Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hong Kong questions costs of COVID rules on mental health, livelihoods
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) - To fight COVID, Hong Kong shut schools and businesses, nearly sealed its borders for two years, banned more than two people from gathering and quarantined whole bu...
Apr 13, 2022
Oil markets open slightly lower as market weighs mixed supply signals
Oil futures were down slightly Thursday morning, after rising sharply in the first half of the week, as traders weighed a larger-than-expected build in U.S. oil stocks against tightening global supply...
Apr 13, 2022
Southern Copper says Peru mine remains halted despite latest deal to end protests
By Valentine Hilaire (Reuters) - Southern Copper Corp said on Wednesday that its Peruvian mine remains closed after six weeks of a standoff with protesters, accusing Peru's government of failing to in...
Apr 13, 2022
U.S. judge cuts verdict in Tesla race bias case to $15 million from $137 million
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday said a $137 million jury award, one of the largest of its kind, to a Black former factory worker who sued Tesla Inc for racial discrimination was excessive and...
Apr 13, 2022
Troops burn villages in Myanmar heartland, seek to crush resistance
By Wa Lone and Poppy McPherson (Reuters) - Rubble and ashes, overlooked by a single golden pagoda, are almost all that remain of the wood and brick houses most people had built for themselves in the q...
Apr 13, 2022
S.Korea denies report Yoon asked to go to Quad meeting in Japan
SEOUL (Reuters) - The office of South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-Yeol on Thursday denied Japanese media reports that he had requested to attend an upcoming summit of the Quad, which includes the ...
Apr 13, 2022
Russia says flagship of Black Sea fleet badly damaged by blast
By Pavel Polityuk and Oleksandr Kozhukhar (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday said the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated following a fire that caused an explosion...
Apr 13, 2022
Kentucky lawmakers block abortion access with new law, effective immediately
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Kentucky effectively suspended legal abortion access on Wednesday as the legislature enacted a sweeping anti-abortion law that took effect right away and forces provide...
Apr 13, 2022
Australia’s Uniti agrees to $2.7 billion takeover offer from Brookfield, Morrison & Co
(Reuters) - Uniti Group said on Thursday it had agreed to be bought out by a unit of Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc and fund manager Morrison & Co for about A$3.62 billion ($2.70 billion). (...
Apr 13, 2022
Boat capsizes in Nigeria, kills 29
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 29 people died when a boat capsized in Nigeria's Sokoto state in the northwest of the country, residents and the state governor said on Wednesday. The boat was car...
Apr 13, 2022
