Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Vienna's Ukrainian school scrambles to cope with influx of children
By Matteo Witt and Leonhard Foeger VIENNA (Reuters) - Volunteers running a Ukrainian Saturday school in Vienna have been scrambling to adapt as the number of children attending has more than tripled i...
Apr 04, 2022
Rejection of Chile's new constitution reaches record high - survey
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Voters planning to reject Chile's new constitution in an upcoming plebiscite reached a record 46%, surpassing the percentage of voters planning to approve it for the first time, a...
Apr 04, 2022
Factbox-Far-right Le Pen cloaks nationalist policies with social veneer
By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) - Opinion polls point to the far-right's Marine Le Pen as the main challenger to President Emmanuel Macron's re-election, in a repeat of the 2017 match. Le Pen has shi...
Apr 04, 2022
Factbox-Macron wants the French to work longer, shake up welfare state
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - President Emmanuel Macron, a former investment banker who won a first mandate in 2017 on a promise to be neither of the left nor the right, is projected in voter surve...
Apr 04, 2022
Factbox-French conservative Pecresse would streamline the public sector, cut debt
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - Valerie Pecresse, candidate for the conservative Les Republicains party, was seen as a a strong challenger for the French presidency, but she has struggled to find...
Apr 04, 2022
JPMorgan's Dimon could remain chairman when he leaves CEO role
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co's Chief Executive Jamie Dimon could remain as the bank's chairman when he eventually relinquishes the day-to-day running of the firm, the bank said in a proxy ...
Apr 04, 2022
Factbox-French far-right's Zemmour promises crackdown on immigration, security
By Makini Brice PARIS (Reuters) - Far-right commentator Eric Zemmour, a newcomer to politics, threatened to upend the French election when he threw his hat in the ring last year. His ratings have now ...
Apr 04, 2022
Factbox-France's hardleft Melenchon promises guaranteed jobs, capital controls
By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) - Jean-Luc Melenchon, a hardleft veteran and longtime admirer of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and Venezuelan former president Hugo Chavez, is polli...
Apr 04, 2022
Record cold night gives fruit and wine growers no respite
PARIS (Reuters) - Record low temperatures in many parts of France in the night from Sunday to Monday is expected to have caused severe damage to some fruit and wine production in the country for a sec...
Apr 04, 2022
Ukraine says Russian forces are blocking ICRC's Mariupol evacuation efforts
(Reuters) - Buses meant for the rescue of civilians from Mariupol were not able to reach the besieged southern Ukrainian city on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. In comments on nat...
Apr 04, 2022
