Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Torrential New Zealand rains, floods force evacuation of 200 homes – media
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Torrential rains hit New Zealand's South Island on Wednesday, flooding rivers, houses and roads and forcing roughly 200 households to evacuate, media reported. A...
Aug 17, 2022
Echoes of dire 1970s in today’s Britain
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Plans for a high-wage, high-growth economy lie in ruins as Britain's Conservative prime minister struggles to answer a cost-of-living crisis, compounded by rising work...
Aug 17, 2022
China takes action to alleviate drought as record heatwave continues
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is taking emergency action to bring more water to the drought-hit basin of the Yangtze river, deploying relief funds, seeding clouds and developing new supply sources as a r...
Aug 17, 2022
UK CPI inflation jumps to 10.1%, highest since 1982
LONDON (Reuters) -British consumer price inflation rose to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4% in June, as the squeeze on households intensifies, official fi...
Aug 17, 2022
U.S. big company oil reserves up 13% since 2017, deals drive recent growth -study
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil reserves held by 50 large companies rose by 13% over the five years ended in December, according to an Ernst & Young report released on Wednesday, with mergers and acquis...
Aug 17, 2022
U.S. Sen. Murkowski, Trump-backed opponent secure enough votes to face off in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and challenger Kelly Tshibaka, a state government commissioner endorsed by Donald Trump, will face off in November, Edison Resea...
Aug 17, 2022
Turkey says four more grain ships leave Ukrainian ports
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Four more ships have left Ukrainian ports carrying sunflower meal, sunflower oil and corn, from Chornomorsk and Odesa ports, under a U.N.-brokered grain export deal, Turkey's defe...
Aug 17, 2022
Pummelled by gas crisis, Germany’s Uniper posts $12.5 billion net loss
By Christoph Steitz and Tom Kckenhoff FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) -German utility Uniper, which secured a 15 billion euro state bailout last month, reported a net loss of 12.3 billion euros ($12.5...
Aug 17, 2022
Sanofi scraps development of amcenestrant breast cancer treatment
PARIS (Reuters) -French healthcare company Sanofi said it would end the development programme of amcenestrant, an estrogen receptor degrader aimed at curing breast cancer. Sanofi said the drug, which ...
Aug 17, 2022
Multiple bomb, arson attacks rock Thailand’s south
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Explosions and fires ripped through at least 17 locations in southern Thailand on Wednesday, authorities said, in what appeared to be multiple coordinated attacks that injured seve...
Aug 17, 2022
