Author Archives: Syndicated Content
No EU vote on restricting ‘forever chemicals’ before 2025, EU official says
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union will not vote on phasing out so-called forever chemicals before 2025, an EU official said, as the bloc moves to regulate the use of such chemica...
May 26, 2023
Cross-border raid fuels calls for Russia to arm its self-defence forces
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) - A cross-border raid into Russia from Ukraine this week has fuelled calls for Moscow to allow local self-defence units to be armed, with one influential lawmaker suggesting...
May 26, 2023
Motor racing-Ferrari’s Sainz fastest in first Monaco practice
By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) - Ferrari's Carlos Sainz lapped fastest in first practice for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Friday with Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso second on the timesheets....
May 26, 2023
Serbia orders army to Kosovo border after protest clashes
By Fatos Bytyci ZVECAN, Kosovo (Reuters) - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic placed the country's army on full combat alert and ordered its units to move closer to the border with Kosovo on Friday, a...
May 26, 2023
Toyota investors should vote against chairman Toyoda, Glass Lewis recommends
By Makiko Yamazaki and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - Proxy adviser Glass Lewis has recommended that shareholders of Toyota Motor Corp vote against the re-election of Chairman Akio Toyoda as a boar...
May 26, 2023
Traders boost bets on Fed rate hike after inflation data
Traders of futures contracts tied to the Federal Reserve's policy rate boosted bets on Friday that the U.S. central bank is not yet done on raising interest rates, after a government report showed inf...
May 26, 2023
Kuwait suspends new visas for Philippines workers in rights row
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait has suspended all new visas for Philippine nationals indefinitely, the interior ministry confirmed this week, in an escalation of a row between the oil-rich Gulf state and Ma...
May 26, 2023
US consumer spending beats expectations in April; inflation picks up
WASHINGTON (Reuters - U.S. consumer spending increased more than expected in April, boosting the economy's growth prospects for the second quarter, and inflation picked up, which could see the Federal...
May 26, 2023
Pope, in interview, skirts issue of return of occupied parts of Ukraine
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has said an eventual return by Russia of occupied territories in Ukraine is a "political problem" to be resolved by both sides, in his first pu...
May 26, 2023
Pope skipped audiences on Friday because of a fever, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis did not receive anyone in audiences on Friday because he has a fever, the Vatican said on Friday. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni, in response to a question by Reu...
May 26, 2023
