Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Diwali firecracker users face jail under New Delhi anti-pollution drive
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Festival-goers who let off firecrackers in New Delhi during this year's Diwali face up to six months in jail, the city's environment minister said on Wednesday, under a broader b...
Oct 19, 2022
Explainer-Iran and Russia’s growing drone alliance amid Western outcry
By Michael Georgy DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, said Iranian officials, a move that has infuriated the United Stat...
Oct 19, 2022
Rugby-England to play in Ireland next summer ahead of 2023 World Cup
(Reuters) - England will face world number one Ireland in Dublin next summer as they prepare for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced on Wednesday. England will play Irel...
Oct 19, 2022
Russian missile strike hits thermal power station in west Ukraine – governor
KYIV (Reuters) - A Russian missile strike hit a thermal power station in the city of Burshtyn in western Ukraine on Wednesday, the region's governor said, the latest in a wave of attacks by Moscow on ...
Oct 19, 2022
Spirit Airlines shareholders vote in favor of $3.8 billion JetBlue merger
(Reuters) - Shareholders of U.S. carrier Spirit Airlines Inc on Wednesday voted in favor of JetBlue Airways Corp's $3.8 billion takeover offer, moving the companies closer to creating the nation's fif...
Oct 19, 2022
Trump due to be deposed in writer’s defamation suit over rape claim
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump was scheduled to give a deposition on Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit brought in New York by writer E. Jean Carroll after the former president denied having raped h...
Oct 19, 2022
Pakistan shrugs off concerns over its 2023 external financing needs
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan will manage to raise the roughly $34 billion it expects to need in external financing in the 2023 financial year, the finance minister said on Wednesday, ...
Oct 19, 2022
U.S. awards $2.8 billion for EV battery, grid projects
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The Biden administration will announce on Wednesday it is awarding $2.8 billion in grants for projects to boost U.S. manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries and dom...
Oct 19, 2022
WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health emergency
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared as one. The WHO's emergency committee first made th...
Oct 19, 2022
India regulator fines MakeMyTrip, Oyo for anti-competitive conduct
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has fined hotel-booking services MakeMyTrip Ltd and Goibibo around $27 million, and IPO-bound hotel chain Oyo $20 million for anti-compe...
Oct 19, 2022
