Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy says Russia has devastated hundreds of hospitals
(Reuters) - Russia's invasion of Ukraine has devastated hundreds of hospitals and other institutions and left doctors without drugs to tackle cancer or the ability to perform surgery, President Volody...
May 05, 2022
Tokyo consumer prices rise at fastest pace in 7 years
By Yoshifumi Takemoto and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Core consumer prices in Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of Japanese price trends, rose 1.9% in April from a year earlier, marking the f...
May 05, 2022
Liberian accused of leading rebel army charged with U.S. immigration fraud
(Reuters) - A Liberian man who U.S. authorities say served as general in a rebel group that sought to overthrow the West African nation's president two decades ago was arrested and charged with immigr...
May 05, 2022
Nicaragua quietly seeks to re-engage with U.S. – sources
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega's son, an influential figure in the country's leftist government, has reached out quietly to the Biden administration in rece...
May 05, 2022
Ninth journalist killed in Mexico this year as foreign criticism mounts
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican journalist was found dead in the northwestern state of Sinaloa on Thursday, authorities said, marking the ninth death of a media worker in a unprecedentedly bloody ye...
May 05, 2022
Brazil’s Bolsonaro urges Petrobras not to hike fuel prices, calls its profits margins a ‘rape’
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday urged state-run oil company Petrobras not to raise local fuel prices again, and compared the company's profit margins to a "rape" o...
May 05, 2022
U.S. offers assurances to Sweden, Finland over NATO application
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is confident it can address any security concerns Sweden and Finland may have about the period of time after they apply for NATO membership and before they are...
May 05, 2022
Turtle Beach told shareholders it is exploring a sales process
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gaming equipment company Turtle Beach Corp on Thursday said it is exploring a sales process as it considers ways to maximize value for shareholders. In a le...
May 05, 2022
‘How did we catch it?’: spread of COVID baffles locked-down Shanghai residents
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Veronica thought she did everything right by sticking to all of the COVID-19 lockdown rules in the Chinese city of Shanghai. After the entire city was shut down on A...
May 05, 2022
Fast-fashion chain Primark expands sustainable cotton programme
LONDON (Reuters) - Primark, one of Europe's biggest fast fashion chains, has pledged to train an additional 125,000 smallholder cotton farmers in more sustainable farming methods in India, Pakistan an...
May 05, 2022
