Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colombia human rights ombudsman urges action to prevent fires
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's human rights ombudsman on Friday urged local authorities of high-risk areas where fires have not occurred to take preventative action, as 34 blazes cont...
Jan 26, 2024
Germany's Scholz says dark neo-Nazi networks are on the rise
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday voiced concern over the rise of extreme-right tendencies in his country 79 years after the Auschwitz extermination camp was liberated. "...
Jan 26, 2024
Ukraine's Zelenskiy announces second pro-business body after fury over banker's arrest
(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced on Friday the creation of a second body to assist businesses in wartime after several entrepreneurs voiced outrage at the arrest of a prom...
Jan 26, 2024
Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher banned 5 games for check to head
The NHL Department of Safety suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher five games Friday for an illegal check to the head of New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech. Gallagher was affor...
Jan 26, 2024
Venezuela arrests allies of opposition candidate on conspiracy accusations
CARACAS (Reuters) - Three allies of Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado have been detained on accusations of conspiracy amid growing tensions between the government of Pr...
Jan 26, 2024
Canadian cardinal temporarily steps down after lawsuit alleging abuse
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Cardinal Gerald Lacroix, one of the top Roman Catholic clergymen in Canada, on Friday stepped down temporarily after he was named in a class-action lawsuit against the church that a...
Jan 26, 2024
North Korea, China agree to defend common interests as senior envoys meet
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea and China agreed to strengthen tactical cooperation and defend common interests, the North's official KCNA news agency said on Saturday, reporting on Foreign Minister Choe...
Jan 26, 2024
Yemen's Houthi rebels escalate Red Sea attacks, hit Trafigura fuel tanker
CAIRO/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday stepped up attacks on vessels transiting the Red Sea, including a hit on a fuel tanker operated on behalf of trading firm Trafigura that spark...
Jan 26, 2024
Morgan Stanley's executive chairman Gorman sells some shares
(Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's Executive Chairman James Gorman has sold 50,000 shares of the bank's common stock on the open market, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. (Reporting by Manya Saini in Be...
Jan 26, 2024
Cuba counts on Russians to boost still-ailing tourism sector in 2024
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is counting on winter-weary Russians to help boost the Caribbean island nation's ailing tourism sector in 2024, according to the Cuban ambassador in Moscow, after a disappointi...
Jan 26, 2024
