Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Social unrest over spiralling living costs spreads to France’s railways
By Caroline Pailliez and Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) - Railway workers in France went on strike on Wednesday, disrupting travel across the rail network days before the summer holidays begin and at a ...
Jul 06, 2022
UK watchdog probes Microsoft’s $68.7 billion Activision buyout deal
(Reuters) -Britain's antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it had started an investigation into Microsoft Corp's $68.7 billion deal to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc. The Competition ...
Jul 06, 2022
Turkey renews extradition requests with Finland, Sweden -minister
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey renewed requests on Wednesday for Sweden and Finland to extradite individuals it considers terrorists after the countries reached a deal over the Nordic nations' NATO members...
Jul 06, 2022
Italy’s 5-Star says it will stay in govt but sets policy conditions
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's 5-Star Movement will remain in the coalition government but it wants a series of policy changes, the party's leader Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday after meeting Prime Minist...
Jul 06, 2022
Rogers, Shaw say Canada antitrust talks on blocked deal did not result in resolution
(Reuters) - Rogers Communications said on Wednesday talks with Canada's antitrust authority to discuss possible remedies to the blocked C$20 billion ($15.34 billion) takeover of Shaw Communications di...
Jul 06, 2022
Some 300 inmates on run after suspected Boko Haram raid on Nigeria prison
By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) - Around 300 inmates are on the run after a suspected raid by Islamist Boko Haram militants on a prison in Nigeria's capital Abuja on Tuesday night, an interior mini...
Jul 06, 2022
Spain’s Pamplona bull-running fiesta back with a bang after COVID ban
By Vincent West and Juan Medina PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - Thousands of revellers wearing white clothes and red scarves filled the streets of Spain's Pamplona on Wednesday as the bang of a firecracke...
Jul 06, 2022
British PM Johnson: My job is to ‘keep going’
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defied growing calls for him to step down on Wednesday, telling lawmakers he would "keep going" following a wave of resignations from his govern...
Jul 06, 2022
Potanin seen as major obstacle to Russian $60bn metal merger
By Clara Denina and Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) - Russian businessman Vladimir Potanin is likely to be the biggest barrier to a potential $60 billion merger between Russia's largest metals producer...
Jul 06, 2022
Futures edge lower as investors await Fed meeting minutes
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors worried about the possibility of a recession from aggressive policy tightening awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve's mee...
Jul 06, 2022
