Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Germany says its policy on China is under development
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is concerned about the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang region, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday, urging China to be transparent. Western states and rig...
May 25, 2022
Russia’s VK launches RuStore for apps after exit of Western alternatives
(Reuters) - Russian internet group VK launched a home-made app store on Wednesday, the latest in a Kremlin-endorsed drive to create a raft of domestic digital services to replace Western rivals. VK, o...
May 25, 2022
Russia offers fast-track citizenship to residents of occupied Ukraine
(Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday simplifying the process for residents of Ukraine's Russian-occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to acquire Russian citizenship an...
May 25, 2022
Tennis-Raducanu’s Paris adventure cut short by Sasnovich
By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu was bundled out of the French Open in the second round on Wednesday, losing 3-6 6-1 6-1 to inspired Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnov...
May 25, 2022
Andreessen Horowitz raises $4.5 billion for fourth crypto fund
(Reuters) - Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz said on Wednesday it has raised $4.5 billion for its fourth cryptocurrency fund, bringing its total funds raised so far for digital currency inves...
May 25, 2022
Brazil’s Lula dispatched emissary to DC to meet with US officials, sources say
By Gabriel Stargardter and Matt Spetalnick RIO DE JANEIRO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva quietly dispatched his emissary, Senator Jaques Wag...
May 25, 2022
South African experts don’t see need for mass monkeypox vaccination
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African disease experts said on Wednesday that they did not see a need for a mass vaccination campaign against monkeypox or believe that cases would explode in the same w...
May 25, 2022
‘Just one of the boys’: the schooldays that shaped Prince Charles
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - British heir to the throne Prince Charles was "just one of the boys" when he was a pupil at a remote boarding school in Scotland, going about his day-to-day life and ...
May 25, 2022
Futures muted ahead of Fed minutes; Nordstrom shines
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were largely subdued on Wednesday ahead of minutes from the Federal Reserve's May meeting, which will likely offer clues on the path of future rate hikes. The minu...
May 25, 2022
Russia will start a pilot project for ‘digital’ rouble from April – cbank
(Reuters) - Russia will start a pilot project using its "digital" rouble with real customers and real transactions from April 2023, its central bank said on Wednesday, adding that the project would ru...
May 25, 2022
