Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Heat wave and fires damaging Tunisia's grain harvest
TUNIS (Reuters) - A heat wave and fires are badly damaging Tunisia's grain harvest, leading the farmers union to forecast that output will fall well short of government hopes. Loss of grain production...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
Analysis-Spot crude surges while futures slip; rate hikes spook speculators
By Arathy Somasekhar and Stephanie Kelly HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prices for spot crude in much of the world are rising on strong demand and a supply crunch, but in the oil futures market, worries...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
'Off the charts' chemical shortages hit U.S. farms
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricul...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
In Colorado and elsewhere, 2020 election deniers seek top voting offices
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - Tina Peters, an election official in western Colorado, has been indicted for election tampering and barred by a judge from overseeing voting in her home county this year. But ...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
Analysis-Meme stock investors place risky bet on bankrupt Revlon being the next Hertz
By Angelique Chen and Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Even for a veteran meme stock trader like Mike Minutelli, Revlon Inc is a wild bet. The 30-year-old plumber from Oxford, North Carolina, scored a 350% prof...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
Roe v Wade ruling disproportionately hurts Black women, experts say
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn a woman's constitutional right to an abortion is expected to have a disproportionate impact on Black women and othe...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
Exclusive-Japan pushes to remove zero-emission vehicle target from G7 statement, draft shows
By Makiko Yamazaki and Kate Abnett TOKYO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Japan is pushing to remove a target for zero-emission vehicles from a G7 communique expected this week, according to a proposed draft seen...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
Del Vecchio rose from poverty to billions by adding style to spectacles
By Claudia Cristoferi and Silvia Aloisi Businessman Leonardo del Vecchio, who has died aged 87, created the glasses company that owns brands including Ray-Ban and used his billions to become one of th...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
Evergrande investor says files lawsuit for non-repurchase of unit shares
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investment holding firm Top Shine Global Ltd has decided to file a winding-up petition against China Evergrande Group as the embattled property developer did not repurchase share...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
Poland to protest after Russia removed its flag from war memorial
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland is to send a protest note to Russia after it removed a Polish flag at the Katyn cemetery, which commemorates Polish military officers killed by Soviet forces in 1940, the gov...
Thomson Reuters Jun 27, 2022
