Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russia’s consumer prices barely change for second week running
(Reuters) - Russia's weekly consumer prices rose marginally in the period to May 15, state statistics service Rosstat said on Wednesday, steadying in the two weeks since the Bank of Russia opted to ho...
May 17, 2023
Madrid’s rich could vote with their feet as wealth tax fuels electoral debate
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - For serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky, the outcome of elections in Spain this year will determine whether he stays in Madrid. The Argentine-born founder of five "u...
May 17, 2023
FedEx Express pilots vote in support of strike – ALPA union
(Reuters) - Pilots of FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp, have voted "overwhelmingly" in support of a strike, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) said on Wednesday. From the 99% of members who par...
May 17, 2023
Biden says he and China’s Xi will meet, ‘whether it’s soon or not’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would speak with China's President Xi Jinping, but did not say when. "Whether it's soon or not, we will be meeting," Biden said in ...
May 17, 2023
Brazil’s ministers see room for rate cuts as central bank keeps cautious stance
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's economic ministers on Wednesday highlighted the potential for monetary easing to kick off, while the central bank continued to signal caution due to concerns over expecta...
May 17, 2023
Swiss parliament to investigate Credit Suisse collapse
ZURICH (Reuters) -Credit Suisse's collapse and its takeover by UBS will be investigated by a parliamentary commission (PUK), the office of Switzerland's upper house of parliament said on Wednesday. Th...
May 17, 2023
Ukraine tells Chinese envoy it won’t accept ceding land to Russia
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's foreign minister told a top Chinese envoy at talks in Kyiv on Wednesday that Kyiv would not accept any proposals to end the war with Russia that involved it losing territory ...
May 17, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court declines to block Illinois assault weapons ban
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to block a Democratic-backed ban on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted in Illinois after a deadly mass s...
May 17, 2023
In a first, women poised to become mayors of Philadelphia and Jacksonville
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Philadelphia Democrat who promised to hire more police has won her party's nomination for mayor, while a former TV news anchor has ousted a Republican from the mayor's...
May 17, 2023
Russia moves to impose its own sports federations in occupied Ukraine regions
(Reuters) - Russia's State Duma on Wednesday approved the first reading of a bill that would put sports bodies in occupied regions of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of its own sporting federations. Th...
May 17, 2023
