Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Billionaire Niel's NJJ Projet to challenge M6 and TF1 for French TNT TV licenses
PARIS (Reuters) - French billionaire Xavier Niel's NJJ Projet entity will compete with TV rivals M6 and TF1 for new French TNT TV licences, said the Arcom regulator on Monday. Last year, Bertelsmann's...
Jan 23, 2023
California accounted for 40% of U.S. zero-emission vehicle sales in 2022
(Reuters) - About 19% of all cars sold in California last year were zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), accounting for 40% of all ZEV sales in the United States and leading other U.S. states in EV adoption...
Jan 23, 2023
France drops sugar beet pesticide exemption after EU court ruling
PARIS (Reuters) - France has dropped plans to allow sugar beet growers to use again this year a pesticide banned over risks to bees, after a European Union court rejected such exemptions, the country'...
Jan 23, 2023
Jury convicts man who propped his feet on desk in Pelosi's office on Jan. 6
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Arkansas man who famously was photographed putting his feet up on a desk inside then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack...
Jan 23, 2023
Venezuela's inflation slows to 234% in 2022, vice president says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Inflation in Venezuela hit 234% in 2022, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday, representing a slowdown from the previous year, as the South American country struggles with...
Jan 23, 2023
Rugby-I want my players to retire without regrets - unlike me, says Borthwick
By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) - New England coach Steve Borthwick said on Monday that he did not always get his best performances onto the pitch as a player in the test arena and says he is deter...
Jan 23, 2023
Egypt's Sisi defends mega-projects with economy under strain
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday defended mega-projects undertaken since he took power, saying they were not to blame for economic turmoil that has seen the currency...
Jan 23, 2023
Los Angeles authorities begin identifying Monterey Park shooting victims
(Reuters) - The Los Angeles county coroner's office on Monday began identifying the 10 people killed in the Lunar New Year massacre inside a popular dance parlor in Monterey Park, California. The coro...
Jan 23, 2023
Fed needs mortgage-backed securities exit plan 'earlier than later,' George says
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kansas City Federal Reserve President Esther George has urged her colleagues to come to terms "earlier than later" on a plan for the U.S. central bank to exi...
Jan 23, 2023
Portugal agrees to swap Cape Verde's debt for environmental investment
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal has signed an agreement to swap Cape Verde's debt for investments in an environmental and climate fund that is being established by the archipelago nati...
Jan 23, 2023
