Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ancestral ties: India avidly watching British leadership race
By Rupam Jain and Tanvi Mehta MUMBAI (Reuters) - Half a world away from the political drama in London, many Indians are closely following the twists and turns of who replaces Boris Johnson as British ...
Jul 13, 2022
Ahead of Saudi visit, White House signals COVID requires Biden to avoid handshakes
By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will seek to reduce direct contact, such as shaking hands, during his visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia ...
Jul 13, 2022
Belarus jails journalist for eight years on treason charge
KYIV (Reuters) - A Belarusian court sentenced a journalist to eight years in jail for treason on Wednesday, handing her a new prison term on top of one she was already serving on protest charges, the ...
Jul 13, 2022
China space tourism prospects boosted by cooperation agreement
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese space tech company said on Wednesday it had signed a cooperation agreement with the country's largest state-owned travel corporation, the latest sign that the arrival of ...
Jul 13, 2022
KKR’s first asset-based finance fund raises $2.1 billion
(Reuters) - Global Investment firm KKR & Co Inc on Wednesday closed its first asset-backed finance fund with about $2.1 billion from investors who are increasingly turning to collateral-based cash flo...
Jul 13, 2022
Texas power use breaks record in heat wave again with no blackouts
(Reuters) - Power demand in Texas hit another all-time high on Tuesday as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a lingering heat wave after homes and businesses conserved energy earlier ...
Jul 13, 2022
Russia’s fast-tracking of passports for Ukrainians is ‘propaganda’, Germany says
(Reuters) - Germany on Wednesday dismissed as "propaganda" a Russian decree that simplifies rules for Ukrainians to obtain Russian passports. Russia has said that residents of areas of southern and ea...
Jul 13, 2022
Nasdaq short interest slips 0.4% in late June
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short interest on the Nasdaq dipped 0.4% in late June, the exchange said late on Tuesday. As of Nov. 30, short interest fell to about 13.174 billion shares, compared with 13.225 b...
Jul 13, 2022
U.S. President Biden lands in Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden landed in Israel on Wednesday, on the first stop in his first trip to the Middle East as president. He is due to make remarks at a greeting ceremony with...
Jul 13, 2022
Brazil retail sales rise 0.1% in May, less than expected
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Retail sales in Brazil rose 0.1% in May from April, government statistics agency IBGE said on Wednesday, less than the 1.0% growth expected in a Reuters poll of economists. Sales ...
Jul 13, 2022
