Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Mexico seeks to curb 'abuse' of asylum system by migrants who do not plan to stay
By Daina Beth Solomon and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's overwhelmed asylum agency is strengthening efforts to weed out high numbers of applicants who "abuse" the system while passing t...
Feb 13, 2023
Court to reconsider Conn. rule allowing transgender athletes in girls' sports
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to reconsider a lawsuit challenging a Connecticut policy allowing transgender students to compete in girls' high school sports. ...
Feb 13, 2023
Tunisia ramps up arrests, detains radio station head and opposition official
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police on Monday detained a radio station head and a senior opposition official, part of a wave of arrests targeting prominent politicians and other figures as critics of th...
Feb 13, 2023
U.S. judge puts SEC, CFTC cases against FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried on hold
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday put two regulators' civil lawsuits against Sam Bankman-Fried on hold until the conclusion of the Department of Justice's criminal case against the founder o...
Feb 13, 2023
Canadian premiers accept C$46-billion federal govt healthcare funding offer
By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Canada's provincial and territorial premiers on Monday said they will accept an additional C$46.2 billion ($34.64 billion) in healthcare funding from the federal government...
Feb 13, 2023
U.S. Congress plans full review of Chinese spy balloon incidents, Schumer says
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress will take a bipartisan look at unidentified aerial objects that have made their way into U.S. and Canadian airspace, and why they were not...
Feb 13, 2023
Cricket-Jamieson, Henry withdrawn from New Zealand squad to face England
(Reuters) - New Zealand's towering paceman Kyle Jamieson will not play in the two-test England series due to a suspected stress fracture in his back, while bowler Matt Henry will miss the first test, ...
Feb 13, 2023
U.S. 'deeply troubled' by Israeli settlement move after Blinken visit
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States opposes Israel's retroactive authorization of Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monda...
Feb 13, 2023
New Russian offensive underway in Ukraine, says NATO
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) - The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was facing heavy artillery fire as the NATO chief backed reports from local officials that a major new Russian offensive had be...
Feb 13, 2023
Cycling-Britain's record-breaking cyclist Sheridan dies aged 99
(Reuters) - Britain's multiple record-breaker Eileen Sheridan, who blazed a trail for women cyclists in the 1950s, has died aged 99. Sheridan, described as "Britain's greatest female cyclist" by Cycli...
Feb 13, 2023
