Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Moscow lawyers target more cases against Western firms that leave Russia
(Reuters) - A Moscow law firm that has filed cases against Apple and Netflix over what it says are consumer rights violations is aiming to "punish" other Western companies that have quit Russia, its s...
May 12, 2022
Roche says cancer setback to be cushioned by other drug development
By Ludwig Burger and Paul Arnold ZURICH (Reuters) -Roche Chairman Christoph Franz on Thursday said a wide product development pipeline at the Swiss pharma and diagnostics company would offset the loss...
May 12, 2022
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan prime minister - sources
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's opposition lawmaker Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the next prime minister of the country, two sources in his United National Party said. (This story refiles...
May 12, 2022
Prysmian sees FY core profit at higher end of guidance after Q1 jump
MILAN (Reuters) - Prysmian said on Thursday its core profit rose 35% in the first quarter thanks to a solid performance at its energy and telecoms businesses, with the company guiding for a full year ...
May 12, 2022
Brazil's services activity beats forecasts with 1.7% rise in March
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Services activity in Brazil rose more than expected in March and at a record pace for the month, official figures showed on Thursday, marking a strong recovery fr...
May 12, 2022
Top U.S. diplomat Blinken heads to Europe for NATO, trade meetings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Germany on Saturday for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers on their response to the war in Ukraine, the State Department sa...
May 12, 2022
Portuguese police shoot dead knife-wielding kidnapper, possibly German
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese police have shot and killed a man, described as a German citizen by some local media, who had taken another person hostage at knifepoint in an apartment on the outskirts ...
May 12, 2022
D-Wave sets up latest quantum computer in California
(Reuters) - Vancouver-based quantum computing firm D-Wave Systems Inc said on Thursday it has deployed its latest quantum computer to the University of Southern California. D-Wave's most powerful mach...
May 12, 2022
Hong Kong police file complaints to lawyer groups over national security case
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had filed complaints to the city's main professional legal bodies over a national security case involving a fund that had assisted pro-demo...
May 12, 2022
Peru community wants its land back, threatening Chinese copper mine
By Marcelo Rochabrun LAS BAMBAS, Peru (Reuters) - The community of Fuerabamba in the Andean region of Peru was resettled eight years ago to make way for a giant Chinese-owned copper mine, in a $1.2 bi...
May 12, 2022
