Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explosion in a bar kills eight at Congolese military camp
KINSHASA (Reuters) - An explosion in a bar at a military camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed eight people and wounded three more on Thursday, Congo's government spokesman, Patrick Muya...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. EPA denies 36 refinery biofuel waivers; gives most of them some relief
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has denied 36 petitions from oil refiners seeking exemptions to the nation's biofuel blending laws for the 2018 complia...
Apr 07, 2022
Ireland says two diplomats expelled from Russia
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's ambassador to Russia was summoned to Moscow's foreign ministry on Thursday and told that two diplomats have been asked to leave the country, Irish Foreign Minister Simon C...
Apr 07, 2022
Factbox – Just how bad is Lebanon’s economic meltdown?
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday it had reached a preliminary agreement with Lebanon for a four-year extended fund facility that would only get full approval f...
Apr 07, 2022
Amazon objects to union’s victory in Staten Island, alleging interference
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc alleged without providing evidence that the union that Staten Island workers voted to join had threatened staff to vote in favor of organizing, as part of objections the ret...
Apr 07, 2022
Russian Nobel Peace laureate Muratov says he was attacked with red paint
(Reuters) - The Russian co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, Dmitry Muratov, was attacked on a train with red paint on Thursday, he said, in an apparent protest at his newspaper's coverage of R...
Apr 07, 2022
Factbox-Historic firsts on the diversifying U.S. Supreme Court
(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. A total of 115 justices have served o...
Apr 07, 2022
Denver to appeal $14 million verdict in case against police over 2020 protests
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The city of Denver said it will appeal a federal jury's verdict from March that awarded $14 million to a dozen activists who sued Denver police, claiming excessive force ...
Apr 07, 2022
Chile announces $3.7 billion recovery plan to aid struggling economy
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's President Gabriel Boric announced on Thursday a $3.7 billion economic recovery plan that includes a hike in the minimum wage, subsidies and financing for sectors of the ec...
Apr 07, 2022
Costa Rica’s main international airport to remain closed most of day after emergency landing
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rica's main international airport Juan Santamaria will remain closed until 6 p.m. local time, impacting 32 flights, after a DHL cargo plane was forced to make an emergency l...
Apr 07, 2022
