Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Seven killed in fire at Russian defence research institute – TASS
(Reuters) - Seven people were killed on Thursday after a blaze broke out at a defence research institute in the Russian city of Tver, the TASS news agency reported, citing a source. Footage from the s...
Apr 21, 2022
Sweden to speed up security review as Ukraine puts NATO question in spotlight
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will speed up its review of security policy, which includes a view on possible NATO membership, with the result to be published in mid-May rather than at the end of that m...
Apr 21, 2022
Ukraine war shows ‘end of globalisation as we know it’ – EU’s Gentiloni
By Jan Strupczewski WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The war in Ukraine has shown the limitations of the decades-long German approach of seeking to change Russia through trade and spells the end of globalisatio...
Apr 21, 2022
No decision on extending Title 42 immigration policy -Biden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday there had been no decision on whether to extend Title 42, a COVID-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the U.S. as...
Apr 21, 2022
Russia cenbank head Nabiullina faces full-scale crisis in new term
(Reuters) - Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina will have to deal with a full-scale economic crisis, tackling unprecedented uncertainty stemming from Western sanctions, as she begins her n...
Apr 21, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court declines to extend federal benefits to Puerto Rico
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress can prevent people in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico from participating in a federal program that provides benefits to low-income elderly, blind a...
Apr 21, 2022
Iran has rejected U.S. offers to lift sanctions in exchange for Tehran abandoning Soleimani revenge – ISNA quotes Guards Navy Commander
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has rejected "regular offers from its enemies" to lift sanctions in return for Tehran abandoning its plans to avenge the U.S. assassination of Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force C...
Apr 21, 2022
Billionaire Carl Icahn rules out bidding for Southwest Gas
(Reuters) - Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said on Thursday he had no interest in making a bid for Southwest Gas Holdings Inc, days after the utility said it would evaluate a sale following ...
Apr 21, 2022
Russia is failing in Ukraine, top U.S. official says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Thursday that Russia was not achieving its goals in its invasion of Ukraine and that Western sanctions were partly the reason ...
Apr 21, 2022
Latvian and Estonian parliaments say Russia committed genocide in Ukraine
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Latvia and Estonia voted unanimously on Thursday to declare killings of civilians in areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces to be acts of genocide, according to s...
Apr 21, 2022
