Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cuba dissident leaders receive jail sentences following heavily-critiqued trial
HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban court sentenced a leading artist-dissident to nine years in jail on Friday and another to five years in a high profile case that human rights groups branded a "farce" but th...
Jun 24, 2022
Ukraine accuses U.S.-sanctioned lawmaker of working for Russia
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's main domestic security agency said on Friday it had uncovered a Russian spy network involving Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach who was previously accused by the United Stat...
Jun 24, 2022
Olympics-Each sport must set transgender rules says IOC despite criticism
By Karolos Grohmann (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended its position that it is up to each international sports body to set their own rules for transgender athletes' inc...
Jun 24, 2022
Freight trains hits, kills person who was lying on the tracks in Albion
ALBION, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Authorities in Albion say a person who was lying on the train tracks was hit and killed early this morning. Around 12:30 a.m., an officer with the Albion Department of ...
Jun 24, 2022
Russia’s war to cast 40-50 million people into hunger -Blinken
BERLIN (Reuters) - Russia's war against Ukraine, not Western sanctions, will add another 40 or 50 million more people to the ranks of the hungry, said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Berlin....
Jun 24, 2022
IMF executive board approves first review of Argentina program -source
By Jorgelina do Rosario (Reuters) - The executive board of the International Monetary Fund approved on Friday the first review of its $44 billion Extended Fund Facility for Argentina, a source familia...
Jun 24, 2022
Latin America’s leaders are waging ‘war’ on inflation; so far they’re losing
By Anthony Esposito, Isabel Woodford and Miguel Lo Bianco MEXICO CITY/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Latin America's leaders have pulled no punches in the battle against inflation. The region has some of th...
Jun 24, 2022
In an empty Oklahoma abortion clinic, staff cling to hope
By Liliana Salgado TULSA, Okla. (Reuters) - The sound of fingers on keyboards and an occasional moving office chair are all you will hear at Tulsa Women's Clinic in Oklahoma these days. The medical fa...
Jun 24, 2022
As deadline looms, countries struggle to agree on protecting nature
By Gloria Dickie and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - With only two days left to hash out a U.N. draft agreement to protect global biodiversity, organizers on Friday urged delegates in Nairobi to "pi...
Jun 24, 2022
Disney, other U.S. companies offer abortion travel benefit as Supreme Court strikes down Roe
By David Shepardson and Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Friday they will cover employees' expenses if they ...
Jun 24, 2022
