Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cricket-English actor Fry nominated new MCC president
(Reuters) - British actor Stephen Fry will become the next president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), a year after he advocated for change following a racism scandal that shook English cricket. A...
May 05, 2022
Japan to add 140 individuals to Russian sanction list – PM Kishida
LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday that 140 individuals would be added to a Russian asset freeze list while an export ban will be expanded to Russian military fi...
May 05, 2022
Germany ramps up capacity for LNG imports to replace Russian gas
(Inserts dropped word 'time' in 2nd paragraph) By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany took steps to ramp up liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports on Thursday as it moves away from piped Russian sup...
May 05, 2022
U.S., Canada spot natgas prices soar on unusual spring heat
(Reuters) - Spot natural gas prices in the United States and Canada soared this week as many homes and businesses in the U.S. South and West cranked up their air conditioners to escape an early spring...
May 05, 2022
Accused Colombian drug trafficker Otoniel to appear in U.S. court
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The accused leader of Colombia's Clan del Golfo drug trafficking group is expected to appear in a U.S. court on Thursday after being extradited on cocaine and weapons...
May 05, 2022
UniCredit surprises with buyback as it tackles Russia exit
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit cheered investors by saying it would soon start a 1.6 billion euro ($1.7 billion) share buyback put at risk by the Ukraine war, even as it set aside almost a...
May 05, 2022
Fighting blocks evacuation attempts at Mariupol steel works, fighter says
KYIV (Reuters) - A Ukrainian fighter holed up in a vast steel works in the southern city of Mariupol accused Russian forces of breaking a promise to allow a ceasefire on Thursday so that civilians cou...
May 05, 2022
Centene to divest two pharmacy businesses for about $2.8 billion
(Reuters) - Centene Corp said on Thursday it has agreed to divest two of its pharmacy businesses for about $2.8 billion, as a part of the heath insurer's strategy to exit the pharmacy benefit manageme...
May 05, 2022
Parties linked to France’s Macron form coalition for parliament elections
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron's LREM party has formed a coalition with two other centrist parties for the June parliament elections, LREM member and parliament chairman Richard Fe...
May 05, 2022
Czech central bank raises rates by bigger-than-expected 75 bps to 5.75%
PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech central bank raised its main interest rate by 75 basis points on Thursday to 5.75%, the highest point since 1999, as inflation soared on global price shocks combined with a...
May 05, 2022
