Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Use American Rescue Plan funds to fight crime, Biden to tell states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will urge state and local leaders on Friday to make greater use of money from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan to fight crime as cities gird for summer...
May 13, 2022
Six people confirmed dead in Slovenia chemical plant blast
(Reuters) - Six people were confirmed dead after an explosion at a chemical plant in southeastern Slovenia, state news agency STA reported on Friday. The explosion occurred on Thursday in the town of ...
May 13, 2022
Samsung in talks to hike chipmaking prices by up to 20% – Bloomberg
SEOUL (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics is in talks with clients about hiking prices for chip contract manufacturing by up to 20% this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The move is part of an industry-...
May 13, 2022
Israel resumes raids in West Bank area where journalist was killed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces resumed raids in the occupied West Bank area of Jenin on Friday, where a prominent Palestinian journalist was shot dead this week, wounding at least four people, t...
May 13, 2022
Analysis-Hero to hindrance: Australia PM Morrison hurts party’s election hopes
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three years ago, Scott Morrison's ebullient personality as the little known and newly installed leader of Australia's Liberal Party was a big factor in its unexpec...
May 13, 2022
China says confidence in UN rights body hit by vote to investigate alleged Russian abuses in Ukraine
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Russia...
May 13, 2022
Ukrainian court to hear first war crimes case against Russian soldier
KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian court is expected on Friday to begin hearing the first war crimes case arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion after charging a captured Russian soldier with the murder of ...
May 13, 2022
Rouble firms past 63 vs dollar in Moscow, hits fresh 5-year high vs euro
(Reuters) - The Russian rouble firmed past 63 per dollar in Moscow on Friday for the first time since early February 2020 and touched a fresh five-year high versus the euro, supported by continuing re...
May 13, 2022
Take Five: Recession talk justified? Follow the data
A deluge of data from across major economies comes at a pivotal moment in the debate over whether central banks are jacking up interest rates into a potentially sharp global growth slowdown. And with ...
May 13, 2022
China voices discontent with EU-Japan position on Senkaku islands
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Friday that a joint EU-Japan statement that mentioned a territorial dispute between China and Japan was an attempt to smear C...
May 13, 2022
