Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fed’s Harker says interest rates should reach above 3%, then reassess
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should raise interest rates above 3% by the end of this year and then reassess how much more it needs to do to bring inflation down in part due to the tightening i...
Jun 22, 2022
Tanzania ruling party now says it ‘insists’ on constitutional reform
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's ruling party said on Wednesday it "insists" on reforming the East African country's constitution after fending off years of sustained pressure by opposition partie...
Jun 22, 2022
Russian momentum in Ukraine could slow for lack of resources – British PM
BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain's defence intelligence service believes that Russia's momentum in the war in Ukraine will slow in the next few months as its army exhausts its resources, British Prime Minis...
Jun 22, 2022
Latin America’s new ‘pink tide’ gains pace as Colombia shifts left; Brazil up next
By Isabel Woodford, Carlos Vargas and Gabriel Araujo MEXICO CITY/BOGOTA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Latin America's new "pink tide" is gaining pace after Colombia elected its first leftist leader Gustavo Pe...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. Senate’s no. 2 Republican says gas tax holiday ‘dead on arrival’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's request that Congress pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax "is dead on arrival," U.S. Senator John Thune, the second-ranking Republica...
Jun 22, 2022
Brazil’s ex-education minister arrested on corruption charges
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's former top education official was arrested on corruption charges, the president said on Wednesday, noting his former aide will answer for his actions ahead of elections ...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. judge agrees to postpone Proud Boys trial amid Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearings
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday postponed the trial for leaders of the Proud Boys facing seditious conspiracy charges for their role in storming the U.S. Capitol,...
Jun 22, 2022
Migrant rights defenders in Greece treated like criminals, says UN expert
ATHENS (Reuters) - Human rights defenders in Greece, particularly those documenting the treatment of migrants and refugees, face smear campaigns and are treated like criminals, U.N. Special Rapporteur...
Jun 22, 2022
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are getting a divorce – NYT
(Reuters) -Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and actress Jerry Hall are getting a divorce, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Murdoch got married to Hall in...
Jun 22, 2022
U.S. delivers 2.7 million COVID vaccine doses for kids under five to administration sites
(Reuters) - The United States has delivered about 2.7 million doses of COVID vaccines for children below five years to administration centres while another one million shots will reach the sites soon,...
Jun 22, 2022
