Author Archives: Syndicated Content
ASML executives expect Chinese demand to remain strong
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Executives at Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML said on Wednesday they expect demand from Chinese customers to remain strong, representing "in the ballpark" of 20% of the ...
Apr 17, 2024
Chris Paul, Klay Thompson lead Warriors' weighted offseason questions
Klay Thompson and Chris Paul are not guaranteed a return to the Warriors as Golden State enters the offseason with a number of pressing questions. Paul wrapped his 19th season in the NBA on Tuesday ni...
Apr 17, 2024
Russia jails four former prison officers for abusing detainees
LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian court has handed down prison terms to four former employees of a Moscow detention centre for abusing detainees, a member of Russia's human rights council said on Wednesday...
Apr 17, 2024
Sweden passes law to make it easier to change legal gender
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament on Wednesday passed a law that will make it easier for people to change their legal gender and lower the age at which it is allowed to 16 years from 18 years,...
Apr 17, 2024
Italy's ruling coalition accused of attacking abortion rights
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's right-wing ruling coalition faces opposition accusations of trying to limit abortion rights with a parliamentary amendment that could make it easier for anti-abortion groups t...
Apr 17, 2024
Germany launches urgent appeal to bolster Ukraine's starved air defences against Russia
By Andrey Sychev and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany has appealed to European Union and NATO member states to bolster Ukraine's air defences as quickly as possible as Russian missiles pounde...
Apr 17, 2024
UN Security Council to vote Friday on Palestinian UN membership
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote Friday on a Palestinian request for full U.N. membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel ally...
Apr 17, 2024
UN agency says staff, other Gaza detainees subjected to ill-treatment
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said some of its staff members and other people detained by Israeli forces in Gaza were subjected to ill-treatment, including severe beat...
Apr 17, 2024
Swiss vote to ban swastika in crackdown on extremist symbols
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland's parliament on Wednesday approved a motion to ban the Nazis' swastika emblem as part of a crackdown on extremist symbols in the neutral country. The lower house of parl...
Apr 17, 2024
Woman wheels corpse into Brazil bank to sign for loan
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A woman brought a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair into a bank branch and tried to get him to sign for a loan, but he had been dead for hours, Brazilian police said on Wednes...
Apr 17, 2024
