Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Western Turkey region - EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck Western Turkey region on Wednesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 2 km (1.24 miles), EMSC s...
Nov 22, 2022
Oil prices climb on big drop in U.S. crude stocks, Russia supply uncertainty
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices rose in early trade on Wednesday after industry data showed U.S. crude stockpiles fell more sharply than expected last week, highlighting supply tightness ahead of a l...
Nov 22, 2022
New Zealand's central bank raises rates by 75bps
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank raised interest rates by 75 basis points to a near 14-year high of 4.25% on Wednesday and flagged more hikes to come as it struggles t...
Nov 22, 2022
China's top auto association cancels Shanghai event citing COVID
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's top auto association said on Wednesday it would cancel the second day of the China Automotive Overseas Development Summit that was taking place in Shanghai, citing the det...
Nov 22, 2022
Another Mexican reporter gunned down in deadly year for local media
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A part-time Mexican journalist was shot dead in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, home turf for several violent drug gangs, adding to the death toll for the bloodiest year to d...
Nov 22, 2022
NZ finance minister: New Zealand will come into period of strong economic growth
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the world economy faced a "year of reckoning" in 2023 but the small island nation was well placed to fend off trouble in trading pa...
Nov 22, 2022
A short history of Manchester United's ownership
(Reuters) - Manchester United said on Tuesday it was considering new investment or a potential sale, 17 years after the American Glazer family bought the English Premier League soccer club. The popula...
Nov 22, 2022
Cricket-Guptill released from New Zealand contract
(Reuters) - New Zealand opener Martin Guptill has been released from his national contract after being omitted from the squad for the India T20 series, heralding the end of the veteran batsman's inter...
Nov 22, 2022
Chengdu to conduct mass COVID testing for five straight days
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Chengdu will conduct mass COVID-19 testing for its residents from Nov. 23 to Nov. 27, a government notice said late on Tuesday. Huang Hui, deputy director of th...
Nov 22, 2022
New Zealand increases funding for Vanuatu wharves
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said it would invest a further NZ$10 million ($6.15 million) to help fund wharf construction in Vanuatu, where a Beijing-funded wharf had raised conc...
Nov 22, 2022
