Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Putin tells Russian defence industry to up its game for Ukraine war
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday told Russia's defence industry chiefs to up their game to ensure that the Russian army quickly got all the weapons, equipment and milita...
Dec 23, 2022
Germany suspends measures to promote business with Iran
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's government is suspending state measures designed to foster business with Iran due to the repression of nationwide protests in the Islamic Republic, the economy ministry sa...
Dec 23, 2022
Alameda’s ex-CEO tells judge she hid billions in loans to FTX execs
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives received billions of dollars in secret loans from the crypto mogul's Alameda Research, the hedge fund's former chief told a...
Dec 23, 2022
Snooker-China’s Chen latest to be suspended amid match-fixing investigation
(Reuters) - China's Chen Zifan has been suspended from the World Snooker Tour as part of an investigation into alleged match-fixing, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) sa...
Dec 23, 2022
Italy government faces confidence vote on 2023 budget
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's Chamber of Deputies will hold a confidence vote late on Friday called by the government to speed up approval of its expansionary 2023 budget before a year-end deadline. Prime M...
Dec 23, 2022
Airlines cancel 3,900 U.S. flights Friday as winter storm snarls travel
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Airlines canceled over 3,900 U.S. flights on Friday as a massive winter storm snarled airport operations around the United States and frustrated thousands of...
Dec 23, 2022
Chinese ambassador says Ukraine crisis has hurt relations with EU -report
(Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has put China in a "very difficult position" for its bilateral relations with the European Union, Fu Cong, the Chinese ambassador to the EU, was quoted as sayi...
Dec 23, 2022
Congo’s M23 rebels withdraw from seized positions in goodwill gesture
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebels on Friday began withdrawing from some territories they had seized in recent offensives as part of what one of t...
Dec 23, 2022
U.S. orders Mastercard to stop blocking competing payment networks
(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday said it was ordering Mastercard Inc to stop blocking the use of competing networks to process debit payments. Under a proposed order, Mastercard would ha...
Dec 23, 2022
Nagorno-Karabakh in for ‘long winter’ amid Azerbaijan road blockade
TBILISI (Reuters) - Ethnic Armenians in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh are preparing for a "long-term blockade" by Azerbaijan, a top separatist official said on Friday, after nearly two week...
Dec 23, 2022
