Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kazakhstan referendum may bolster Tokayev's second-term ambitions
By Mariya Gordeyeva ALMATY (Reuters) - A referendum on constitutional reform to decentralise power in Kazakhstan this week after unprecedented turbulence could help President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev bui...
Jun 02, 2022
Self-driving cars from GM's Cruise could soon carry paying riders in San Francisco
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - General Motors Co's Cruise on Thursday could become the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, if it can ove...
Jun 02, 2022
South African company helps hang local art in virtual world
By Sisipho Skweyiya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - As South African artist Fhatuwani Mukheli paints a portrait of a woman at his Johannesburg studio, he is creating not only the work before him but also a d...
Jun 02, 2022
Futures climb on lower oil prices; private jobs report in focus
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Thursday as a pullback in oil prices lifted investor sentiment in the run-up to a private payrolls report that could provide a clearer picture of the labor...
Jun 02, 2022
U.S. sheep herders sue employers for cartel-like wage suppression
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Sheep herders in the U.S. West have banded together to sue their employers, accusing them of operating an illegal cartel that artificially suppresses their wages, according...
Jun 02, 2022
Ukraine calls for more arms supplies to help war reach 'inflection point'
KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the West on Thursday to step up its supplies of weapons to Ukraine to push Kyiv's grinding war with Russia towards an "inflection point" that w...
Jun 02, 2022
TSX futures up on upbeat global sentiment, rising gold prices
(Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index rose on Thursday on higher gold prices and as global stocks steadied as a dip in oil prices calmed investor nerves about surging inflation and aggress...
Jun 02, 2022
Engine No. 1 rushes to back ESG disclosures at top companies
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Sustainability-focused hedge fund Engine No. 1 has backed 83% of shareholder resolutions on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics at top U.S. companies so far th...
Jun 02, 2022
U.S. national spelling bee pits kids ages 7-15 trying to spell success
By Barbara Goldberg (Reuters) - Spellers ages 7-15 traveled across the United States and from as far away as Guam to compete on Thursday for the title of "Champion" in the 2022 Scripps National Spelli...
Jun 02, 2022
Senegal refugees crowd Gambian villages after separatist fighting
By Ngouda Dione UPERT, Gambia (Reuters) - Stray bullets whistled past Senegalese villager Modou Badjie and his family as they ran through a cashew forest in the middle of the night to reach neighbouri...
Jun 02, 2022
