Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. chief appeals for release of money to save Afghan lives
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Thursday for a suspension of rules preventing the use of money in Afghanistan to save lives and the ec...
Jan 13, 2022
Canada’s shift to net-zero emissions likely to drive higher inflation
By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) - Solar-powered homes, electric tractors and hydrogen-cell trucking fleets: Canada has big net-zero ambitions, but getting there will require trillions of dollars in i...
Jan 13, 2022
Motor racing-Executive director Budkowski leaves Alpine F1 team
(Reuters) - Executive director Marcin Budkowski has left the Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team, where he effectively ran day-to-day operations, with immediate effect. Alpine said in a statement on...
Jan 13, 2022
Concern in ASEAN over Cambodia PM’s Myanmar visit, Malaysia minister says
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday that some Southeast Asian countries had reservations about last week's visit to Myanmar by Cambodia's leader, wi...
Jan 13, 2022
IEA urges Canada to use clean power resources to help cut emissions
By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada, the world's fourth-largest oil producer, needs to give clear policy signals and leverage its abundant clean electricity resources to sharply cut ca...
Jan 13, 2022
U.S. envoy warns of escalation amid ‘drumbeat of war’ in Russia tensions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The West must prepare for the eventuality that there could be an escalation in tensions with Moscow, the U.S. envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O...
Jan 13, 2022
Last year was the world’s sixth-warmest on record – U.S. scientists
(Reuters) - Last year ranked as the sixth-warmest year on record, causing extreme weather events around the world and adding to evidence supporting the globe's long-term warming, according to an analy...
Jan 13, 2022
About 80 rights defenders killed in Colombia in 2021 – UN
BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least 78 human rights defenders were killed in Colombia in 2021, the United Nations human rights agency said on Thursday. Violence against human rights and environmental defender...
Jan 13, 2022
Second alien moon identified is much like the first: big and strange
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For only the second time, astronomers have detected what appears to be a moon orbiting a planet in another solar system. Just like the first time, this one has tr...
Jan 13, 2022
Nigerians give muted welcome to end of Twitter ban
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerians on Thursday reacted with mingled relief and indifference to the government's decision to lift a ban on Twitter, saying many in Africa's biggest economy had stayed connected...
Jan 13, 2022
