Category Archives:
Brookfield reinsurance unit to buy American National for $5.1 billion
(Reuters) -Brookfield Asset Management Inc's reinsurance unit has agreed to buy insurer American National Group Inc for about $5.1 billion in an all-cash deal, the companies said on Monday. Started in...
Aug 09, 2021
The suspected killer of a priest in France has handed himself in – source
PARIS (Reuters) - The suspected killer of a catholic priest in the Vendee region of western France has handed himself in, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. The source also said...
Aug 09, 2021
Yellen again urges Congress to raise U.S. debt limit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday reiterated her call for Congress to raise the U.S. debt limit through bipartisan action as the federal government moves closer to ...
Aug 09, 2021
Exclusive: India considers sharp import tax cuts on EVs after Tesla lobbying – sources
By Aftab Ahmed and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is considering slashing import duties on electric cars to as low as 40%, two senior government officials told Reuters, days after Tesla Inc's ...
Aug 09, 2021
Southeast Nigerians protest over fate of separatist leader, wider grievances
By Ijeoma Ezekwere ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Southeastern Nigerian city centres were deserted on Monday as many people stayed at home to show solidarity with a detained separatist leader and to exp...
Aug 09, 2021
Chicken producer Sanderson Farms agrees to $4.5 billion buyout deal
(Reuters) -Chicken producer Sanderson Farms Inc agreed on Monday to be bought for $4.53 billion by commodities trader Cargill Inc and investment firm Continental Grain Co at a time when meat prices ha...
Aug 09, 2021
At least 27 children killed in Afghanistan, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) - At least 27 children have been killed and 136 injured across three provinces of Afghanistan over the past three days amid escalating violence, the U.N. children's agency said on Mon...
Aug 09, 2021
Soccer-Fans outside Messi’s house ‘devastated’ over Argentine’s Barca exit
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Barcelona fans gathered outside Lionel Messi's house on Monday eager for a glimpse of the club's greatest ever player and spoke of their sadness at the Argentine leaving the club...
Aug 09, 2021
Treated like a ‘toy’: Another Belarusian athlete on life under Lukashenko
By Margaryta Chornokondratenko KYIV (Reuters) - After Konstantin Yakovlev's handball team won the Belarusian championship in 2007, they were about to go on holiday in the off season when they were tol...
Aug 09, 2021
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine gets Swiss approval for 12- to 17-year-olds
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swissmedic has approved the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds, the Swiss agency said on Monday. "Swissmedic has carefully examined the application from Moderna Switze...
Aug 09, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
55 °F Clear
