Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tree study shows how drought may have doomed ancient Hittite empire
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Around 1200 BC, human civilization experienced a harrowing setback with the near-simultaneous demise or diminishment of several important empires in the Middle Ea...
Feb 08, 2023
Astronomers astonished by ring around frigid distant world Quaoar
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The small distant world called Quaoar, named after a god of creation in Native American mythology, is producing some surprises for astronomers as it orbits beyond...
Feb 08, 2023
German minister: First battalion of Leopard 2 tanks could reach Ukraine in March/April
WARSAW (Reuters) - Western partners could deliver the first battalion of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine in the first three or four months of this year, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said ...
Feb 08, 2023
Russia’s 2022 economic fall seen in lower incomes, slumping consumer demand
By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian consumer demand contracted at its fastest pace in seven years in 2022 and real disposable incomes fell, data released on Wednesday showed, as the country...
Feb 08, 2023
Soccer-Tottenham set to be without injured Lloris – reports
LONDON (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur could be without their goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris for up to eight weeks after he was injured in Sunday's Premier League win over Manchester City. According...
Feb 08, 2023
NBA-LeBron reignites ‘GOAT’ debate after breaking NBA scoring record
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The debate over who is the NBA's greatest player of all time may never be settled but some observers could finally be willing to give LeBron James the edge over Michael Jor...
Feb 08, 2023
Syrian quake survivor lives in makeshift shelter after daughter died in his arms
By Khalil Ashawi JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) - Lying bandaged in a makeshift shelter with his surviving infant daughter, Abdulrahman Ali al-Mahmoud laments the loss of his wife and other baby girl after...
Feb 08, 2023
Greece rescues migrants missing after Lesbos shipwreck
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece has rescued seven more migrants who were missing following Tuesday's shipwreck off the island of Lesbos in which three people drowned, bringing the number of survivors to 39,...
Feb 08, 2023
At least 9 dead in Burkina Faso mine collapse: association
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -At least nine people were killed when an artisanal gold mine collapsed in Burkina Faso's western Tuy province on Tuesday, the head of the artisanal mining association for the pr...
Feb 08, 2023
White House says blog post on Nord Stream explosion ‘utterly false’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday dismissed a blog post by a U.S. investigative journalist alleging the United States was behind explosions of the Nord Stream gas pipelines as "utter...
Feb 08, 2023
