Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Afghans face 'avalanche of hunger and destitution' - U.N. agency
GENEVA (Reuters) - Almost all Afghans do not have enough to eat and a failing economy could tip Afghanistan's increasingly dire situation under Taliban rule into catastrophe next year, the U.N.'s Worl...
Dec 14, 2021
Key EU parliament committee agrees tough position on DSA tech rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A key European Parliament committee agreed on Tuesday to a ban on "dark patterns" that trick web users and advertising targeting minors as part of new rules aimed ...
Dec 14, 2021
Turkish lira slides again after rollercoaster ride to record low
By Nevzat Devranoglu and Daren Butler ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's lira slid as much as 4% on Tuesday in further volatile trade after tumbling to all-time lows a day earlier on concerns over President ...
Dec 14, 2021
Priest and geologist use volcanic ash for La Palma nativity scene
By Marco Trujillo LA PALMA (Reuters) - Volcanic ash and lumps of lava blasted out of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma have become part of Christmas nativity scene in a nearby...
Dec 14, 2021
Burkina Faso says it killed about 100 militants in operation with Niger
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's armed forces killed about 100 militants in a joint operation with Niger between Nov. 25 and Dec. 9 in the two countries' border zone, the Burkinabe army said. Th...
Dec 14, 2021
Canada to outline new forecasts and fiscal situation as inflation surges
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government will outline new fiscal and economic forecasts in a document to be released on Tuesday as inflation surges and s...
Dec 14, 2021
Will an inflation-fighting Fed break its vow on jobs?
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - With the Federal Reserve expected to soon adopt an inflation-fighting posture, it might seem at a glance as though the U.S. central bank will have to jettison its goal of bro...
Dec 14, 2021
Peru's poor Andean hamlets, backed by state, unleash anger at mines
By Marcelo Rochabrun PISACCASA, Peru (Reuters) - Gabino Leon is angry, and he is not alone. The farmer in Peru's southern Apurimac region watches each day as hundreds of trucks carrying copper roar pa...
Dec 14, 2021
Online gambling sites lose bid to access Swiss market - court
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss court has blocked requests by foreign online gambling operators to access the Swiss market, which gaming officials have limited since 2019 to Swiss-approved games of chance....
Dec 14, 2021
U.S. Congress to vote on debt-limit hike, averting default risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is expected to vote on Tuesday to raise the federal government's $28.9 trillion debt limit, ending a months-long standoff between Republicans and Democrats tha...
Dec 14, 2021
