Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Myanmar's Suu Kyi being used as 'human shield', son fears
By Hannah Ellison LONDON (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained former leader and Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest possibly to be used by the Southeast Asian nation's ruling junta as a h...
Apr 18, 2024
G7 eyeing using frozen Russian assets as collateral for Ukraine loans, EU official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Group of Seven members are discussing using nearly $300 billion in frozen Russian assets as collateral to provide loans to Ukraine, European Commission Executive Vice President ...
Apr 18, 2024
US imposes new curbs on Iran's access to 'low-level' tech after attack on Israel
By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is further restricting Iran's access to "low-level technology," in response to Iran's April 13 attack on Israel and its military support for Russia, a...
Apr 18, 2024
Bosnian Serb MPs adopt a report denying the Srebrenica genocide
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The parliament of Bosnias autonomous Serb Republic adopted a report on Thursday stating that the killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian war did not constitute g...
Apr 18, 2024
Pro-Palestinian activist aims to take aid to Gaza again on flotilla
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Huwaida Arraf, a pro-Palestinian activist, said on Thursday she would join a flotilla planning to carry aid to Gaza from Turkey, aiming to break a naval blockade 14 years after Is...
Apr 18, 2024
Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France
By Emma Farge and Catarina Demony GENEVA (Reuters) - France should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognisi...
Apr 18, 2024
JPMorgan Chase sues Russia's VTB Bank over effort to unfreeze assets
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase sued Russia's state-owned VTB Bank on Thursday to halt its efforts to recover $439.5 million from an account that was blocked after Russia invad...
Apr 18, 2024
Meta releases early versions of its Llama 3 AI model
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users type prompts,...
Apr 18, 2024
L'Oreal Q1 sales up 9.4% on strong mass market demand
PARIS (Reuters) -L'Oreal reported a 9.4% rise in first quarter sales on a like-for-like basis on Thursday, beating expectations and shrugging off concerns about a slowdown in the two biggest beauty ma...
Apr 18, 2024
Mortgage rates top 7% for the first time this year, Freddie Mac says
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage rates increased by the most since June and also crossed the 7% threshold for the first time since December, muddling home sales growth, a Thursday re...
Apr 18, 2024
