Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Biden administration says pregnant migrant youth should have access to abortion
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - The Biden administration issued a directive on Thursday saying that pregnant migrant children should be sheltered in states that allow abortions, following a U.S. Suprem...
Nov 10, 2022
Biden to nominate Daniel Werfel to head up IRS -Washington Post
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will nominate Daniel Werfel to be the next Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax agency, succeeding Charles Rettig, whose term ends on Saturday, T...
Nov 10, 2022
California sues 3M, Dupont over toxic ‘forever chemicals’
(Reuters) - California's attorney general on Thursday sued 3M Co, DuPont de Nemours Inc and several other companies to recoup the "staggering" clean-up costs from toxic pollutants known as "forever ch...
Nov 10, 2022
Exclusive-Russian withdrawal from Kherson to take at least a week – Kyiv
By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's defence minister said on Thursday it would take Russia at least a week to withdraw its troops from the southern city of Kherson and that winte...
Nov 10, 2022
Chile’s Boric slams ‘terrorist’ violence in rural south in rhetorical shift
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO(Reuters) - Chile's President Gabriel Boric condemned "terrorist" violence during a visit to the country's restive southern region on Thursday, a rhetorical shift f...
Nov 10, 2022
British-Egyptian hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah in “good health”- public prosecution statement
CAIRO (Reuters) - A medical report showed that the British-Egyptian jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is in "good health", Egypt's public prosecution said in a statement on Thursday. Abd el-Fattah, w...
Nov 10, 2022
New Jersey man arrested on charge of threatening Jews, synagogues
(Reuters) - An 18-year-old man was arrested in New Jersey on Thursday on a charge of threatening to attack Jewish people, which had prompted the FBI last week to issue an unusual warning to synagogues...
Nov 10, 2022
California rooftop solar proposal incentives target low income households
OAKLAND (Reuters) - California regulators on Thursday made a new proposal for incentives on rooftop solar systems, a contentious matter as the state tries to expand renewable energy and respond to cri...
Nov 10, 2022
Bank of Mexico hikes key rate to record 10% in split decision
By Brendan O'Boyle and Anthony Esposito MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Bank of Mexico hiked its key interest rate by 75 basis points to a record 10.00% on Thursday, in line with forecasts and following in...
Nov 10, 2022
Brazil’s VP Alckmin announces team for budget planning government transition
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The transition team of Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have a budget planning group aligned with the leftist Workers Party (PT), indicated Vice-President-...
Nov 10, 2022
