Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Contracts to buy existing homes stay flat as mortgage payments soften - NAR
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pending U.S. home sales remained unchanged in November, data released Thursday showed, signaling traffic from prospective buyers is slow to recover despite interes...
Dec 28, 2023
US military's secretive X-37B spaceplane ready for launch to higher orbit
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - After weeks of false starts and delays, SpaceX teams prepared again on Thursday to launch the military's secretive X-37B robot spa...
Dec 28, 2023
Boeing urges 737 MAX inspections for possible loose bolt -- FAA
By David Shepardson and Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday airplane maker Boeing is urging airlines to inspect newer 737 MAX airplanes for a...
Dec 28, 2023
Former China central bank official jailed for 16 years for graft - Caixin
BEIJING (Reuters) - A former Chinese central bank official has been sentenced to 16 years and six months in prison for taking bribes, leaking state secrets and insider trading as the ruling Communist ...
Dec 28, 2023
DR Congo government rules out election re-run demanded by opposition
By Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo will not cancel the results of last week's presidential election despite repeated calls from the opposition for a full re-run of the d...
Dec 28, 2023
Cathie Wood's ARK invests in bitcoin futures ETF, sells Coinbase shares
(Reuters) - Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought 4.3 million shares of ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, which is popularly known as 'BITO' and tracks the price of futures tied to the world's largest cryptoc...
Dec 28, 2023
Factbox-What and where are Russia's $300 billion in reserves frozen in the West?
By Elena Fabrichnaya and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - After President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia's ce...
Dec 28, 2023
Aerial strike on Ethiopia church grounds kills eight - witnesses
By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An aerial strike on the grounds of a church in Ethiopia's Oromiya region killed eight people and injured five as they collected corn, two witnesses and an opp...
Dec 28, 2023
Turkey fines popular TV series after religious controversy
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's radio and television watchdog RTUK on Thursday placed a two-week broadcasting ban on the popular television series "Kizil Goncalar" (Crimson Buds), a board member said, as ...
Dec 28, 2023
Brazil cracks down as wildcat miners in the Amazon shift their operations
By Adriano Machado SUCUNDURI, Brazil (Reuters) - Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as it spreads from Indigenous lands into government-protected conserv...
Dec 28, 2023
