Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Yellen to attend G20 meeting in Rome, U.N. climate talks - Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will participate in high-level Group of 20 meetings in Rome next week and attend in a United Nations climate change conference in Scotland t...
Oct 21, 2021
Haitian gang leader threatens to kill 'these Americans' in video online
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A Haitian man asserting that he represents a gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries said in a video posted on...
Oct 21, 2021
Biden respects Fed's independence, wants 'top standards' from officials - White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden believes government officials should be held to high standards, the White House said, when asked about the Federal Reserve's ban on stock trading Thursd...
Oct 21, 2021
Fed bans officials' trading, with focus on Powell renomination
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday banned individual stock purchases by top officials at the central bank and unveiled a broad set of other restrictions on their investing act...
Oct 21, 2021
White House says the U.S. will do all it can to help resolve Haiti kidnappings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday it will do all it can to help the missionaries kidnapped in Haiti, where a gang leader said he was willing to kill "these Americans" if he does ...
Oct 21, 2021
Putin says Western military backing of Ukraine threatens Russia
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Western-backed military development of Ukraine posed a serious threat to Russia...
Oct 21, 2021
Outgoing U.N. envoy says Myanmar has spiraled into civil war
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Myanmar has spiraled into civil war following a military coup, the outgoing U.N. special envoy on Myanmar said on Thursday, warning that the chance to re...
Oct 21, 2021
Lebanon's Geagea says he was not informed of court request to hear statement over Beirut violence -local television
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) party Samir Geagea told local MTV television on Thursday he was not informed of any request to hear his statement over last we...
Oct 21, 2021
Syria executes 24 people over deadly forest fires
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria executed 24 people it said had set fires that swept swathes of forests mainly in the coastal province of Latakia, the ancestral home of Syrian President ...
Oct 21, 2021
Rocket failure delays U.S. hypersonic weapon test, sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's hypersonic weapon programs suffered a setback after a booster rocket carrying a hypersonic weapon failed to lift off, people briefed on the test result said. (Rep...
Oct 21, 2021
