Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. Energy Dept announces $105 million for small businesses to pursue clean energy deployment
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $105 million in funding for small businesses to pursue the deployment of clean energy technologies. The projects range from energy technology an...
Oct 18, 2021
Lebanon tensions test Hezbollah-Aoun alliance
By Maha El Dahan and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Worsening sectarian tensions in Lebanon are testing an alliance between Shi'ite Hezbollah and its Christian ally President Michel Aoun, who may lose g...
Oct 18, 2021
Nicaragua’s upcoming vote will be ‘fake’, EU’s Borrell says
By Robin Emmott LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday Nicaragua's Nov. 7 presidential elections are "fake" and organised by a dictatorship. "We ...
Oct 18, 2021
IMF staff, Ukraine reach deal that could pave way for $700 million disbursement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund staff and Ukrainian authorities have reached an agreement on economic reforms that will pave the way for a first review of Ukraine's 18-month stand-b...
Oct 18, 2021
Czech Senate speaker says president too ill to work, seeks to shift duties
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech President Milos Zeman is currently unable to carry out his duties, the head of parliament's upper house said on Monday, citing a report he had requested from the hospital where...
Oct 18, 2021
New York directs two cryptocurrency lending platforms to cease activity
(Reuters) - Two cryptocurrency lending platforms were asked to cease activities in New York by the state's attorney general on Monday and three other platforms were directed to provide information abo...
Oct 18, 2021
Cricket-Campher blazes through Netherlands with four wickets in four balls
(Reuters) - Ireland seamer Curtis Campher accomplished the rare feat of taking four wickets in four consecutive deliveries when he ran through the Netherlands middle order batting in their Twenty20 Wo...
Oct 18, 2021
Chile braces for protests as crossroads election nears
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's capital Santiago braced for protests on Monday to mark the second anniversary of the start of months of riots against inequality that left around 30 peop...
Oct 18, 2021
FBI involved in effort to recover U.S. missionaries kidnapped in Haiti – source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI will assist in the investigation and efforts to locate and free a group of U.S. Christian missionaries who have been kidnapped and are being held by a criminal gang in Ha...
Oct 18, 2021
NBA-Knicks extend reign as NBA’s most valuable team – Forbes
(Reuters) - The New York Knicks are the NBA's most valuable team for a seventh consecutive year, according to the annual list published by Forbes on Monday. The Knicks, who have just one playoff serie...
Oct 18, 2021
