Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. urges rail industry, Congress to boost safety measures after toxic derailment
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday urged major railroads and Congress to take significant steps to boost train safety and said he would pursue new ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
Greece and Turkey should engage to resolve differences - Blinken
ATHENS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Aegean Sea rivals Greece and Turkey to engage to resolve differences and avoid unilateral actions that could increase tension...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
Russian state TV website goes down during Putin speech
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state media websites broadcasting President Vladimir Putin's address to the country's two houses of parliaments on Tuesday suffered an outage during his speech. Reuters jour...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
Sri Lanka's national consumer price inflation eases to 53.2% in Jan
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) eased year-on-year to 53.2% in January, after a 59.2% rise in December, the statistics department said on Tuesday. The NCPI captures broade...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
China Fudan University team apologises after ChatGPT-style platform crashes hours after launch
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - A team from China's Fudan University apologised on Tuesday after a ChatGPT-like chatbot platform they developed crashed hours after it launched to the public, d...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
Ukraine says Belarus stepping up its aggressive rhetoric
KYIV (Reuters) - A senior Ukrainian presidential aide said on Tuesday Belarus was stepping up "aggressive and militaristic rhetoric" ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion, but that Kyiv ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
German exports to China decline in January despite lifting of lockdown
BERLIN (Reuters) - German exporters' hopes of a revival in trade with China after Beijing abruptly dismantled its strict "zero-COVID" policy in December failed to materialise at the start of the year,...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
More than 8,000 civilians killed since Russia invaded Ukraine - U.N
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 8,000 civilians have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a year ago, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Tuesday. The new toll represents a significant upward...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
Expansionary fiscal policy must end, says German finance minister
By Christian Kraemer and Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany must end its expansionary fiscal policy or risk fuelling inflation, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner told Reuters in an inte...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
Netanyahu deputy urges Israel to help defend Ukraine against Russian 'terrorism'
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's party called on Tuesday for the country to stop "fence-sitting" on Ukraine and provide it with ...
Thomson Reuters Feb 21, 2023
