Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Army’s first climate strategy calls for emissions cuts, base protections
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army released its first climate strategy on Tuesday designed to help protect bases against damage from global warming and improve readiness by traini...
Feb 08, 2022
ARK’S Wood sees coming slowdown in U.S. economy as oil prices spike
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices near seven-year highs will likely weigh on the U.S. economy and push inflation pressures down over the next year, star stock picker Cathie Wood of ARK ...
Feb 08, 2022
War-weary Ukrainian soldiers in trenches ready to ‘make it or break it’
LUHANSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - A group of Ukrainian soldiers patrols the frontline in eastern Ukraine when they suddenly hear the noise of grenades going off in the distance. They crouch down and...
Feb 08, 2022
Brazil plays down British flights to Falklands that worry Argentina
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil on Tuesday defended its decision to allow British military planes flying to the Falklands Islands to stop at Brazilian airports, landings that annoyed Argentina. The Brazil...
Feb 08, 2022
Italy makes protecting environment part of Constitution
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian parliament approved a law on Tuesday making protection of the environment part of the Constitution in a vote politicians and activists hailed as significant for the countr...
Feb 08, 2022
ValueAct pushes Seven & i to focus on 7-Eleven-presentation
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - ValueAct Capital is urging 7-Eleven's owner, Seven & i Holdings, to break up its businesses and focus on the convenience-store chain, steps which it says coul...
Feb 08, 2022
New York Times editor on defensive at Sarah Palin defamation trial
By Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former New York Times editorial page editor was put on the defensive on Tuesday in Sarah Palin's defamation trial against the newspaper over a...
Feb 08, 2022
Germany’s Scholz says talks with Duda, Macron aim to ‘prevent war in Europe’
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany, France and Poland will discuss ways to de-escalate tensions over the Russian military build-up on the border of Ukraine in their talks late on Tuesday, Germa...
Feb 08, 2022
Senator Elizabeth Warren urges U.S. Justice Dept to aggressively fight price-fixing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat who has argued for the breakup of tech giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook, has urged the Justice Department to be more aggressive ...
Feb 08, 2022
U.S. to try house arrest for immigrants as alternative to detention
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration will place hundreds of migrants caught at the U.S.-Mexico border on house arrest in the coming weeks as it seeks cheaper alternatives to i...
Feb 08, 2022
