Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Situation in Ukraine’s Borodyanka ‘more dreadful’ than Bucha – Zelenskiy
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday warned that the situation in the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka is "significantly more dreadful" than in nearby Bucha. The killing of...
Apr 07, 2022
Chinese national sentenced to U.S. prison after pleading guilty to stealing trade secrets
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese national has been sentenced to 29 months in prison after pleading guilty in January to conspiring to steal trade secrets from agricultural company Mo...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. wind energy company pleads guilty to killing 150 eagles
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - An American wind energy company that pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges after at least 150 eagles were killed, most hacked by turbine blades, has agreed to spen...
Apr 07, 2022
France’s Credit Agricole takes 9.2% stake in Italy’s Banco BPM
MILAN (Reuters) -French bank Credit Agricole said on Thursday it has bought a 9.2% stake in Italy's third-largest bank, Banco BPM. Banco BPM has long been searching for a merger partner and held discu...
Apr 07, 2022
In final major push to voters, France’s Le Pen appeals to history
By Makini Brice PERPIGNAN, France (Reuters) - Marine Le Pen sought on Thursday to cast her possible election in historic terms as she made her final major push to become France's first female presiden...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. Senate approves Biden pick for Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed President Joe Biden's pick to be the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, a former official for defense acquisition in the Obama administration....
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. schools pull more than 1,000 book titles in ‘unparalleled’ censorship bid, report finds
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) - More than a thousand book titles, most addressing racism and LGBTQ issues, have been banned from U.S. classrooms and school libraries in the last nine months, many unde...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. arrests leader of Japanese crime syndicate on drugs, weapons charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested a leader of a Japanese crime syndicate on charges of plotting to distribute drugs in the United States and purchase weapons including U.S.-made surf...
Apr 07, 2022
Factbox-The onslaught of U.S. laws targeting transgender youth
By Maria Caspani (Reuters) - Republicans in at least a dozen U.S. states have passed legislation this year restricting the rights of transgender youth in a range of areas, including healthcare, sports...
Apr 07, 2022
U.S. FDIC asks banks for info on crypto activities, cites potential ‘systemic risks’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Thursday said the thousands of banks it supervises should notify the regulator of any crypto-related activities they hav...
Apr 07, 2022
