Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Imperial Oil CEO apologises for tailings leaks in Ottawa grilling
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Imperial Oil's chief executive apologised to Canadian lawmakers on Thursday for toxic tailings leaks at its Kearl oil sands mine and conceded the company had been "negligen...
Apr 20, 2023
Baseball-Scherzer faces 10-game suspension for foreign substance
(Reuters) - New York Mets pitcher Max Scherzer received a 10-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for violating the prohibitions on foreign substances, the Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Thurs...
Apr 20, 2023
Britain’s Cleverly leaves New Zealand early to focus on Sudan response
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will leave New Zealand Friday and cut his Pacific tour short, a spokesperson for New Zealand's Department of Internal Aff...
Apr 20, 2023
SpaceX rocket explosion illustrates Elon Musk’s ‘successful failure’ formula
By Steve Gorman and Arlene Eiras LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The spectacular explosion of SpaceX's new Starship rocket minutes after it soared off its launch pad on a first flight test is the latest vivid...
Apr 20, 2023
Japan’s March core consumer prices rise 3.1%, stays above BOJ target
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose 3.1% in March from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, staying above the central bank's target of 2% as compani...
Apr 20, 2023
Fed’s Harker sees more central bank action to quash inflation pressures
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said Thursday the U.S. central bank will have to do more on the policy front to get still high in...
Apr 20, 2023
Biden urged to deliver ‘historic’ arms control speech at G7 summit in Japan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two dozen arms control advocates have urged President Joe Biden to use next month's G7 summit in Hiroshima, which was hit by the first U.S. atomic bombing of World War Two, to r...
Apr 20, 2023
German defence minister: Now is not time to discuss Ukraine NATO membership
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius rejected a quick decision on Ukraine's membership at NATO, the Western alliance that has supported Ukraine throughout its war with Russia, wi...
Apr 20, 2023
UK consumer confidence highest since Feb 2022 as ‘green shoots’ emerge: GfK
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers were their most upbeat in more than a year this month, despite the surging cost of living, as they took a more positive view of their finances and...
Apr 20, 2023
Germany to end Patriot air defence system deployments in Poland, Slovakia this year
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German military will end its Patriot anti defence units in fellow NATO members Slovakia and Poland this year, a spokesperson for the defence ministry was quoted as saying, as Be...
Apr 20, 2023
