Author Archives: Syndicated Content
South Africa rejects US pressure to distance itself from Iran
By Tim Cocks JOHANNSESBURG, March 16 (Reuters) - South Africa has no reason to cut ties with Iran, its director general of foreign affairs said, after the new U.S. ambassador was quoted as saying the ...
Mar 16, 2026
US manufacturing output increases; homebuilder sentiment ticks up
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. factory production increased marginally in February as manufacturing remained constrained by tariffs on imports, and the conflict in the Middle ...
Mar 16, 2026
Wall St opens higher as tech stocks gain; Investors weigh Middle East conflict
March 16 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday with shares of Meta among the top gainers after a report said the megacap was prepping for sweeping AI-related layoffs, even as ...
Mar 16, 2026
Kenya arraigns man for supplying live ants to smuggling network
NAIROBI, March 16 (Reuters) - Kenyan prosecutors on Monday arraigned a local man accused of supplying live ants to foreign traffickers, as authorities try to stop the insects being smuggled out of the...
Mar 16, 2026
Exclusive-OpenAI courts private equity to join enterprise AI venture, sources say
By Milana Vinn and Echo Wang NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters) - OpenAI is in advanced talks with private equity firms including TPG, Advent International, Bain Capital and Brookfield Asset Management to f...
Mar 16, 2026
Factbox-Storms knock out power to 266,000 across US Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and South
March 16 (Reuters) - More than 266,000 homes and businesses were without power on Monday as severe storms battered the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region, according to data from PowerOutage.us. Mich...
Mar 16, 2026
BHP wins bid to throw out UK contempt case linked to Brazil dam collapse
LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - BHP on Monday won its bid to throw out a contempt of court case in Britain over the funding of litigation to try to prevent some Brazilian municipalities suing the mining ...
Mar 16, 2026
Exclusive-As India seeks Hormuz safe passage, Tehran asks for return of seized tankers, sources say
By Saurabh Sharma and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, March 16 (Reuters) - Iran has asked India to release three tankers seized in February as part of talks seeking the safe passage of Indianflagged or Indi...
Mar 16, 2026
Hungary's PM Orban mobilises online backers for election challenge
By Anita Komuves DEBRECEN, Hungary, March 16 (Reuters) - Istvan Hollo, a 76-year-old supporter of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, spends up to an hour daily on Facebook promoting the right-wing...
Mar 16, 2026
Trump launches anti-fraud task force to be led by Vance
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday launching a national task force led by Vice President JD Vance aimed at proving Trump's ...
Mar 16, 2026
