Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Explainer-What happened with Abbott baby formula that worsened a U.S. shortage?
(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories, the biggest U.S. supplier of powder infant formula including Similac, initiated a recall and closed its Sturgis, Michigan, manufacturing plant earlier this year after ...
May 16, 2022
U.S. SEC chair says much to be done to protect crypto investors
By John McCrank (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency assets are highly speculative and investors in them need more protections or they could lose trust in the markets, Gary Gensler, chair of the U.S. Securities...
May 16, 2022
Jupiter, Yarbrough among investors who sold Coinbase before big fall
By David Randall and Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jupiter Asset Management, Azora Capital LP and billionaire Jon Yarbrough's family office were among funds that sold all of their stakes in cryp...
May 16, 2022
Taliban dissolve Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission, other key bodies
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former U.S.-backed government, including the country's Human Rights Commission, deemi...
May 16, 2022
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Sumatra, Indonesia - EMSC
(Reuters) - Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia in wee hours of Tuesday, European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, The quake was at a depth of 40 km(24.85 mile...
May 16, 2022
Nigeria court charges two students over 'blasphemy' death
By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Two students were on Monday charged in court with conspiracy and inciting public disturbance after a college student was beaten and burned by fellow students...
May 16, 2022
In El Salvador's gang crackdown, quotas drive 'arbitrary' arrests of innocents
By Nelson Renteria SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Dozens of innocent people have been apprehended in El Salvador in recent months amid President Nayib Bukele's "war on gangs," after superiors forced officer...
May 16, 2022
Indigenous Canadians make a painful plea on eve of British royal visit
(Reuters) - As Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla prepare to visit Canada this week, some members of the indigenous community are calling on the British royal family to formally acknowledge...
May 16, 2022
North Korea dispatches IT workers to raise funds for nuclear program, U.S. says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea is seeking to raise revenue for it nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs by dispatching IT workers who look for employment around the globe while posed as n...
May 16, 2022
Nine civilians killed in Russian attacks in Ukraine's Donetsk region - governor
(Reuters) - Nine civilians were killed by Russian attacks on Monday in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the region's governor said. Pavlo Kyrylenko, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said nine...
May 16, 2022
