Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Concerts and catwalks return to Venezuela, but only for those with cash
By Vivian Sequera and Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan pop and reggaeton fans able to pay the equivalent of the country's monthly minimum wage for a concert ticket are filling venues for th...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
BoE to raise rates 25 bps in June, stick to slow pace in coming months: Reuters Poll
(Reuters) - The Bank of England will raise interest rates in June by a modest 25 basis points and stick to those increments in coming meetings despite inflation running close to double-digits, a Reute...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
Brexit backer Banks loses libel case against journalist
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Brexit campaigner Arron Banks, who bankrolled the Leave.EU campaign in Britain's 2016 EU referendum campaign, lost a libel case brought against a journalist over a...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
Both sides using heavier weapons in war in Ukraine, says Finnish president
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Monday both sides in the war in Ukraine were using heavier weapons, including in Russia's case thermobaric bombs. "We are supporting Ukrai...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
SpaceX faces NASA hurdle for Starship backup launch pad
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA wants Elon Musk's SpaceX to ensure its plan to launch its next-generation Starship rocket from Florida would not put at risk nearby launch infrastructure c...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
Planned Parenthood builds staff network to help U.S. women navigate abortion hurdles
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups are expanding a network of staff to guide patients through what is expected to become an increasingly complex and ex...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
Tesla hiring 500-600 staff a month at German plant - regional economy minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Tesla is hiring 500 to 600 people a month at its Gruenheide plant and is working with the national employment agency to recruit workers no longer needed at German carmakers, the reg...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
Trump's 'Big Lie' election fraud claims will be focus of Monday's Jan. 6 hearing
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON(Reuters) - The second hearing of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday will focus on former President Donald ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
Fed tries to thread the needle in forecasting a 'softish' landing
By Lindsay Dunsmuir (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve officials, beset by ongoing high inflation and amid a weakening growth picture, will lay out on Wednesday how they think their increasingly difficu...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022
Exclusive-New York City to auction sanctioned Venezuelan mogul's apartment
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City plans next month to auction a midtown Manhattan apartment owned by a Venezuelan media mogul with ties to socialist President Nicolas Maduro's government...
Thomson Reuters Jun 13, 2022