Author Archives: Syndicated Content
S.Africa tech investor Naspers’ profit slumps on lower Tencent contribution
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Technology investor Naspers on Tuesday reported a 78% slump in annual profit, led by a drop in the contribution from China's Tencent which accounts for the bulk of earnings an...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
MLB roundup: Angels clip White Sox on walk-off wild pitch
Mike Trout scored from third base on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in Anaheim, Calif. White...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed in blasts, violence since August 2021 – UN
By Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters) - Over a thousand Afghan civilians were killed in bombings and other violence since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021, according to a report by th...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
Madrid joins race for high-spending tourists with bet on five-star hotels
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - As pandemic travel restrictions began to ease in the spring of 2021 foreign tourists returning to Madrid discovered the city's downtown had undergone a makeover. An a...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
Tropical forest losses rise in 2022 despite pledge to end them
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - The world lost an area of old-growth tropical rainforest the size of Switzerland last year, as deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon continued unabated, a forest monitorin...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
New Zealand boosts tertiary funding as universities struggle
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will provide NZ$128 million ($79.18 million) in extra funding to its universities over the next two years, it said on Tuesday, as a number of institu...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
Lordstown Motors files bankruptcy, sues Foxconn
By Mike Spector, Joseph White and Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lordstown Motors filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday and put itself up for sale after the U.S. electric truck manufacturer...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
Thailand’s Pita says ‘enough support’ from Senate to become PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's leading prime ministerial candidate Pita Limjaroenrat said on Tuesday he has enough support in the upper house to become the country's next premier, just days ahead of t...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin bounces on BlackRock buzz
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) - What would Satoshi make of it all? Bitcoin, the currency created to subvert the financial establishment, has shaken off weeks of sickness with the...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023
ECB’s Kazaks sees rate hikes past July even as economy softens
SINTRA, Portugal (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will likely keep raising interest rates after its next meeting even as the economy slows because inflation remains too high, ECB policymaker Mart...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2023

