Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada records C$3.55 billion budget deficit over first eight months of 2022/23
OTTAWA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Canada recorded a C$3.55 billion ($2.67 billion) budget deficit for the first eight months of the 2022/23 fiscal year, partly due to higher debt charges, the finance ministr...
Jan 27, 2023
White House and European Commission to launch first-of-its-kind AI agreement
By Suzanne Smalley (Reuters) - The White House and European Commission will announce on Friday an agreement to speed up and enhance the use of artificial intelligence to improve agriculture, healthcar...
Jan 27, 2023
Doping-Russian agency records 375 whereabouts rule violations in 2022
GENEVA (Reuters) - Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said on Friday it had recorded 375 cases last year in which athletes did not properly provide their whereabouts to allow for them to be tested for ...
Jan 27, 2023
Walmart, CVS Health adjust pharmacy hours amid labor crunch
(Reuters) - Walmart Inc said on Friday it would adjust working hours for its U.S. pharmacy team and implement it nationwide in 4,600 locations, with drugstore operator CVS Health Corp doing the same f...
Jan 27, 2023
Brazil's central govt posts 54.1 billion reais surplus in 2022, first in 9 years
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central government reported its first primary budget surplus in nine years, driven by record revenues, but which does not pave the way for continued fiscal improvement, T...
Jan 27, 2023
Italy, Lufthansa sign letter of intent over ITA minority stake sale
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's Treasury on Friday said it had signed a letter of intent with Lufthansa over the sale of a minority stake in state-owned airline ITA Airways, paving the way for negotiations wi...
Jan 27, 2023
Cash-strapped Finnish zoo may have to return giant pandas to China
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A cash-strapped Finnish zoo said on Friday it was preparing to return two giant pandas on loan from China as it could no longer afford their upkeep. The pandas, named Lumi and Pyr...
Jan 27, 2023
Actor Alan Cumming gives back his OBE award over 'toxicity of empire'
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish actor Alan Cumming said on Friday he was giving back his OBE - Officer of the Order of the British Empire - award, saying his eyes had been "opened" over "the toxicity of e...
Jan 27, 2023
Jailed Italian anarchist leader enters 100th day of hunger strike
ROME (Reuters) - Alfredo Cospito, an Italian anarchist leader jailed under strict isolation, entered the 100th day of a hunger strike on Friday, as warnings multiplied that his life is at risk. The 55...
Jan 27, 2023
U.S. consumer moods brighten to kick of 2023, inflation views down
(Reuters) - U.S. consumers entered 2023 with the most optimism in nine months, buoyed by healthy incomes and easing inflation even as most worry a recession could trip up the economy this year. The Un...
Jan 27, 2023
