Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China reports 1,305 new COVID cases for May 17 vs 1,100 a day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 1,305 new coronavirus cases on May 17, of which 240 were symptomatic and 1,065 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday. That com...
May 17, 2022
Oil prices climb on hopes of China demand recovery
By Isabel Kua SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel in early Asian trade on Wednesday on hopes of demand recovery in China as the country gradually eases some of its strict COVID...
May 17, 2022
Fetterman wins Democratic nomination in Pennsylvania Senate race
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman, a progressive who disclosed he had a stroke last week, defeated centrist congressman Conor Lamb in the party's U.S. Senate prima...
May 17, 2022
Buffalo massacre suspect invited people to review his attack plans -NYT
(Reuters) - The 18-year-old man accused of the deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, invited people to a Discord chat room to see his plans around 30 minutes before he carried out the attack, the...
May 17, 2022
Japan’s Q1 GDP shrinks as Ukraine, cost of living cloud outlook
By Daniel Leussink and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy fell for the first time in two quarters in the first three months of the year as COVID-19 curbs hit the service sector and th...
May 17, 2022
Guatemala president says won’t attend U.S. summit after political tension
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Tuesday he would not attend next month's Summit of the Americas, a day after the United States criticized the Central Ameri...
May 17, 2022
Trump-endorsed Ted Budd wins Republican primary for North Carolina’s Senate seat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressman Ted Budd, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, defeated former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory in the Republican primary to succeed retiring U.S. Sena...
May 17, 2022
Blinken to highlight food security in U.N. meetings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to New York this week to chair a United Nations meeting on food security and discuss its link with conflict with the Security ...
May 17, 2022
U.S. business groups criticize Biden’s Taiwan arms sales policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business groups on Tuesday criticized the Biden administration's Taiwan arms sales policy, arguing in a public letter that it was too restrictive and failed to address chal...
May 17, 2022
Britishvolt, Scorpio Group to research maritime EV batteries, storage
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Britishvolt said on Wednesday that Monaco-based Scorpio Group had made a strategic investment in the electric vehicle (EV) battery startup and the two companies will r...
May 17, 2022
