Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Suez Canal records highest ever monthly revenue in April
ISMAILIYA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's Suez Canal recorded its highest ever monthly revenue in April, reaping $629 million in ship transit fees, the authority managing the waterway said on Sunday. The m...
May 01, 2022
Two dead and one person missing after Guadeloupe floods
PARIS (Reuters) - Two people died and another was missing on Sunday after heavy rainfall caused flooding on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on Friday night, local authorities said on Twitter...
May 01, 2022
Russia says 46 civilians left area near Azovstal plant on Saturday
(Reuters) - Two groups of civilians left the residential area around the Azovstal steel works in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Saturday, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday. The m...
May 01, 2022
Guinea's coup leader proposes 3-year transition back to civilian rule
CONAKRY (Reuters) - A military junta in Guinea said its transition back to civilian rule will probably take more than three years, a proposal likely to upset West Africa's political bloc that has call...
May 01, 2022
Indian state leader pushes to replace religion-based laws
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil code, the chief minister of a northeastern state said on Sunday, taking a...
May 01, 2022
Chip consortium ISMC to set up $3 billion plant in India's Karnataka
By Munsif Vengattil BENGALURU (Reuters) - International semiconductor consortium ISMC will invest $3 billion in India's southern Karnataka state to set up a chip-making plant, the state government sai...
May 01, 2022
Olympics-IOC boss Bach happy at 'honeymoon' meet with 2032 organisers
SYDNEY (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach praised Brisbane 2032 Games organisers on Sunday for a "wonderful start" in planning for the multi-sport event after meet...
May 01, 2022
Opposition leader offers Australia 'a better future' in campaign launch
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday promised the country a "better future" in a campaign launch that was light on controversial reforms but drenche...
May 01, 2022
Scholz defends Germany's caution on sending heavy arms to Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday rejected criticism that Germany was not showing leadership in western efforts to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons to repel Russia's invasion, sayin...
May 01, 2022
Russia cuts state-backed mortgage rate, extends scheme
(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree cutting the state-backed mortgage rate and extending the programme, part of wider measures aimed at stimulating economic growth. Ru...
May 01, 2022
