Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taiwan's GlobalWafers to invest $5 billion in new silicon wafer plant in Texas
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's GlobalWafers Co Ltd will spend $5 billion on a new plant in Texas to make silicon wafers used in semiconductors, switching to the United States after a failed European inve...
Jun 27, 2022
Heineken to expand Mexico operations with $90 million plant
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Heineken will build a 1.8 billion peso, or $90 million, can manufacturing plant in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua near its brewery in the town of Mequoi, the company s...
Jun 27, 2022
N.Korean leader convenes latest party meeting amid pandemic, heavy rains
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over another meeting of the ruling party to tighten discipline, state media said on Tuesday, as Pyongyang continues to fight the COVID-19 pan...
Jun 27, 2022
Russian opposition politician detained in Moscow - journalist, lawyer
(Reuters) - Prominent Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin was detained in Moscow on Monday, a lawyer for opposition figures and a Russian journalist said on their social media accounts. Irina Ba...
Jun 27, 2022
U.S. commerce secretary presses lawmakers to greenlight $52 billion for chipmaking
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo on Monday stepped up pressure on Congress to approve $52 billion in funding for chipmakers to expand operations, warning that fi...
Jun 27, 2022
Armenia, Azerbaijan trade new Karabakh accusations
(Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan traded new accusations on Monday with the president of Azerbaijan, saying his neighbour was failing to take action on a treaty to end 30 years of ho...
Jun 27, 2022
Biden pick for immigration enforcement withdraws after long delay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ed Gonzalez, a Texas sheriff, said on Monday he had told President Joe Biden that he had withdrawn from consideration for the post of director of U.S. Immigration and Customs En...
Jun 27, 2022
Iran applies to join BRICS group of emerging countries
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has submitted an application to become a member in the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, an Iranian official said on Monday. Iran's membership in the BRICS group, ...
Jun 27, 2022
European entrepreneurs launch 250 million euro tech fund called 'Plural'
PARIS (Reuters) - Four European entrepreneurs, including Taavet Hinrikus who co-founded money transfer company Wise Plc, announced the launch of Plural, a venture fund worth 250 million euros ($263.20...
Jun 27, 2022
Monkeypox case count rises to more than 3,400 globally, WHO says
(Reuters) - More than 3,400 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organization as of last Wednesday, with a majority of them from Europe, the agency said in an upda...
Jun 27, 2022
