Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Why Hamas was not Israel’s target in Gaza airstrikes – this time
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's latest round of airstrikes against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip left familiar images of towering spirals of smok...
May 17, 2023
Bankman-Fried faces long odds of tossing charges despite Supreme Court decision
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is hoping a recent Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of fraud prosecutions will bolster his defense as he fights charges stemmin...
May 17, 2023
Celsius bankruptcy auction nears end, with Fahrenheit in the lead
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for Celsius Network on Wednesday said the crypto lender hopes to conclude an auction for its assets within days and the current lead bidder is Fahrenhe...
May 17, 2023
Golf-Captain Johnson bringing U.S. Ryder Cup team to Rome for recon mission
By Steve Keating ROCHESTER, New York (Reuters) - United States Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson will lead his entire 12-man team on a reconnaissance mission at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Rome a...
May 17, 2023
Soccer-Brentford’s Toney handed eight-month ban by FA for breaching betting rules
(Reuters) -Brentford and England striker Ivan Toney has been banned from football for eight months and fined 50,000 pounds ($63,000) after admitting to 232 breaches of the Football Association's (FA) ...
May 17, 2023
House Speaker McCarthy says U.S. debt ceiling deal by Sunday is “doable”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Wednesday that a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling limit was "do-able" by Sunday, the day President Joe Biden said he intended on holding ...
May 17, 2023
Czechs cancel Soviet-era decrees giving Russian embassy free land
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech government on Wednesday cancelled Soviet-era decrees that granted the Russian embassy free use of land in Prague and other cities, a further step in a more than two-year d...
May 17, 2023
Russian economy shrank 1.9% in first quarter – stats service
(Reuters) - Russia's economy shrank 1.9% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, data from the Rosstat federal statistics service showed on Wednesday, following growth of 3% in the same period of l...
May 17, 2023
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
