Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Soccer-NBA’s Tanenbuam and Terry’s ‘True Blue’ group join Pagliuca Chelsea bid
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - American investor Stephen Pagliuca says NBA chairman Larry Tanenbaum and former Chelsea captain John Terry have joined his bid to purchase the Premier League club. In a...
Apr 13, 2022
Explainer-Mariupol: ruins of port could become Russia’s first big prize in Ukraine
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets (Reuters) - The Sea of Azov port of Mariupol, reduced to a wasteland by seven weeks of siege and bombardment that Ukraine says killed tens of thousands of civilian...
Apr 13, 2022
Exclusive-India open to additional $2 billion aid for Sri Lanka with eye on China – sources
By Swati Bhat and Aftab Ahmed MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food an...
Apr 13, 2022
Fearing civil war amnesia, activists fight to preserve Beirut port silos
By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) - Families of victims of the 2020 Beirut port blast are pressuring Lebanon's government to keep its silos as a memorial, arguing the move would be a powerful acknowle...
Apr 13, 2022
General Atlantic hires ex-IHS Markit boss Uggla to lead climate venture
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic on Wednesday named Lance Uggla, former boss of data company IHS Markit, as chief executive of its climate-focused venture BeyondNetZero. Ug...
Apr 13, 2022
China warns of NFT-related financial risks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China warned on Wednesday of financial risks associated with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), as three industry bodies jointly issued guidelines to prevent the digital asset market fro...
Apr 13, 2022
S.Africa’s Ramaphosa vows to help victims of deadly floods, mudslides
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged on Wednesday to help flood victims on South Africa's east coast after heavy rains killed at least 45 people, displaced dozens, swept away roa...
Apr 13, 2022
Explainer-How to prove genocide, the gravest of war crimes?
By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Washington and Kyiv are accusing Russia of genocide in Ukraine, but the ultimate war crime has a strict legal definition and has rar...
Apr 13, 2022
With Argentine inflation seen topping 6%, a bricklayer struggles to survive
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jos Luis Rodrguez, a bricklayer in Argentina, cannot get by on his paycheck anymore with inflation set to have climbed more than 6% in March alone, the hig...
Apr 13, 2022
Factbox-Who is Ukraine’s Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent Putin ally?
KYIV (Reuters) - Viktor Medvedchuk, a fugitive who was the most prominent representative of pro-Russian political factions in Ukraine and a friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found a...
Apr 13, 2022
