Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Parasite could cut Ivory Coast cotton output by up to 40% in 2022
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A parasite known as "jasside" could reduce Ivory Coast's cotton out by between 30% and 40% this year, the head of the cotton and cashew council Adama Coulibaly told Reuters on Wedn...
Oct 12, 2022
Merck opts to jointly develop cancer vaccine with Moderna
(Reuters) -Moderna Inc said on Wednesday Merck & Co Inc had exercised an option to jointly develop and potentially sell an mRNA-based cancer vaccine. The vaccine, mRNA-4157, is being tested along with...
Oct 12, 2022
Russia's attacks only deepen Ukraine, allied resolve, U.S. defense secretary says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's missile strikes on Ukraine have laid bare the "malice and cruelty" of its war and further united the international community to support Ukraine's military efforts to defe...
Oct 12, 2022
Italy's MPS scrambles to secure share issue commitments
By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) -Monte dei Paschi di Siena was racing on Wednesday to get commitments from investors for its 2.5 billion euro ($2.4 billion) share issue so it can se...
Oct 12, 2022
U.S. mortgage interest rates rise to highest level since 2006
(Reuters) - The average interest rate on the most popular U.S. home loan rose to its highest level since 2006 as the housing sector continued to bear the brunt of tightening financial conditions, data...
Oct 12, 2022
Heavy rains to delay sugar cane crushing in top producer India
By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) - Heavy rainfall has spoiled Indian sugar mills' plans for an early start to cane crushing so raw sugar exports could get underway before supplies start coming on t...
Oct 12, 2022
First German IRIS-T air defence system in Ukraine, three more to come - minister
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A first IRIS-T air defence system promised to Kyiv by Germany has reached Ukraine, with three more of these systems to be supplied next year, German Defence Minister Christine Lam...
Oct 12, 2022
Putin says Nord Stream sabotage is 'act of international terrorism'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that major leaks which suddenly erupted in the Nord Stream gas pipelines running from Russia to Europe were an "act of internation...
Oct 12, 2022
Top Israeli ministers want Lebanon deal approved "urgently"
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Top Israeli ministers agreed on Wednesday that a U.S.-brokered maritime demarcation deal with Lebanon should be green-lit speedily, a government statement said after their meetin...
Oct 12, 2022
Lebanon to start returning Syrian refugees, despite rights groups' fears
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back to their home country at the end of next week, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday, despite rights groups' fears for thei...
Oct 12, 2022
