Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Poland dismisses its representative at World Bank, drawing central bank rebuke
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's new government has dismissed the country's representative to the World Bank, the prime minister said on Tuesday, drawing a rebuke from the central bank that had appointed h...
Dec 19, 2023
New York launches commission to consider racial reparations
(Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday authorized a commission to consider reparations for the state's role in perpetuating historic discrimination against African Americans, making New...
Dec 19, 2023
Lawsuit challenges Texas efforts to restrict illegal border crossings
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Republican-backed law in Texas that will give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute, and dep...
Dec 19, 2023
Auto loans platform Lendbuzz hires banks for IPO, sources say
By Echo Wang (Reuters) - Lendbuzz, a U.S. financial technology startup that uses artificial intelligence to offer auto loans to people who lack credit history, has hired investment banks for an initia...
Dec 19, 2023
Tesla moves to pause US agency lawsuit alleging race bias at factory
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has asked a U.S. judge to pause a federal agency's lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of severe harassment of Black workers at its California assembly plan...
Dec 19, 2023
Zelenskiy says he has working relationship with army chief
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday dismissed suggestions of a rift with army chief Valery Zaluzhny and said he maintains a working relationship with the top general. H...
Dec 19, 2023
Austria's RBI to take 28% stake in Strabag in effort to cut Russia exposure
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International, one of the banks in Europe most exposed to Russia, said on Tuesday that it would take a nearly 28% stake in Austrian construction group St...
Dec 19, 2023
