Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UAE and New Zealand to launch talks for a free trade deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates will begin negotiations over a free trade agreement, the Pacific nation's trade minister said on Tuesday. Trade Minister Todd McClay met his...
May 06, 2024
Fed's Barkin: Current rate level will cool demand, doesn't see "overheating"
By Howard Schneider COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - The current level for the Federal Reserve's benchmark interest rate should cool the economy enough to return inflation to the central bank's 2%...
May 06, 2024
Netanyahu agrees to reopen Gaza crossing for humanitarian aid, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday that he would ensure the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza is open for humanitarian...
May 06, 2024
Hamas accepts Egypt, Qatar's ceasefire proposal, Al Jazeera reports
CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas told Egyptian and Qatari mediators that it had accepted their Gaza ceasefire proposal, Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera reported on Monday, citing a leading Hamas official. There ...
May 06, 2024
US financial markets watchdog to collect data on bilateral repo
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Office of Financial Research (OFR), a U.S. Treasury Department-based research powerhouse, said on Monday it has adopted a final rule that will allow it to ...
May 06, 2024
Exclusive-Disney and Comcast seek advisor to resolve Hulu valuation, sources say
By Anirban Sen and Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney and Comcast are seeking to hire a financial adviser to resolve a dispute over how to value the 33% stake in streaming platform Hulu...
May 06, 2024
Several people trapped after building collapses in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Several people were trapped after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in the South African city of George, a spokesperson for the municipal government said on ...
May 06, 2024
UK's Lib Dem party to submit no-confidence motion in PM Rishi Sunak's government
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Liberal Democrat party said on Monday it would submit a parliamentary motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government to force a June general election f...
May 06, 2024
Five workers killed in sewage plant accident in Sicily
ROME (Reuters) - Five workers were killed on Monday in an accident at a sewage treatment plant near Palermo, on the island of Sicily, while another was found unconscious and taken to hospital, firefig...
May 06, 2024
Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - An exquisitely preserved fossil of the earliest-known bird Archaeopteryx, a pigeon-sized specimen revealing new anatomical details of a creature whose 19th century discovery...
May 06, 2024
