Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungary reports H5N1 bird flu at goose farm
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus at a goose farm, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nebih) said on Thursday. The outbreak in the ...
Apr 14, 2022
Futures edge higher ahead of bank earnings; Twitter jumps on Musk's takeover offer
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Thursday, ahead of first-quarter earnings from a slew of Wall Street lenders on the last day of a holiday-shortened week, while Twitter shares jum...
Apr 14, 2022
Letizia Battaglia, pioneer photographer who defied the Mafia, dead at 87
By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Letizia Battaglia, a world-renowned photographer whose courageous work documenting the Mafia's stranglehold on her native Sicily was at once chilling and poignant, ...
Apr 14, 2022
Russia says fire on the Moskva missile cruiser is contained
(Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday that sailors had contained a fire on board the Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, and that measures were being tak...
Apr 14, 2022
Russia pledges 19.5 billion roubles in state support for airlines
(Reuters) - Russia has pledged 19.5 billion roubles ($238 million) in state support for airlines to refund passengers flying on routes that have been cancelled due to sanctions, Russian Prime Minister...
Apr 14, 2022
Worldwide COVID cases surpass 500 million as Omicron variant BA.2 surges
By Kavya B and Aparupa Mazumder (Reuters) - Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 500 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron surges in many c...
Apr 14, 2022
Volleyball-Poland and Slovenia to host world championship, says Polish PM
(Reuters) - Poland and Slovenia will host this year men's volleyball world championship scheduled for Aug. 26-Sept. 11 after Russia were stripped of the event, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki...
Apr 14, 2022
People who abuse UK's immigration system will be removed, Johnson says
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday people who seek to "abuse" Britain's immigration system will be removed to a third country or their country of origin. "We must ensure ...
Apr 14, 2022
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41 billion
(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for about $41 billion, just days after rejecting a seat on the social media company's board. Musk's offer price of $54.20 per share, which ...
Apr 14, 2022
Russian watchdog says Google faces fines over content on YouTube
(Reuters) - Russia's communications watchdog said on Thursday that Google will face fines over its failure to delete from video sharing site YouTube content that Moscow considers illegal. (Reporting b...
Apr 14, 2022
