Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Democrats’ lose grip on Senate while Leahy recovers from fall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, 81, will undergo emergency hip surgery after falling Wednesday night, depriving his fellow Democrats of any majority in the chamber until he ...
Jun 30, 2022
Swiss gear up for hard times with bulked up food reserves
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland wants to expand its emergency food reserves to make sure the neutral country is not hit by shortages of coffee, grain and sugar caused by over-extended su...
Jun 30, 2022
Jan. 6 committee may make criminal referral on witness tampering -Cheney
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack may make a criminal referral to the Justice Department recommending that anybody who tried to influen...
Jun 30, 2022
Europe stares at ‘stagflation’, says UBS
(Reuters) - Eurozone is headed toward "stagflation" as efforts to stamp out a surge in inflation will bring growth to a near halt in the second half of the year, UBS said on Thursday, while trimming i...
Jun 30, 2022
Sri Lanka eyes trimming presidential powers amid unrest over economic crisis
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government on Thursday proposed amending the constitution to trim presidential powers and beef up anti-corruption powers to help shore up stability...
Jun 30, 2022
Chinese tech giants vow to stop NFT secondary trading -state media
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese tech giants including Tencent Holdings and Ant Group have signed a pact to stop the secondary trading of digital collectibles and "self-regulate" their activit...
Jun 30, 2022
Vodafone, Google look to extend Wear OS smartwatch battery life
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone is working with Google to extend the battery life of a smartwatch by reducing the "chatter" between the device and the network, a bigger drain of energy than...
Jun 30, 2022
Barclays gives 35,000 staff a cost-of-living pay rise
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays is giving 35,000 of its staff a 1,200 pound ($1,450) annual pay rise to help ease the impact of the cost of living crisis. The pay rise will apply to certain lower grade st...
Jun 30, 2022
Tennis-Kvitova survives wobble to reach Wimbledon third round
LONDON (Reuters) - Twice former champion Petra Kvitova overcame a second-set wobble to reach the Wimbledon third round with a 6-1 7-6(5) defeat of Romanian Ana Bogdan on Thursday. The big-hitting Czec...
Jun 30, 2022
Tennis-Harmony returns between Tan and Korpatsch over doubles withdrawal
LONDON (Reuters) - German Tamara Korpatsch said on Thursday she had sorted out her "misunderstandings" with Harmony Tan, a day after her scathing attack against the French player for pulling out of th...
Jun 30, 2022
