Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Tanzanian court rules opposition leader’s terrorism trial can proceed
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, has a case to answer on charges of plotting acts of terrorism against government officials, a court said on Fri...
Feb 18, 2022
CIBC’s C$125 million settlement of financial crisis lawsuit gets court approval
(Reuters) - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has received approval from an Ontario court of a C$125 million ($98 million) settlement to resolve claims in a class-action lawsuit alleging misrepresent...
Feb 18, 2022
India, UAE eye $100 billion in annual trade after signing trade pact
By Manoj Kumar and Alexander Cornwell NEW DELHI/DUBAI (Reuters) -India and the United Arab Emirates signed a broad trade and investment pact on Friday that will eventually cut all tariffs on each othe...
Feb 18, 2022
Volta Trucks raises $260 million to fund electric vehicle launch
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) - Volta Trucks said on Friday that it had raised 230 million euros ($260 million) in Series C funding round, which will finance it through the launch of series productio...
Feb 18, 2022
Argentina fires rage on in Corrientes, burning an important wetland
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Wildfires in Argentina's north have continued to spread through the province of Corrientes, burning more than 600,000 hectares, scarring farmlands and killing ...
Feb 18, 2022
Euro zone consumer confidence falls to -8.8 points in February
(Reuters) - Euro zone consumer confidence fell by 0.3 points in February from the January number, figures released on Friday showed. The European Commission said a flash estimate showed euro zone cons...
Feb 18, 2022
Doping-Nigerian sprinter Okagbare banned for 10 years by Athletics Integrity Unit
(Reuters) -Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping and refusing to co-operate with the investigation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Okagbare, w...
Feb 18, 2022
Olympics-Bobsleigh-Meyers Taylor gets second chance to carry U.S. flag at closing ceremony
By David Kirton YANQING, China (Reuters) - Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor will carry the U.S. flag into the closing ceremony at the Beijing Games on Sunday after the 37-year-old missed out on the hono...
Feb 18, 2022
‘May be soon’: Argentina’s $40 billion IMF deal trundles closer despite push-back
By Jorge Otaola and Adam Jourdan BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to refinance over $40 billion in debts is trudging closer to the finish line, desp...
Feb 18, 2022
Lufthansa takes compulsory pilot redundancies off the table
BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa will not impose compulsory job cuts, the German airline said on Friday, as it cuts costs nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic that left the industry reeling. The...
Feb 18, 2022
