Author Archives: Syndicated Content
West African leaders cancel Burkina Faso visit after military president's inauguration
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - West African leaders have cancelled a planned trip to Burkina Faso to meet coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba, instead sending a team of ministers in the coming days, the region's m...
Mar 03, 2022
Sacklers will pay up to $6 billion to resolve Purdue opioid lawsuits - mediator
(Reuters) - The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma LP reached a deal with nine attorneys general to pay up to $6 billion in cash to resolve widespread litigation alleging that they fueled the opio...
Mar 03, 2022
Quad leaders agree what Ukraine experiencing should not be allowed in Indo-Pacific - Japan's Kishida
TOKYO (Reuters) - Leaders of the Quad grouping of countries -- the United States, India, Australia and Japan -- agreed on Thursday that what's happening to Ukraine should not be allowed to happen in t...
Mar 03, 2022
Lead negotiators to meet for 'informal' talks Thursday
Lead negotiators representing Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association are set for "informal" talks on Thursday as the risk of further shortening the 2022 season grows. The two sides brok...
Mar 03, 2022
Supply woes lift Palladium to 7-month peak, gold firms on Ukraine crisis
By Brijesh Patel (Reuters) - Palladium extended gains to a more than seven-month high on Thursday, spurred by concerns over supply shortages following harsh sanctions on top-producer Russia, while the...
Mar 03, 2022
Russian forces renew effort to seize nuclear power plant, say Ukrainian officials
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russian forces are stepping up efforts to seize control of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. Russian troops were...
Mar 03, 2022
US to impose sanctions on more Russian oligarchs - source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday planned to impose economic sanctions on a wider array of Russian oligarchs and their families, a source familiar with the matter said, in response ...
Mar 03, 2022
Nearly 3 million Malawian children to get polio shot after rare outbreak
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Medics will vaccinate about 2.9 million young children against polio in Malawi, the United Nations said on Thursday, after a three-year-old girl fell sick in the capital with Afri...
Mar 03, 2022
Lions and tigers driven out of Ukraine to safety in Polish zoo
WARSAW (Reuters) - A truck carrying six lions, six tigers, two caracals and an African wild dog from a sanctuary east of Kyiv reached Poland on Thursday after a two-day drive to escape the Russian inv...
Mar 03, 2022
Nord Stream 2's German unit says may be wound up
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German unit of the Gazprom-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline said on Thursday it will probably be wound up after the German government halted the project's certification last week ...
Mar 03, 2022
