Author Archives: Syndicated Content
India's opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to contest elections from Raebareli too
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's main opposition Congress party said on Friday that Rahul Gandhi, the face of the party and its former president, will contest general elections from the family bastion se...
May 02, 2024
Asian stocks surge on tech boost; yen extends gains to cap wild week
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rallied on Friday after Apple's record $110 billion share buyback plan lifted the tech sector, while the yen put more distance from recent 34-year ...
May 02, 2024
Analysis-Missile defence successes in Gulf, Ukraine fuel global urgency to acquire systems
By Gerry Doyle (Reuters) - The success of ballistic missile defences facing their first complex, high-stakes combat scenarios in Israel, the Red Sea and Ukraine will encourage militaries globally to i...
May 02, 2024
Taiwan says 14 Chinese military planes crossed strait's median line
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday that in the previous 24 hours it had detected 14 Chinese military aircraft crossing the Taiwan Strait's median line. The median line used to...
May 02, 2024
Parched Philippine dam reveals centuries-old town, luring tourists
By Adrian Portugal and Peter Blaza NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines (Reuters) - Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in northern Philippines, giving residents a rare spectacl...
May 02, 2024
Stay alert: Quake warning app demand surges in earthquake-rattled Taiwan
By Yimou Lee and Angie Teo TAIPEI (Reuters) - Earthquake warning smartphone apps have surged in popularity in Taiwan due to high demand from people eager to get a few extra seconds to take cover after...
May 02, 2024
Oil steadies, heads for weekly drop on U.S. economy worries
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up in early trade on Friday on the prospect of OPEC+ continuing output cuts, but the crude benchmarks were headed for weekly losses on U.S. economic uncer...
May 02, 2024
Athletics-Steeplechaser Coburn to miss US Olympic trials after breaking ankle
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emma Coburn will miss the U.S. trials for the Paris Olympics after breaking her ankle at the Shanghai Diamond League meet last week, the Rio steeplechase bronze medallist said on ...
May 02, 2024
Students erect pro-Palestinian encampments across major Canadian universities
By KyawSoe Oo and Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Quebec Premier Francois Legault said on Thursday the encampment at Montreal's McGill University should be dismantled as more students erected ...
May 02, 2024
Pro-Palestinian encampments at US universities
(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread across U.S. universities in the two weeks since Columbia University admini...
May 02, 2024
