Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colombia's Congress approves $247 billion development plan
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Congress on Thursday approved a $247.4 billion four-year development plan, paving the way for the government of leftist President Gustavo Petro to implement social and ec...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
Oil heads for third straight weekly loss as economic worries persist
By Arathy Somasekhar (Reuters) - Oil prices held steady in early trading on Friday, but were set for a third straight week of losses after markets witnessed dramatic drops on fears of a weakening U.S....
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
Burkina Faso interim leader hails Russia as a strategic ally
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's interim President Ibrahim Traore on Thursday said Russia had become a key strategic ally but denied that Russian mercenaries were supporting Burkinabe forces in ...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
On 'Star Wars' day, Carrie Fisher receives posthumous star on Walk of Fame
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - May the 4th, the annual unofficial "Star Wars" day, was bittersweet for fans in Hollywood as Princess Leia actress Carrie Fisher, who died at age 60 in 2016, rece...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
White House's Sullivan to travel to Saudi Arabia this weekend
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday he will travel to Saudi Arabia this weekend for talks with Saudi leaders, as the United States seeks to bols...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
Sons of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' deny trafficking fentanyl in rare letter
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Sons of former Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman denied U.S. allegations that they were major traffickers flooding the United States with synthetic opioid fentanyl, a...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
U.S. settles landmark Alabama environmental justice case
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Alabama authorities discriminated against Black residents of a rural county by denying access to adequate sewage systems and fining them for sanitation problems beyond their ...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
Nicaragua arrests 40 opposition figures in new round-up of critics
(Reuters) - Forty political opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega have been arrested and charged with crimes including conspiracy and treason in a new round-up of government critics, relativ...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
Aussie watchdog rejects Virgin Australia-Alliance Aviation charter deal
(Reuters) -Australia's competition regulator said on Friday it has declined to reauthorise an agreement between Virgin Australia and Alliance Aviation Services to jointly provide fly-in and fly-out (F...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
UK mobile users spending millions on smartphones they've already paid for, Virgin Media O2 says
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers are spending 530 million pounds ($666 million) a year for smartphones they already own because they are not switching out of bundled contracts once their fixed ter...
Thomson Reuters May 04, 2023
