Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fire on passenger ferry in Philippines kills 10 -coast guard
MANILA (Reuters) - Ten people have died and 230 have been rescued after a passenger ferry caught fire on Wednesday evening in the seas off the southern Philippine province of Basilan, a coast guard of...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
U.S. labor force gap mostly due to pre-pandemic trends, study finds
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost all of the remaining shortfall in U.S. labor force participation is the result of demographic and other trends that predate the COVID-19 pandemic, acc...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Disney’s Florida surprise: an end run around DeSantis
(Reuters) - A Florida board created to oversee Walt Disney World's special taxation district is considering legal action after saying its power over the entertainment company's resort has been eviscer...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Dollar advances as banking crisis fears ease
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar was on the front foot on Thursday as receding concerns over the banking sector helped improve risk sentiment, with investors switching their att...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Analysis-Hiring spree by China’s debt-laden local governments fuel fiscal fears
By Ellen Zhang and Marius Zaharia BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some of China's most indebted local governments are on a hiring spree, a move that analysts say could put fragile regional finances unde...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Ex-prisoner tells diplomats Nicaragua holding families ‘hostage’
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) - "I said I would hand myself in, but the police kicked down the gate," Tamara Davila, a formerly jailed Nicaraguan activist on Wednesday told regional diplomats looking int...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
From war to peace: Cambodian goldsmith turns bullet casings into jewellery
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Every week, Cambodian goldsmith Thoeun Chantha turns about five kg of brass casings of AK-47 and M-16 bullets into jewellery. For more than two decades, the 42-year-old, whose f...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Australian job vacancies fall 1.5% in Feb quarter, still high historically
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Job vacancies in Australia eased in the three months to February, the third straight quarter of decline, but still far above pre-pandemic levels in a sign of a still tight labour ma...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Oil steadies as U.S. crude draw offset by Russian supplies, stronger dollar
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - Oil steadied in early Asian trade on Thursday as a surprise draw in U.S. crude oil stockpiles that supported prices was offset by a smaller-than-expected cut to Russian su...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023
Tennis-Cirstea turns back clock to topple Sabalenka
(Reuters) - Sorana Cirstea said she is feeling the best she has in years and is brimming with confidence after stunning world number two Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 6-4 at the Miami Open on Wednesday. The uns...
Syndicated Content Mar 29, 2023

