Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Days after bombing, Afghans despair at three-day limit to ceasefire
KABUL (Reuters) - An announcement by the Taliban that they would cease fire for three days for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr has been met by many Afghans with little but despair, just days after a...
May 12, 2021
Brazil biomedical center says shipment of Chinese vaccine ingredients delayed
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The head of Brazilian biomedical center Butantan said on Wednesday that China would not clear a cargo of active ingredients to produce Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine for shipment to B...
May 12, 2021
UK PM apologises ‘unreservedly’ for 1971 Belfast killings
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday apologised "unreservedly" on behalf of the British government for the deaths of 10 innocent people killed in a 1971 incident in Bel...
May 12, 2021
BP climate resolution supported by a fifth of shareholder votes
LONDON (Reuters) - A resolution from a climate activist group asking BP to set tougher climate targets was rejected at the company's annual general meeting on Wednesday but gained support from more th...
May 12, 2021
Volvo Cars looking to list on Nasdaq Stockholm this year
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said on Wednesday it is considering listing on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange this year. The company, which is owned by China's Geely Holding Gr...
May 12, 2021
E-commerce firm Global-e valued at nearly $3.6 billion in Nasdaq debut
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) - Shares of Global-e Online Ltd rose as much as 1% in their Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, giving the cross-border e-commerce platform a market capitalization of nearly $3.6 bil...
May 12, 2021
Buttigieg says U.S. helping move fuel in wake of pipeline outage
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration is working around the clock to help deal with gas shortages and restore operations of th...
May 12, 2021
U.S. calls Xinjiang an ‘open-air prison,’ decries religious persecution by China
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Chinese government has turned its western Xinjiang province into essentially an "open-air prison," a U.S. State Department official said on Wednesday as the department publi...
May 12, 2021
Lavrov, Blinken agree to meet in Reykjavik on May 20 -Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone and have agreed to meet in Reykjavik on May 20 on the sidelines of the Arctic Counci...
May 12, 2021
Tennis-Serena suffers shock loss in 1,000th match
ROME (Reuters) - Serena Williams, playing the 1,000th Tour-level match of her glittering career, suffered a shock 7-6(6) 7-5 defeat by Argentina's Nadia Podoroska in the the Italian Open second round ...
May 12, 2021
