Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Malaysia arrests armed man suspected of being an Israeli spy
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has arrested an armed man at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, its top police official said, describing the 36-year-old as a suspected Israeli spy. The man, who was found carr...
Mar 29, 2024
Texas federal judge blocks updated fair lending rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge in Texas on Friday blocked enforcement of new regulations adopted during the Biden administration that sought to overhaul how lenders extend loans and other...
Mar 29, 2024
US, Japan to call for deeper cooperation in AI, semiconductors, Asahi says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the U.S. will announce closer cooperation in high-tech areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) in a joint statement when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Presiden...
Mar 29, 2024
US pension fund CalPERS votes for Peltz, Rasulo in Disney boardroom fight
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) said on Friday the U.S. pension fund has voted to elect activist investment firm Trian Fund Management's two director c...
Mar 29, 2024
Outspoken Cuban priest cries foul as country marks Good Friday
By Nelson Acosta and Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban Roman Catholics held public processions across the Communist-run country on Friday to mark Good Friday, but there was at least one exception in...
Mar 29, 2024
Ukraine's Zelenskiy reports his income increased in 2022
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday declared his income for 2022 rose to 12.42 million hryvnias ($306,000) from 3.7 million hryvnias the previous year, with the increase attr...
Mar 29, 2024
Sudan needs 'immediate action' on hunger to avert widespread death, UN-backed report says
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Immediate action is needed to "prevent widespread death and total collapse of livelihoods and avert a catastrophic hunger crisis in Sudan," a United Nati...
Mar 29, 2024
US to cap rent raise for some affordable housing units, official says
By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will soon announce a 10% cap on yearly rent increases for certain affordable housing units that are...
Mar 29, 2024
Zelenskiy says without US aid, Ukraine forces will have to retreat
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview published on Friday that if Ukraine does not get promised U.S. military aid blocked by disputes in Congress, its forces will have to retr...
Mar 29, 2024
Texas appeals court blocks state from probing transgender kids' parents
(Reuters) - A Texas appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court's injunction blocking the state from investigating parents who provide their transgender children with gender-affirming medical treatme...
Mar 29, 2024
