Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. political chief says need for negotiations to stop war in Ukraine ‘could not be more urgent’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The need for negotiations to stop the war in Ukraine "could not be more urgent," U.N. political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the U.N. Security Council on Friday, urging R...
Mar 11, 2022
As EV demand rises, Biden officials warm to new mines
By Ernest Scheyder HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are warming to approving new domestic sources of electric vehicle battery metals, as Washington bids to avoid a reliance on strategic minerals im...
Mar 11, 2022
Russian strikes in west Ukraine aimed at halting use of airfields-US official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States assesses that Russian strikes in western Ukraine in the past 24 hours were aimed at preventing airfields from being used by Ukrainian forces, a senior U.S. defe...
Mar 11, 2022
Russia wants full operational control of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – Energoatom chief
(Reuters) - Russian officials have attempted to enter and take full operational control of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the head of Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said on Fr...
Mar 11, 2022
Ukraine says Belarus leader was with Putin at time of ‘false-flag attack’
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - An adviser to Ukraine's president said on Friday Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow as Russian jets carried out wha...
Mar 11, 2022
Brazil Congress passes bill changing state fuel taxes; governors will try to block it
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house in the early hours of Friday passed a bill changing the calculation of the ICMS state tax levied on fuel, as it aims to curb price hikes after globa...
Mar 11, 2022
Exclusive-Russians liquidating crypto in the UAE to seek safe havens
By Yousef Saba, Lisa Barrington, Riham Alkousaa and Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - Crypto firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are being deluged with requests to liquidate billions of dollars...
Mar 11, 2022
Discovery shareholders approve WarnerMedia acquisition
(Reuters) - Discovery Inc shareholders voted Friday to approve the media company's $43 billion merger with WarnerMedia, moving the deal one step closer to completion. The outcome was all but assured, ...
Mar 11, 2022
Ukraine’s Mariupol says 1,582 civilians killed by Russian shelling and blockade
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - At least 1,582 civilians in Ukraine's southeastern city of Mariupol have been killed as a result of Russian shelling and a 12-day blockade, the city council said in an online...
Mar 11, 2022
Galapagos tortoises belong to new species -nat’l park
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered that a type of giant tortoise present on one of Ecuador's Galapagos Islands is not from the species it was previously thought to be, ...
Mar 11, 2022
