Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Woodford investors offered up to $292 million over fund failure
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) - Investors in the failed equity income fund run by fallen star stock picker Neil Woodford have been offered up to 235 million pounds ($292 million) in redress after...
Apr 20, 2023
Uganda president to consult lawmakers about anti-LGBTQ bill
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will meet lawmakers from his party on Thursday to discuss a strict anti-LGBTQ bill ahead of a deadline to sign it, veto it or send it back to parl...
Apr 20, 2023
Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill
By Catherine Schenck and Rachel Savage JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - DeLovie Kwagala (Papa De), a queer Ugandan photographer and activist, was living in South Africa when the news came that Uganda's parlia...
Apr 20, 2023
Dreaming sky high, Nigerian man builds airplane from trash
LAGOS (Reuters) - Bolaji Fatai has never set foot in an airplane, but that hasn't stopped him from building his own remote-controlled model aircraft from trash and sending it soaring over the sprawl a...
Apr 20, 2023
New fighting rattles Sudan’s capital as residents try to flee
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Residents of Sudan's capital reported renewed heavy gunfire on Thursday over central Khartoum and some other areas as many tried to flee the...
Apr 20, 2023
Deutsche Bank plans to cut jobs, shrink board – source
BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank plans to reduce its executive board to nine members from 10 and to cut some jobs in infrastructure and in its private banking business to save costs, a source close to...
Apr 20, 2023
Malaysia probes cases of migrant workers left jobless, without passports
By A. Ananthalakshmi and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has launched an investigation to uncover how hundreds of migrant workers arrived from South Asia without jobs, despite having ...
Apr 20, 2023
Hybrid solar eclipse draws thousands to remote Australian town
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A rare hybrid solar eclipse over a remote town on Australia's west coast drew thousands on Thursday to witness the event. Astronomy fans and enthusiasts from around the world travel...
Apr 20, 2023
Denmark, Netherlands to donate 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark and the Netherlands will jointly donate 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the two countries said on Thursday. The Leopard 2A4 tanks, which will be bought from a third party...
Apr 20, 2023
Japan PM has no plan to tweak sales tax to fund childcare measures
By Yukiko Toyoda TOKYO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday he has no plan now to raise Japan's sales tax rate, when asked about plans to fund new childcare measures aimed at enco...
Apr 20, 2023
