Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Lebanon judge sets March 15 hearing for central bank chief in graft probe
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese investigative judge has scheduled a March 15 hearing for Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh as part of a cross-border corruption probe into Salameh and close ass...
Mar 06, 2023
After playing wage catch-up, U.S. firms may have found their footing
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At the worst of the pandemic labor crunch, convenience store chain Sprint Mart struggled to staff its shops across the southern U.S. as available workers dri...
Mar 06, 2023
Marketmind: China takes five
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Alun John "Fair enough I suppose" seems to be markets' response to China's comparatively-modest 5% 2023 growth target announced on Sunday. There...
Mar 06, 2023
Diverse talent in Hollywood takes reins to speed up change
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For Angela Bassett, vying for an acting Oscar for the second time next Sunday in a 40-year career, every role she has taken has been an oppo...
Mar 06, 2023
Greek railway workers extend strike over train crash
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek rail workers went on strike for a sixth day on Monday to protest over safety conditions following a train crash last week that killed 57 people. The busy rail route that conne...
Mar 06, 2023
Futures subdued after strong week on Wall Street
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Monday as investors awaited Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's testimony and monthly payrolls report this week for cues on the central bank's in...
Mar 06, 2023
Russia says it thwarts Ukraine-backed murder plot against nationalist tycoon
LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's FSB security service said on Monday it had thwarted a Ukraine-backed car bomb attack against a prominent nationalist businessman who has been a cheerleader for Moscow's war...
Mar 06, 2023
Fall of Bakhmut would not mean Russia has turned tide of war - Pentagon chief
By Idrees Ali AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was of more symbolic than operational importance, and its fall would not n...
Mar 06, 2023
Two guards killed in gunfire as four break out of Mauritania jail
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Four detainees escaped from the central prison in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, during a breakout in which two soldiers were killed in gunfire, the interior ministry said on...
Mar 06, 2023
Ex-UK leader Boris Johnson nominates father for knighthood - report
LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has nominated his father Stanley for a knighthood in the list of honours he can grant as an outgoing leader, the Times newspaper reported...
Mar 06, 2023
