Author Archives: Syndicated Content
A top French court overturns government-ordered mosque closure, a first
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest administrative court dismissed on Tuesday an appeal from the Interior Ministry that aimed to close a mosque in the southwestern town of Pessac f...
Apr 26, 2022
Putin hopes talks with Ukraine will yield positive result
(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine were continuing talks in an online format. At the start of his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antoni...
Apr 26, 2022
Bank shareholder proposals to curb new fossil fuel lending get slim support
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall and Ross Kerber NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - Shareholder proposals asking banks to take stronger action on climate change by ending new fossil fuel financing activities fail...
Apr 26, 2022
Britain says EU will struggle to shift euro clearing from London
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's financial services minister said on Tuesday that the European Union would find it hard to replace London for clearing trillions of euros in derivatives, and t...
Apr 26, 2022
Teladoc's mental health unit in focus as cost concerns mount
By Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) - Teladoc Health's mental health services unit will grab focus when the largest U.S. telehealth company reports first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, with investors worrie...
Apr 26, 2022
More than half of Americans have had COVID infections -antibody study
By Manas Mishra and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more than 75% of younger chil...
Apr 26, 2022
Former police officer stands trial for role in U.S. Capitol violence
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trial kicked off on Tuesday for a veteran of the New York Police Department accused of assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. C...
Apr 26, 2022
Sri Lanka says World Bank agrees to provide $600 million in financial aid
By Uditha and Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -The World Bank has agreed to provide Sri Lanka with $600 million in financial assistance to help meet payment requirements for essential imports, the Sri La...
Apr 26, 2022
UK's Truss: No longer good enough to limit Ukraine support to defensive weapons
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said it was no longer good enough to only supply Ukraine with defensive weaponry to combat Russia's invasion. "For too long, there was a false di...
Apr 26, 2022
U.S., UK trade officials to meet for 3rd round of talks in Boston in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and British trade officials will meet again in Boston in June to continue their ongoing dialogue on strengthening trade ties, the two countries said in a joint statement on...
Apr 26, 2022
