Author Archives: Syndicated Content

By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - All New Zealand schools will have free access to sanitary products from June, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday, an initiative aimed at stampi...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Guatemalan Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo in a phone call on Wednesday that Washington was committed to addressing the causes of illega...

By Erwin Seba and Jennifer Hiller HOUSTON (Reuters) - Widespread power outages and bone chilling cold that left millions of Texans to shiver in the dark sparked a fury this week among residents and po...

(Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator on Thursday raised initial concerns over Aon's $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson to create the world's largest insurance broker, close on the heels...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will travel to Michigan on Friday to visit a Pfizer Inc plant, postponing the trip by a day because of inclement weather, a White House official said. Biden ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto intends to accept the job of head of Tokyo 2020, the organising committee for the games in Japan, Kyodo news agency said on Thursday, repla...

New York Mets minor league outfielder Tim Tebow announced his retirement from professional baseball on Wednesday. Tebow, 33, played quarterback in the NFL from 2010-12 following a Heisman Trophy-winni...

(Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta has issued arrest warrants against six celebrities for encouraging strikes that have paralysed many government offices in protests against this month's coup, with ...

By Richard Cowan and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats' drive to hustle his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through the U.S. Congress could leave some...

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar held ground on Thursday after its first back-to-back gains in two weeks as upbeat data bolstered expectations for the U.S. to recover from the pandemic f...