Author Archives: Syndicated Content
French refinery, metro strikes loom in clash over pension reform
By Blandine Henault PARIS (Reuters) - France's CGT trade union on Thursday called for strikes in the refinery sector against plans to make people work longer before they can retire and Paris metro uni...
Jan 12, 2023
Russian-installed official says Ukrainian 'resistance' persists in Soledar
(Reuters) - A Russian-installed official in Ukraine's Donetsk region said on Thursday that "pockets of resistance" remained in the Ukrainian town of Soledar, undermining claims that the town had been ...
Jan 12, 2023
Explainer-Peru protests: What is behind the violence?
By Brendan O'Boyle (Reuters) - At least 40 people have died in clashes between Peruvian security forces and protesters in the Andean country's worst outbreak of violence in over 20 years, as demonstra...
Jan 12, 2023
British-EU talks remain challenging, complex - Irish foreign minister
BELFAST (Reuters) - Issues between British and European Union negotiators on seeking to revise post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland remain very challenging and complex despite recent progress,...
Jan 12, 2023
UK 'golden' visas review finds risk of links to illicit money
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government said on Thursday that a small number of people who had obtained so-called "golden visas" for rich investors might have obtained their wealth through corruption...
Jan 12, 2023
Bulgaria launches probe of crypto lender Nexo, raids sites
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian prosecutors have launched an investigation into alleged illegal activities conducted by cryptocurrency lender Nexo, they said on Thursday, raiding more than 15 sites in the...
Jan 12, 2023
Britain criticises erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain criticised on Thursday what it said was the systematic erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong by the Chinese government and a crackdown on free speech by authorit...
Jan 12, 2023
Activist investor Peltz kicks off battle for Disney board seat
(Reuters) - Nelson Peltz has launched a fight for a board seat at Walt Disney Co to help turnaround a company he says is "in crisis" due to failed succession planning, mounting streaming losses and ov...
Jan 12, 2023
Russian car sales down 58.8% in 2022 as sanctions hit industry hard
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Car sales in Russia collapsed by 58.8% in 2022, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said on Thursday, as the industry reels from the impact of Western sanctions on Moscow. S...
Jan 12, 2023
Jordan truckers' strike exposes woes of impoverished south
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi MAAN, Jordan (Reuters) - Striking Jordanian trucker Suleiman Abu al-Zait spent several long nights on a national highway along his native city of Maan, manning a picket line tha...
Jan 12, 2023
