Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis - Sadr raises the stakes in struggle for Iraq
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Moqtada al-Sadr has raised the stakes in the struggle for Iraq with a major political escalation that could lead to conflict with his Iran-backed rivals or force a...
Jun 14, 2022
Happy the elephant is denied personhood, to stay at Bronx Zoo
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Happy the elephant will stay at the Bronx Zoo after New York state's highest court on Tuesday ruled against an animal rights group that said she deserved some of the ...
Jun 14, 2022
Putin likely still wants much, if not all, of Ukraine, Pentagon official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin likely still wants to capture much if not all of Ukraine but has had to narrow his tactical objectives in war, Under Secretary of Defense for Po...
Jun 14, 2022
Thomson Reuters launches investigation, halts work with S.African partner
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Global media and services company Thomson Reuters has suspended work with a South African subcontractor following a newspaper report that focused on an alleged conflict of int...
Jun 14, 2022
WTO members hopeful on major fish deal despite push for exemptions
By Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA (Reuters) - A global deal to cut fishing subsidies could be struck at a major ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization this week even as some coun...
Jun 14, 2022
Soldiers in Burkina Faso recover 79 bodies so far after weekend attack
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Soldiers in Burkina Faso have recovered 79 bodies so far after an attack in the northern Seno province over the weekend, the government said on Tuesday, as new details of the a...
Jun 14, 2022
Italian govt faces turbulence after key parties fail in local vote
By Crispian Balmer and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - The far-right Brothers of Italy party, buoyed by a strong showing in weekend local elections, has called on Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalitio...
Jun 14, 2022
UniCredit boss says giving away Russian unit would be morally wrong
MILAN (Reuters) -Giving up for free the Russian arm of UniCredit would be morally wrong, the Italian bank's chief executive said on Tuesday. UniCredit runs Russia's 14th largest bank and has been stud...
Jun 14, 2022
U.S. congressional panel probing Jan. 6 Capitol attack postpones hearing
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol said on Tuesday it has postponed a hearing scheduled fo...
Jun 14, 2022
Trucker strike in South Korea ends with union, government settlement
UIWANG, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korea's unionised truckers and the transport ministry reached an agreement on Tuesday, ending a nationwide strike that lasted for eight days, a truckers union sai...
Jun 14, 2022
