Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Factbox-Soccer-FIFA World Cup draw
DOHA (Reuters) - The following is the 2022 FIFA World Cup draw, which is taking place at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center in Qatar on Friday. These are the groups after teams were drawn from ...
Apr 01, 2022
Blinken, Britain’s Truss discuss additional actions in response to Ukraine invasion – State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Minister Liz Truss on Friday discussed additional possible actions to ratchet up their response to Russia's invasion o...
Apr 01, 2022
Spain’s BBVA closes deal with Merlin to buy back 662 branches
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's BBVA on Friday said it had bought back 662 branches, which it sold between 2009 and 2010 under a sale and lease back agreement to Tree Inversiones Inmobiliarias, owned by re...
Apr 01, 2022
Analysis-In Russia-Europe gas standoff, both sides lose
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) - Europe and Russia will both lose heavily if President Vladimir Putin follows through on his threat to cut gas supplies to countries he judges "unfriendly" unless th...
Apr 01, 2022
LME nickel volumes tumbled 28% in March amid shutdown
LONDON (Reuters) - Nickel volumes on the London Metal Exchange (LME) slid 28% month-on-month in March during a period of chaotic trading that included a shutdown, data showed on Friday. The exchange, ...
Apr 01, 2022
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou named as deputy chairwoman
(Reuters) - Telecoms giant Huawei Technologies named its finance chief Meng Wanzhou, who returned to China in 2021 after nearly three years detention in Canada, as its deputy chairwoman, according to ...
Apr 01, 2022
Amazon union leader Smalls went from rapper to unlikely voice of protest
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) - The road to organizing Amazon's first union in the United States was a long one for Christian Smalls. The 33-year-old had worked at Walmart, Target and Home Depot. A rapp...
Apr 01, 2022
Red Cross convoy heading to Mariupol unable to proceed, turns back – ICRC
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Red Cross convoy travelling to the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol to evacuate civilians has turned around, the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICR...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. to end COVID order blocking asylum seekers at border
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will end a sweeping, pandemic-related expulsion policy that has effectively closed down the U.S. asylum system at the border with Mexico, Homeland...
Apr 01, 2022
UN rights body appoints Tuvalu negotiator as climate change expert
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. top rights body appointed an expert on climate change and human rights for the first time on Friday, a move that is expected to embolden environmental defende...
Apr 01, 2022
