Author Archives: Syndicated Content
France's Macron defends choice of Black minister amid 'woke' debate
MARSEILLE (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday defended his choice of education minister, a Black academic whose appointment has triggered debate over "wokeism" and racism in Franc...
Jun 02, 2022
Tunisian judges' association calls president's move to sack judges a "massacre"
TUNIS (Reuters) - The Tunisian Judges Association on Thursday called the president's decision to sack dozens of judges as a "massacre" and called on members to oppose it. President Kais Saied on Wedne...
Jun 02, 2022
U.S. lawyer Avenatti sentenced to four years prison for defrauding Stormy Daniels
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Avenatti, the brash California lawyer who once took on then-President Donald Trump, was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for defrauding his best-known former ...
Jun 02, 2022
Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia region to nationalise Ukraine's assets - RIA
(Reuters) - The administration in the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine plans to take over state assets, including strategic firms, land and natural resources, the RIA news agency quot...
Jun 02, 2022
EU to send more than 200 firefighters to Greece for the summer season
ATHENS (Reuters) - More than 200 firefighters and equipment from Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Romania and Norway will be stationed in Greece to provide immediate support in the event of major w...
Jun 02, 2022
Bristol Myers drug fails to meet main goal of COVID study
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday its drug Orencia did not show statistically significant results in speeding up recovery in COVID-19 patients versus a placebo in a late-stage study. (...
Jun 02, 2022
Accused Buffalo shooter to be arraigned on domestic terrorism, 24 other counts
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The avowed white supremacist accused of a racist attack that killed 10 people at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York is scheduled to be arraigned ...
Jun 02, 2022
Biden welcomes Yemen truce extension, notes Saudi Arabia's 'courageous leadership'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the extension on Thursday of a U.N.-brokered truce between Yemen's warring parties, and said Saudi Arabia had demonstrated "courageous leadersh...
Jun 02, 2022
Fed's Brainard says 'very hard' to see case for September pause
(Reuters) -Calling high inflation the Federal Reserve's "number one challenge," Vice Chair Lael Brainard on Thursday said she backs at least a couple more half percentage point interest rate hikes, wi...
Jun 02, 2022
Factbox-Global baby formula makers send products to restock U.S. shelves
(Reuters) - Global companies that make baby formula are bringing products into the United States after the country's health regulator relaxed its import policy to address a nationwide shortage partly ...
Jun 02, 2022
