Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Latin America's 'pink tide' may have hit its high-water mark
By Brad Haynes (Reuters) - Dramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region's second "pink tide" in two ...
Dec 22, 2022
Iran's clerical leaders to grapple with deepening dissent in 2023
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) - Nationwide protests sparked by the death in custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have ushered Iran into a new era of deepening crisis between the clerical le...
Dec 22, 2022
Pope denounces psychological abuse as Jesuit case rocks Church
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday denounced psychological violence and abuse of power in the Church, as the case of a prominent priest accused of exploiting his auth...
Dec 22, 2022
Ukraine's 'cat and mouse' battle to keep Russian missiles at bay
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) - As Russian cruise missiles sped towards their target this month, a Ukrainian pilot gave chase in an old Soviet MiG-29 fighter jet and locked onto two of them, but cou...
Dec 22, 2022
Soccer-Rashford shows he can fill Ronaldo's shoes as Manchester United talisman
By Richard Martin MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - In Manchester United's first competitive match since their acrimonious split with Cristiano Ronaldo, Marcus Rashford delivered a thrilling performance...
Dec 22, 2022
No energy worries for Italy's 'harmonious walnut tribe'
By Yara Nardi and Matteo Berlenga CUPRAMONTANA, Italy (Reuters) - Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, does not crave the bright city lights. Indeed he has no use for electricity and for more than half a century h...
Dec 22, 2022
God not Mafia's side, Sicilian archbishop says after trial
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge has handed down jail sentences totalling 80 years to 39 people for diverting a Good Friday religious procession to the house of a Mafia family and paying homage to an...
Dec 22, 2022
Futures muted after Wall St rally, economic data on tap
(Reuters) - U.S. stock futures were subdued on Thursday after Wall Street's main indexes staged a rally in the previous session, with investors awaiting jobs data to assess the strength of the labor m...
Dec 22, 2022
Turkey says Sweden has not acted on extraditing terrorism-linked suspects
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday Stockholm had not moved to extradite people Ankara says are linked to terrorism or freeze their assets, as Sweden continue...
Dec 22, 2022
Myanmar junta minister attend talks hosted by Thailand, key ASEAN players absent
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand hosted a regional meeting on Thursday to discuss the crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, which a government source said included a rare international appearance by several junta...
Dec 22, 2022
