Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada's Ritchie to pay special dividend to investors who back $7-billion IAA deal
(Reuters) - Canada's Ritchie Bros Auctioneers said on Tuesday it would pay a special dividend of $1.08 per share to its investors if they back its $7-billion deal for U.S. auto retailer IAA Inc. Share...
Mar 07, 2023
Twelve U.S. senators back giving Commerce Secretary new powers to ban TikTok
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 12 U.S. senators will introduce legislation Tuesday that would give Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok and o...
Mar 07, 2023
Egypt February inflation seen rising to highest in more than 5 years
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian urban consumer inflation will rise in February to its highest level in well over five years, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, following a series of devaluations in the Egyp...
Mar 07, 2023
Greece asks others to 'imitate' Vatican return of Parthenon pieces
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican Museums gave Greece three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon on Tuesday and the Greek side said the gesture should be imitated by others, a ...
Mar 07, 2023
France reports bird flu in foxes near Paris, WOAH says
PARIS (Reuters) -France has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among red foxes northeast of Paris, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Tuesday, as the spread o...
Mar 07, 2023
UN rights chief voices concern on China, Russia civil society restrictions
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday criticised governments, including China and Russia, for restrictions on civil society in a speech that also took some Western stat...
Mar 07, 2023
Romania aims to buy Abrams tanks, senior army official says
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania aims to buy Abrams tanks made by General Dynamics, a defence minister official in charge of military public procurement was quoted as saying on Tuesday. The European Unio...
Mar 07, 2023
Thousands of people in Ukraine have complex war-related injuries, says WHO
By Natalie Grover and Bhanvi Satija LONDON (Reuters) -Thousands of people in Ukraine have sustained complex injuries linked to the war and need rehabilitation services and equipment to help them, a se...
Mar 07, 2023
Drugs regulator EMA opposes 'erotic centre' planned near its Amsterdam HQ
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is not happy with a plan under consideration by the City of Amsterdam to create a new "erotic centre" near its headquarters, the drugs regulato...
Mar 07, 2023
Explainer-What are e-fuels, and can they help make cars CO2-free?
By Victoria Waldersee and Kate Abnett BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany has declared last-minute opposition to a landmark European Union law to end sales of CO2-emitting cars in 2035, demanding that...
Mar 07, 2023
