Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Ukraine war increases U.N. food agency’s costs in hunger-hit West Africa
DAKAR (Reuters) - Operational costs of the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) will increase by $136 million in West Africa this year because of the global rise in food and fuel prices driven b...
Apr 14, 2022
‘Neither Macron nor Le Pen’, the rallying cry of disillusioned French students
PARIS (Reuters) - French students protested outside the Sorbonne in Paris and other universities on Thursday, expressing their disillusionment with the choice on offer at the presidential election, sh...
Apr 14, 2022
U.S. jury finds member of Islamic State ‘Beatles’ cell guilty of terrorism offenses
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty...
Apr 14, 2022
U.S. cannot ‘take lightly’ threat Russia could use nuclear weapons – CIA chief
By Jonathan Landay and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The threat of Russia potentially using tactical or low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine cannot be taken lightly, but the CIA has not seen ...
Apr 14, 2022
White House declines comment on Musk Twitter takeover attempt
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday declined to comment on billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's $43 billion cash takeover offer for Twitter Inc, saying market regulators opera...
Apr 14, 2022
With Twitter in his sights, Musk creates new model of 21st century billionaire
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - With a stable of businesses ranging from electric cars to private rocket ships, iconoclastic billionaire Elon Musk has become the richest person in the world by b...
Apr 14, 2022
British lawmaker quits after sexual assault conviction, triggering by-election
LONDON (Reuters) - A British lawmaker from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's ruling Conservative party who was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy has resigned as a member of parliament, trig...
Apr 14, 2022
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley to lead Intel’s Mobileye IPO -sources
By Krystal Hu and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Intel Corp's Mobileye has tapped investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley to lead preparations for the initial public offering of the self-...
Apr 14, 2022
Brazil’s Petrobras elects Jose Mauro Coelho as CEO
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Thursday its board of directors has elected Jose Mauro Coelho as the firm's chief executive for a one-year term. Coelho, who wil...
Apr 14, 2022
U.S. charges three Russian officials over alleged influence scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment in New York accusing a senior Russian politician and two staff members of conspiring to illegally advance Russia's interests in...
Apr 14, 2022
