Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Fifty years on, Norway apologises for law that criminalised gay sex
OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government formally apologised to gay men on Wednesday for a law that once criminalised sexual intercourse between men. Some 119 individuals were convicted and sent to j...
Apr 20, 2022
IMF open to emergency financing for nations facing food insecurity
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is open to providing emergency financing to help vulnerable countries with food security issues, or additional funding under existing lending pro...
Apr 20, 2022
BMW launches new 7 Series with all-electric model
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) - BMW began pre-sales of the seventh generation of the BMW 7 Series on Wednesday, featuring for the first time an all-electric luxury sedan as well as hybrid an...
Apr 20, 2022
Russia defence ministry seeks greater secrecy on military deaths in Ukraine
LONDON (Reuters) - The Russian defence ministry has proposed that relatives of soldiers killed in Ukraine should have to apply to military rather than civilian authorities for compensation payments, i...
Apr 20, 2022
World needs extra $1.3 trln energy investment by 2030 – JP Morgan
LONDON (Reuters) - The world needs to find $1.3 trillion of incremental investment by 2030 to boost all types of energy output and infrastructure from renewables to oil and gas to avoid an energy crun...
Apr 20, 2022
UK Labour Party sets out bid to trigger contempt investigation into PM Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's opposition Labour Party on Wednesday published details of its attempt to instigate a parliamentary investigation into whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled parliament...
Apr 20, 2022
EU lawmakers seek swift deal on emergency rules to fill gas storage
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Parliament lawmakers, negotiating emergency rules to fill Europe's gas storage, are pushing for a deal in the next two months to build a supply buffer in t...
Apr 20, 2022
China’s fiscal revenue growth slows in March
BEIJING (Reuters) -The growth of China's government fiscal revenue slowed in March compared with the first two months of the year, finance ministry data showed on Wednesday, further weighing on a flag...
Apr 20, 2022
Nasdaq futures slip on Netflix earnings shock
(Reuters) - A slump in shares of streaming giant Netflix pointed to a lower open for the Nasdaq on Wednesday, although the other two indexes looked set to extend gains as investors focused on earnings...
Apr 20, 2022
Cyprus to strip citizenship from another four sanctioned Russians
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus is revoking citizenship from four sanctioned Russians, authorities said on Wednesday, bringing the number of passports pulled from people for links to the Kremlin to eight t...
Apr 20, 2022
