Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Libyan PM pushes summer election amid parliament bid to oust him
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's interim prime minister on Monday announced a plan for elections in the summer as he seeks to stay in office despite a push by parliament to dislodge him in favour of a new ...
Feb 21, 2022
Brazil central bank chief says inflation still climbing
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday consumer prices continue to trend higher as core inflation speeds up despite aggressive monetary ti...
Feb 21, 2022
Putin orders Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered his defence ministry to despatch Russian peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine's two breakaway regions, according to a decree published early on Tuesday a...
Feb 21, 2022
Putin vents Ukraine grievances as justification for recognising Donbass
By Andrey Ostroukh and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Monday to recognise two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent statelets, defying Wester...
Feb 21, 2022
N.Korea's Kim congratulates China on Olympics, says together they will crush U.S. threats
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen cooperation with China and together "crush" threats and hostile policies from the United States and its allies, state media reported on ...
Feb 21, 2022
EU draft law would require firms to check suppliers for human rights, environmental ethics
By Simon Jessop and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission will unveil on Wednesday a proposal to make large companies operating in the European Union check that their suppliers...
Feb 21, 2022
White House: Biden to prohibit trade, investment with Ukraine breakaway regions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will issue an executive order soon that will prohibit "new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in" the two breakaway regions of eas...
Feb 21, 2022
Baltics call for swift EU sanctions on Russia after it recognizes Ukrainian breakaway republics
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - The European Union must impose sanctions on Russia immediately after it recognised two Ukrainian breakaway regions as independent, the governments of the Baltic st...
Feb 21, 2022
Colombia ELN rebels call for three day curfew
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group said it would hold a three-day "armed strike" beginning Wednesday to protest against President Ivan Duque'...
Feb 21, 2022
Horse racing-Medina Spirit's 2021 Kentucky Derby win nullified, Baffert suspended
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Medina Spirit's victory in the 2021 Kentucky Derby has been nullified due to the presence of a banned drug in his system and trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 90 d...
Feb 21, 2022
