Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Banks tap Fed Standing Repo Facility in record numbers amid month-end pressures
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -Federal Reserve liquidity facilities caught fire on Friday as month-end pressures pushed a key lending tool to a record level of usage. The Fed's Standing Repo Facility ...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Saudi billions poised for Syria but US sanctions remain a barrier
By Timour Azhari DOHA (Reuters) -Major Saudi Arabian firms are planning billion-dollar investments in Syria as part of the kingdom's business-forward approach to the country's recovery, but U.S. sanct...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Explainer-What is the Comando Vermelho gang targeted in the deadly Rio police raids?
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history left at least 121 people dead this week in Rio de Janeiro. The raids targeted the Comando Vermelho, or Red...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Refs to start using earpieces to 'enhance accuracy'
Starting with Saturday's games, NBA referees will be equipped with earpieces in order to "improve game flow and enhance officiating accuracy," the league announced Friday. This is the first phase of a...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Bears RB D'Andre Swift (groin) ruled out vs. Bengals
Chicago Bears running back D'Andre Swift will miss Sunday's game at Cincinnati due to a groin injury. Swift, who started the first seven games this season, missed practice for the third straight day o...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Pfizer wins early US antitrust nod for Metsera deal
(Reuters) -Pfizer has received early U.S. antitrust clearance more than a week early for its proposed $7.3 billion Metsera acquisition, which has been called into question by Novo Nordisk's higher $8....
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Bitcoin breaks October streak with first monthly loss since 2018
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) -Bitcoin on Friday was on track for a monthly loss in October for the first time since 2018, snapping a seven-year streak of gains that had earned the month a lucky reputation...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Capturing the scale of Rio's deadly police raids
By Ricardo Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -By Tuesday night, the official death toll from police raids against Rio de Janeiro's oldest gang had climbed to 64 bodies at the city's police morgue, alrea...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Trump says Christians face "existential threat" in Nigeria, adds country to watch list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Christianity faces a threat in Nigeria and he was adding the West African nation to a State Department watch list. "Christianity i...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
Brazilian prosecutors investigate illegal use of native wood in corn ethanol production
By Roberto Samora SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Brazilian state of Mato Grosso is investigating whether corn ethanol plants are burning wood from illegal deforestation to produce the biofuel, running coun...
Thomson Reuters Oct 31, 2025
