Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian soldier asks for forgiveness in Ukraine war crimes trial
By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -A 21-year-old Russian soldier asked a Ukrainian widow to forgive him for the murder of her husband, as a court in Kyiv met for a second hearing on Thurs...
May 19, 2022
WHO clears COVID vaccine by China’s CanSino Biologics for emergency use
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday issued an emergency use listing for the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine from China-based CanSino Biologics. The vaccine, Convidecia, is the eleventh ...
May 19, 2022
U.S. banks’ 2021 hiring show lenders are seeking talent far beyond Wall Street
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of the new employees banks and other financial services companies hired in 2021 are based in Orlando, Dallas and other cities - far from...
May 19, 2022
Italy reports first case of monkeypox infection, two more suspected
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy has diagnosed its first case of the monkeypox infection at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome, the hospital said on Thursday, adding that the person, who arrived from a stay on t...
May 19, 2022
Vietnam court jails ex-health official amid anti-graft drive
HANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a former deputy health minister to four years in prison for his involvement in a trading ring for fake medicines. Truong Quoc Cuong, 59, who ...
May 19, 2022
Swimming-Stubblety-Cook sets 200m breaststroke world record at Australian championships
(Reuters) - Olympic champion Zac Stubblety-Cook set a world record in the men's 200 metres breaststroke at the Australian swimming championships in Adelaide on Thursday. Stubblety-Cook clocked 2:05.95...
May 19, 2022
In Mexico, a decade of images shows Mennonites’ traditions frozen in time
By Jose Luis Gonzalez and Cassandra Garrison ASCENCION, Mexico (Reuters) - The Mennonite community in Chihuahua, Mexico, can trace its roots as far back as a century ago, when the first such settlers ...
May 19, 2022
ECB accounts shows inflation worry; urgency of policy action
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymakers expressed widespread concern about the spread of inflation and made the case for continued policy normalisation, the accounts of their April 14...
May 19, 2022
Record numbers of people displaced in their own countries in a ‘world falling apart’
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - In a world beset by conflicts and natural disasters, the number of people who fled their homes and sought shelter within their own countries hit a record high of close...
May 19, 2022
Spirit Airlines calls for shareholders to reject JetBlue bid
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Spirit Airlines urged shareholders to reject a hostile bid by JetBlue Airlines on Thursday, saying it was "a cynical attempt to disrupt" its merger with Frontier. JetBl...
May 19, 2022
