Author Archives: Syndicated Content
No energy worries for Italy’s ‘harmonious walnut tribe’
By Yara Nardi and Matteo Berlenga CUPRAMONTANA, Italy (Reuters) - Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, does not crave the bright city lights. Indeed he has no use for electricity and for more than half a century h...
Dec 22, 2022
God not Mafia’s side, Sicilian archbishop says after trial
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge has handed down jail sentences totalling 80 years to 39 people for diverting a Good Friday religious procession to the house of a Mafia family and paying homage to an...
Dec 22, 2022
Futures muted after Wall St rally, economic data on tap
(Reuters) - U.S. stock futures were subdued on Thursday after Wall Street's main indexes staged a rally in the previous session, with investors awaiting jobs data to assess the strength of the labor m...
Dec 22, 2022
Turkey says Sweden has not acted on extraditing terrorism-linked suspects
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday Stockholm had not moved to extradite people Ankara says are linked to terrorism or freeze their assets, as Sweden continue...
Dec 22, 2022
Myanmar junta minister attend talks hosted by Thailand, key ASEAN players absent
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand hosted a regional meeting on Thursday to discuss the crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, which a government source said included a rare international appearance by several junta...
Dec 22, 2022
Analysis-Italy’s nationalists set to loosen grip on beloved airline with mooted Lufthansa deal
By Angelo Amante and Joanna Plucinska ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new right-wing government has shown it is prepared to put sound finances ahead of national pride by revamping plans to sell a stake in th...
Dec 22, 2022
Japanese homeowners face an unfamiliar headache: higher mortgages
By David Dolan and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) - When salaryman Takayuki Nakamura bought his Tokyo home last year, he got a floating-rate mortgage at a rock-bottom 0.35% and an assurance from the ...
Dec 22, 2022
Israeli forces kill Palestinian fighter in West Bank clashes
By Raneen Sawafta TUBAS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed a Palestinian combatant in clashes near a flashpoint site on Thursday, underlining the continuing violence in the occupied West Ban...
Dec 22, 2022
China COVID deaths probably running above 5,000 per day – UK research firm Airfinity
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 5,000 people are probably dying each day from COVID-19 in China, health data firm Airfinity estimated, offering a dramatic contrast to official data from Beijing on the c...
Dec 22, 2022
Dozens protest in Afghan capital after Taliban close universities to women
KABUL (Reuters) - Dozens of women gathered outside Kabul University on Thursday to protest in the first major public demonstration in the capital since the Taliban's decision to close universities to ...
Dec 22, 2022
