Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. considers new land swap deal in Alaska wildlife refuge
(Reuters) - The U.S. Interior Department will review the environmental impacts of a possible land swap deal that would allow a new road to cut through an Alaska wildlife refuge, it said on Wednesday. ...
May 17, 2023
Brazil’s antitrust watchdog approves L’Oreal deal to buy Aesop
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's antitrust regulator Cade on Wednesday recommended the approval of the sale of Natura & Co's Aesop brand to French cosmetics company L'Oreal, according to the country's d...
May 17, 2023
Almodovar’s gay Western draws Cannes crowd – even without Pedro Pascal
CANNES (Reuters) - Throngs of people eager to watch Pedro Almodovar's "Strange Way of Life," a 31-minute Western film starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal as lovers, at the Cannes Film Festival on We...
May 17, 2023
Explainer-Ecuador’s Lasso dissolved the legislature. What comes next?
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso dissolved the National Assembly by decree on Wednesday, bringing forward legislative and presidential elections, a day after he defended himself i...
May 17, 2023
Hungary to block EU military aid fund for Ukraine unless Kyiv takes OTP bank off blacklist
By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary will block the next tranche of European Union military support for Ukraine and any new sanctions package against Russia unless Kyiv removes Hungarian ba...
May 17, 2023
US House committee to consider Blinken contempt charge over Afghanistan cable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee could vote as soon as next week on whether to recommend a contempt of Congress charge against Secretary of State Antony Blinken over ...
May 17, 2023
Silver Lake submits offer document for Software AG
BERLIN (Reuters) - Silver Lake officially submitted its offer document for Software AG on Wednesday, almost a month after announcing a 2.4 billion euro ($2.64 billion) takeover bid. The financial inve...
May 17, 2023
Soccer-Benfica, Porto, Sporting offices searched in corruption probe
(Reuters) - Portuguese prosecutors and tax authorities investigating 58 million euros in illegal payments relating to soccer transfer deals carried out 60 searches mainly in Lisbon and Porto on Wednes...
May 17, 2023
IQE’s annual revenue falls 2% on weak orders
(Reuters) - British chip components maker IQE Plc reported a 2% drop in its annual revenue on Wednesday, hit by reduced orders amid weak demand for consumer electronics. Revenue on a constant currency...
May 17, 2023
Almost 250,000 flee floods in Somali city that ‘became like an ocean’
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Floods have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle river in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even...
May 17, 2023
