Author Archives: Syndicated Content
More than 8.79 million people crossed border from Ukraine since Feb. 24 – UN agency
BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 8.79 million people have crossed the border from Ukraine since Russia's invasion in late February, the U.N. refugee agency said on Wednesday. On its website, the agency sa...
Jul 06, 2022
HSBC in talks to sell Russian lending business to Expobank -source
LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC is in advanced talks to sell its Russian corporate lending business to Expobank, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as many major banks exit the country. Sever...
Jul 06, 2022
Tennis-Rybakina finds her range to set up Halep semi-final
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -Elena Rybakina recovered from a shaky start to overwhelm Australian Ajla Tomljanovic 4-6 6-2 6-3 on Wednesday and set up a Wimbledon semi-final with Simona Halep, b...
Jul 06, 2022
Resumption of haj pilgrimage brings joy and sorrow for Indonesians
By Willy Kurniawan and Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - For Indonesian teachers Sutrisno and Sri Wahyuningsih, embarking on the once in a lifetime haj pilgrimage stirs bittersweet emotions. Aft...
Jul 06, 2022
World hunger rising as U.N. agencies warn of “looming catastrophe”
By Maytaal Angel LONDON (Reuters) - World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass...
Jul 06, 2022
U.S. service sector index at 2-year low, employment shrinks – ISM survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. services industry slowed less than expected in June, but a measure of services employment dropped to a two-year low, suggesting that demand for labor could be ebbing as...
Jul 06, 2022
WHO: More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported, another emergency meeting set
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization. The U.N. agency will reconvene a mee...
Jul 06, 2022
Facebook asks U.S. court for old FTC merger documents in antitrust fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Meta's Facebook has asked a U.S. court for eight documents created by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission as part of their review of the company's purchases of Instagram and Whats...
Jul 06, 2022
Tennis-Halep demolishes Anisimova to reach Wimbledon semi-finals
By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - There has been no stopping Simona Halep at this year's Wimbledon as the Romanian produced another eye-catching performance to surge into the semi-finals with a 6-2 ...
Jul 06, 2022
As Canada’s government spends, central bank bears burden of taming inflation
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian government spending is leaving the Bank of Canada to work alone to rein in the highest inflation rate in nearly four decades, economists say. When the pand...
Jul 06, 2022
