Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Prosecutor plays down hopes of breakthrough in Madeleine McCann search
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - A German prosecutor played down hopes of an imminent breakthrough in the 16-year-old hunt for missing British girl Madeleine McCann on Thursday, as investigators spent a t...
May 25, 2023
Tennis-Last of the ‘Big Three’ standing, Djokovic eyes Grand Slam record
(Reuters) - Novak Djokovic enters the French Open amid a run of indifferent claycourt form but few would be surprised to the see Serbian great hoist the Musketeers' Trophy for a third time. With Rafa ...
May 25, 2023
Spain’s mass tourism in candidates’ crosshairs in election year
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Scrawled across Barcelona's opera house, along the city's renowned La Rambla boulevard, is expletive-laden graffiti urging tourists to "go home". In another district...
May 25, 2023
Tennis-Rybakina the woman for all surfaces after clay triumph
By Nick Mulvenney (Reuters) - A sizzling start to the season and a first big claycourt triumph at the Italian Open last week has many convinced that Elena Rybakina could be poised to shed the "one sla...
May 25, 2023
US offers oil and gas drilling rights in first auction since Biden’s IRA
(Reuters) - The U.S. on Thursday will hold its first sale of oil and gas drilling rights on federal lands since passage of President Joe Biden's landmark climate change law, with more than 10,000 acre...
May 25, 2023
UK retail sales fall in May after April rise, outlook less gloomy: CBI
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales declined this month after a modest rise in April but stores expect sales volumes to stabilise in June as consumer confidence improves and energy prices fall, a ...
May 25, 2023
Tina Turner honoured at lakeside Swiss home where she died
By Cecile Mantovani KUESNACHT, Switzerland (Reuters) - Well-wishers gathered outside the lakeside home of Tina Turner on Thursday to pay tribute to the music legend who had made Switzerland her home f...
May 25, 2023
Medtronic beats quarterly profit estimates on heart, diabetes devices strength
(Reuters) - Medtronic Plc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by a recovery in non-urgent surgical procedures that were delayed during the pandemic as well as strong de...
May 25, 2023
Brexit to blame for a third of Britain’s food bill rise, researchers say
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's departure from the European Union has accounted for about a third of the increase in food bills for households since 2019, equivalent to about 250 pounds ($...
May 25, 2023
Switzerland speeds up work on liquidity backstop after Credit Suisse crash
BERN (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Thursday moved to speed up work on extending a public liquidity backstop Credit Suisse received access to in March under emergency rules to other systemically ...
May 25, 2023
