Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Zelenskiy hopes for speedier prisoner exchanges with Russia
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that a recent slowdown in prisoner swaps with Moscow was due to unspecified "reasons" on the Russian side, but expressed hope t...
Dec 19, 2023
US EPA sends Midwest ethanol expansion request to White House
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the White House to approve a rule that would allow expanded sales of higher-ethanol gasoline to be sold in ce...
Dec 19, 2023
Ukraine to produce one million drones next year, Zelenskiy says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will produce one million drones next year, boosting current production levels, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday. Ukraine has been working to increase its domestic...
Dec 19, 2023
New Zealand's Luxon to talk defence, economy in Australia
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's new prime minister, Christopher Luxon, said he will discuss economic ties, defence and shared interests in the Indo-Pacific region during talks wit...
Dec 19, 2023
Panama lowers 2024 economic growth estimate to about 2.5%
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's economic growth next year is now estimated at about 2.5%, down "in light of new scenarios," Economy and Finance Minister Hector Alexander said on Tuesday. Speaking at ...
Dec 19, 2023
US Senate looks to end last of abortion-related military promotion blockade
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will confirm this month the last of hundreds of military promotions held up for much of the year over a senator's protest of the Pentagon's ...
Dec 19, 2023
Olympics-International Surfing body refuses to support Paris 2024 judging tower project
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - The International Surfing Association (ISA) will not support the construction of an aluminium judging tower for the Paris 2024 events in Tahiti, the governing body s...
Dec 19, 2023
Italy court hands lifetime sentence to Pakistani parents in 'honour killing' case
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court sentenced two parents to lifetime imprisonment on Tuesday for killing their teenage daughter after she refused to travel to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. The so-...
Dec 19, 2023
Airbus on course for record jetliner orders in 2023, sources say
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus is on course to break aerospace order records in 2023 after a buying spree from European airlines and a brisk month so far in deliveries, industry sources said o...
Dec 19, 2023
President Weah steps in to reverse Liberia's U.N. vote against Gaza ceasefire
MONROVIA (Reuters) - Liberian President George Weah has intervened to reverse his country's vote against a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the West African nation's informat...
Dec 19, 2023
