Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China opposes semiconductor bill because it will give U.S. advantage -U.S. commerce chief
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday the Chinese government opposes an effort in Congress to ramp up U.S. semiconductor manufacturing because...
May 11, 2022
Pentagon asks Congress to fund mining projects in Australia, U.K
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense has asked Congress to let it fund facilities in the United Kingdom and Australia that process strategic minerals used to make electric veh...
May 11, 2022
Plane with 11 on board crashes in central Cameroon
DAKAR (Reuters) - A small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest in central Cameroon on Wednesday and rescue efforts are underway to locate possible survivors, the transport ministry s...
May 11, 2022
Australia's #MeToo puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history
By Byron Kaye and Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political leaders who are preparing to face a reckoning over sexual harassment scanda...
May 11, 2022
Migrant disappearances quadruple in Mexico in 2021, says report
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Reported cases of missing migrants in Mexico jumped nearly fourfold in 2021 from 2020, as the country struggles to stem the flow of undocumented people from Cen...
May 11, 2022
Bitcoin falls 7.2% to $28,758
(Reuters) - Bitcoin fell 7.23% to $28,758.29 at 22:05 GMT on Wednesday, losing $2,241.68 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 40.4% from the yea...
May 11, 2022
Manulife, Sun Life see 1st-qtr earnings decline; Asia COVID challenges weigh
By Nichola Saminather (Reuters) - Canada's biggest life insurers, Manulife Financial and Sun Life Financial on Wednesday reported core earnings fell from a year ago as the COVID-19 pandemic took a tol...
May 11, 2022
Sport-Messi tops Forbes' highest-paid athletes list
(Reuters) - Lionel Messi was the world's highest-paid athlete over the last year, according to the annual Forbes https://www.forbes.com list released on Wednesday that had the Paris Saint-Germain forw...
May 11, 2022
Vodafone in talks to merge UK arm with CK Hutchison’s Three -FT
(Reuters) - Vodafone Group Plc is in talks to merge its UK operations with Three UK, which is owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday citing peopl...
May 11, 2022
Lordstown Motors closes deal to sell assets to Foxconn, shares surge
(Reuters) - Lordstown Motors Corp said it has completed a deal to sell certain assets to Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn, clinching funds essential for the production of its Endurance electric...
May 11, 2022
