Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hey, chocolate lovers: new study traces complex origins of cacao
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists are getting a better taste of the early history of the domestication and use of cacao - the source of chocolate - thanks to residues detected on a batc...
Mar 07, 2024
US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid
By Jonathan Landay and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will announce in his State of the Union speech on Thursday that the U.S. military will construct a temporary port on Gaz...
Mar 07, 2024
Spain pledges extra 20 million euros in aid to UNRWA
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will give the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA an additional 20 million euros ($21.88 million) in aid, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Thursday. T...
Mar 07, 2024
'Love wins' say Greek lesbian couple as they wed at last
By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -A calendar reminder shone up on Danai Deligeorges' phone on Thursday evening: "Wedding", the message said. She turned, smiling, to her partner Alexia Beziki. "Are y...
Mar 07, 2024
Ukraine's Zelenskiy approves ex-army chief Zaluzhnyi's candidacy as envoy to UK
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he had approved the candidacy of former army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as ambassador to Britain. Zaluzhnyi, widely seen as a nati...
Mar 07, 2024
Panama's Martinelli appeals court decision ruling him ineligible for 2024 election
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Panamanian ex-President Ricardo Martinelli and his team have appealed an electoral court's decision finding him ineligible to run in this year's presidential ele...
Mar 07, 2024
Britain increases drone funding for Ukraine by over $150 million
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will increase its spending on drones for Ukraine by 125 million pounds ($160 million), raising the total number of drones supplied to more than 10,000, the government said o...
Mar 07, 2024
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap dozens of pupils from school, parents say
By Garba Muhammad KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped dozens of school pupils in northern Nigeria on Thursday, residents and parents of the missing children said, in what would be the biggest...
Mar 07, 2024
IMF says Ecuador asked to begin discussing a new program; bonds rise
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that Ecuadorean authorities officially requested "a few weeks ago" to begin discussions on a potential new program with the IMF, b...
Mar 07, 2024
From camels to control rooms: India prepares for its mammoth election exercise
By Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) - From transporting voting machines on camelback to remote corners of its vast western desert to bolstering control rooms for monitoring malicious deepfakes, In...
Mar 07, 2024
