Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Japan’s Kore-eda: sexual identity not the focus in film ‘Monster’
By Alicia Powell CANNES (Reuters) - Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda said he did not want to focus on sexual identity in portraying the relationship between the two schoolboys at the centre of his ...
May 18, 2023
RBNZ to hike rates one last time by 25 bps on May 24 – Reuters poll
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will hike interest rates by a final quarter point on Wednesday then end its most aggressive tightening cycle since adopting th...
May 18, 2023
G7 leaders reckon with Ukraine, haunted by Hiroshima nuclear legacy
By Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's advanced democracies start their Group of Seven (G7) summit on Friday in Hiroshima with a sombre remembrance of the costs of war...
May 18, 2023
US tells UN it will shield Venezuela humanitarian fund from creditors -sources
By Matt Spetalnick, Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) - The U.S. has assured the United Nations that it will shield a proposed UN-administered Venezuela humanitarian fund fr...
May 18, 2023
Hollywood actors’ union asks members to authorize possible strike
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The board of Hollywood's actors union asked members on Thursday to give negotiators the power to call a strike, a move that would add new pressure to major stu...
May 18, 2023
Doping: WADA’s ‘Operation LIMS’ passes 200 sanctions of Russian athletes
(Reuters) - More than 200 Russian athletes have been sanctioned following the 'Operation LIMS' investigation into Moscow's anti-doping laboratory with more bans to come, the World Anti-Doping Agency s...
May 18, 2023
Yellen reaffirms strength of US banking system in meeting with bank CEOs -Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reaffirmed the strength and soundness of the country's banking system in a meeting with bank CEOs on Thursday, a Treasury Department stateme...
May 18, 2023
Witnesses recount gunmen’s raid on church in Sudan’s capital
By Maggie Michael CAIRO (Reuters) - Over four terrifying hours last weekend, masked gunmen affiliated to one of Sudan's warring factions raided one of Khartoum's oldest churches, opening fire at churc...
May 18, 2023
China and US commerce ministers and trade representatives to meet next week-Chinese embassy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The ministers of commerce and the trade representatives of United States and China will meet next week in the United States, the spokesperson for China's embassy in Washington s...
May 18, 2023
US House member ‘pauses’ subpoena attempt over Afghanistan cable
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday he accepted the State Department's invitation to view a classif...
May 18, 2023
