wrath over Russian business
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury has warned Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) that its access to the U.S. financial system could be restricted because of its Russian dealings...
May 15, 2024
Distraught farmer in flood-hit Brazil mourns the loss of animals, dreams
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Leonardo Benassatto PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - The despair in Nilton Muradaz Junior's eyes is unmistakable as he looks at the vast lake that was once his farm and home...
May 15, 2024
One Iraqi soldier killed, two wounded in attack by suspected Islamic State in Kirkuk
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One Iraqi soldier was killed, and two others were wounded in an attack by suspected Islamic State militants on an army post near Iraq's city of Kirkuk, two security sources told Re...
May 15, 2024
US charges two brothers with novel $25 million cryptocurrency heist
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - Two brothers who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were arrested on Wednesday on U.S. charges that they carried out a cutting-edge scheme to explo...
May 15, 2024
British aid shipment leaves Cyprus bound for Gaza pier
LONDON (Reuters) - A British shipment of nearly 100 tonnes of aid has left Cyprus bound for a new temporary pier in Gaza, the British Foreign Office said in a statement on Wednesday. WHY IT'S IMPORTAN...
May 15, 2024
