Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Google told to pay Australian politician $515,000 over defamatory Youtube videos
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian court ordered Google to pay A$715,000 ($515,000) to a former senior lawmaker on Monday after finding that a Youtube star's "relentless, racist, vilificatory, abusive a...
Jun 05, 2022
Asia shares brace for U.S. inflation, euro up on ECB bets
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares made a muted start on Monday as caution gripped ahead of a critical reading on U.S. inflation, while the euro gained on the yen amid wagers the European C...
Jun 05, 2022
Activist investor Carl Icahn drops proxy fight over Kroger’s pig policy – WSJ
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is dropping a proxy fight focused on the treatment of pregnant pigs at Kroger Co after losing a similar fight with McDonald's Corp last month, Wall Street J...
Jun 05, 2022
Oil jumps after Saudi Arabia hikes crude prices
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose more than $2 in early trade on Monday after Saudi Arabia raised prices sharply for its crude sales in July, an indicator of how tight supply is even after OPEC+ a...
Jun 05, 2022
Soccer-U.S. men’s soccer, NBA teams join calls for stronger gun laws
By Rory Carroll SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. men's soccer team on Sunday sent an open letter to members of Congress urging them to pass stricter gun laws following a surge in mass shootings whil...
Jun 05, 2022
S.Korea, U.S. launch eight missiles in response to N.Korea missile firings
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea and the United States fired eight surface-to-surface missiles early on Monday off South Korea's east coast in response to North Korea's short range ballistic missile launc...
Jun 05, 2022
Britain to send M270 rocket launchers to Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will supply Ukraine with multiple-launch rocket systems that can strike targets up to 80 km (50 miles) away, it said on Monday, in a move that was coordinated with the Unite...
Jun 05, 2022
Russia’s Rusal launches legal action against Rio Tinto over alumina refinery-report
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Russian aluminium producer Rusal has launched legal action against Rio Tinto seeking to restore access to its 20% share of the alumina produced at a jointly-owned refiner in Queensl...
Jun 05, 2022
UK’s Sainsbury’s faces investor vote on workers pay amid cost of living crisis
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Shareholders in Sainsbury's will get to vote on a resolution at next month's annual meeting calling for Britain's second biggest supermarket group to commit to paying...
Jun 05, 2022
Golf-Australian Lee wins U.S. Women’s Open by four strokes
By Andrew Both SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. (Reuters) - Australian Minjee Lee secured the biggest prize in women's golf with an emphatic four-stroke victory at the U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles on Sunday....
Jun 05, 2022
