Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Gold gains as dollar, Treasury yields slip
By Bharat Gautam (Reuters) - Gold rose on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike in three years bore no surprises, with gains underpinned by a drop in the dollar and U.S. T...
Mar 17, 2022
Microsoft faces EU antitrust complaint about its cloud computing business
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. tech giant Microsoft is facing an antitrust complaint filed by three European rivals in the booming cloud computing business, one the plaintiffs said on Thursday. The complaint,...
Mar 17, 2022
Turning trauma into art, Brazilian tattoo artist gives women reason to smile
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian women wounded by burns and other physical trauma can now seek out relief from a tattoo artist on a mission to ink over the scars, transforming li...
Mar 17, 2022
A green island turns red: Madagascans struggle through long drought
By Alkis Konstantidinis and Christophe Van Der Perre ANJEKY BEANATARA, Madagascar (Reuters) - With precious few trees left to slow the wind in this once fertile corner of southern Madagascar, red sand...
Mar 17, 2022
Ukraine's president says 1991 borders must be recognised - adviser
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's president has not altered his position that the international borders in place when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 must continue to be recognised, a presidentia...
Mar 17, 2022
Using pillows against bombs, older Ukrainians stay put amid war-zone exodus
By Vira Labych and Andrew R.C. Marshall LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - When Russian jets roared low over her town and the bombing grew unbearable, Liudmila Kravtsova packed a small bag and fled by train to...
Mar 17, 2022
EU court adviser faults Denmark for misusing 'feta' name on cheese exports
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Denmark has breached European Union law by failing to prevent local companies from making and exporting outside the EU white cheese labelled as "feta", an adviser ...
Mar 17, 2022
Sri Lanka signs $1 billion credit line with India
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa signed a $1 billion credit line with India on Thursday to help ease crippling shortages of essential items, including fuel, food and me...
Mar 17, 2022
Cubans frantic to migrate as economy falters, new hurdles arise
By Dave Sherwood and Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Bray Perez, a 19-year-old Cuban university student, is fast losing friends to a growing wave of migration off the island. "Every time I go home, I...
Mar 17, 2022
Dollar General forecasts strong 2022 as Americans turn frugal
(Reuters) -Dollar General Corp forecast sales and profit for 2022 above estimates on Thursday, as higher prices of everyday essentials make more Americans frugal and turn to discount stores for their ...
Mar 17, 2022
