Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. national spelling bee pits kids ages 7-15 trying to spell success
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - Spellers ages 7-15 traveled across the United States and from as far away as Guam to compete on Thursday for the title of "Champion" in the 2022 Scripps National Spelli...
Jun 02, 2022
Senegal refugees crowd Gambian villages after separatist fighting
By Ngouda Dione UPERT, Gambia (Reuters) - Stray bullets whistled past Senegalese villager Modou Badjie and his family as they ran through a cashew forest in the middle of the night to reach neighbouri...
Jun 02, 2022
Yemen warring parties agree to extend truce for two months: U.N.
RIYADH (Reuters) - Yemen's warring parties agreed to extend a U.N.-brokered truce for two months under the same terms as the original deal, the office of the U.N. envoy for Yemen said on Thursday. The...
Jun 02, 2022
China central bank to step up policy implementation to support economy
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's central bank will strengthen the implementation of its prudent monetary policy and bring forward steps to support the economy, vice governor Pan Gonsheng said on Thursday. T...
Jun 02, 2022
Russia does not plan to ‘close window to Europe’, Kremlin says
(Reuters) - Russia does not plan to "close the window" to Europe, the Kremlin said on Thursday, as its relations with the West linger at new lows over the conflict in Ukraine. Asked whether difficult ...
Jun 02, 2022
Moderna, EU push back COVID vaccine delivery by several months
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc and the European Commission have entered into an agreement to push back deliveries of the company's COVID-19 vaccines to the European Union by several months. As part of the ne...
Jun 02, 2022
Russia occupies 20% of Ukraine’s territory- Zelenskiy
(Reuters) - Russia is currently occupying about 20% of Ukraine's territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Luxembourg's parliament in a video address on Thursday. "We have to defend ours...
Jun 02, 2022
Fitch withdraws ratings on debt-laden China Evergrande, subsidiaries
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Fitch Ratings said on Thursday it has decided to withdraw its rating on embattled property developer China Evergrande Group and two of its subsidiaries as the firms have stopped ...
Jun 02, 2022
Kremlin: U.S. plan to sell armed drones to Ukraine does not affect military operation
(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that U.S. plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia would not change the p...
Jun 02, 2022
Kremlin confirms Reuters report that Yeltsin son-in-law quit as Putin advisor
(Reuters) - The Kremlin on Thursday confirmed a Reuters report that Valentin Yumashev, the son-in-law of former Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, had quit his role as an unpaid advisor to President Vladim...
Jun 02, 2022
