Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Pentagon to close fuel storage facility in Hawaii after water contamination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has orderd the defueling and closure of the Red Hill fuel storage facility in Hawaii after a leak that contaminated water, the Pentagon annou...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
BES bank former patriarch gets 6-year jail sentence; lawyer says appeal planned
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - The former patriarch of the Espirito Santo family of bankers, Ricardo Salgado, was sentenced to six years in jail by a Lisbon court on Monday for appropriating 1...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
U.N. aid chief calls for safe passage for civilians in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths on Monday called on all parties to allow safe passage for civilians to leave areas of active hostilities in Ukraine in the direction they choose,...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
Exclusive-Inter-American Development Bank will divest Russian assets, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Inter-American Development Bank plans to divest Russian holdings in its pension plans and remove Russia's ability to observe the bank's annual meetings, a source familiar th...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
Brazil's Bolsonaro wants Petrobras to end global fuel parity policy
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday threw his weight behind measures to tamp down domestic fuel prices after the Ukraine conflic...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
France's Macron sees no impending breakthrough with Russians on Ukraine war
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said that he was not seeing for now any diplomatic breakthroughs in talks with Moscow that would allow the war in Ukraine to end. Asked by ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
Brazil meat firms could replace Ukrainian, Russian suppliers as war rages on
By Nayara Figueiredo SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Soaring grain prices in the wake of Russia's attack on Ukraine are hurting Brazilian meatpackers, but trade disruptions facing Ukrainian and Russian meat pro...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
Ukraine wants direct talks between Zelenskiy and Russia's Putin, says foreign minister
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday said Ukraine wanted direct talks between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia's Vladimir Putin because Kyiv knows Putin...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
Ukraine crisis jeopardises Middle East's Black Sea wheat supply
By Sarah El Safty and Hadeel Al Sayegh CAIRO (Reuters) - Wheat importers face a threat to delivering politically sensitive bread supplies across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) after Russia's ...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
Peruvian economy's outlook very uncertain, downside risks prevail, says IMF
(Reuters) - The outlook for Peru's economy is "very uncertain and downside risks prevail" despite a strong rebound in gross domestic product growth (GDP) last year, the International Monetary Fund (IM...
Thomson Reuters Mar 07, 2022
