Eco-friendly bamboo bicycles hit the streets in Cuba
By Mario Fuentes HAVANA (Reuters) – Among the classic cars, mopeds and rickshaws Cubans use to get around the capital…
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Blinken urges world to tell Russia: Enough using Black Sea as blackmail
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all countries at the United Nations…
Kretinsky pledges passive role in Atos to assuage lawmakers’ concerns
PARIS (Reuters) -Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky aims to remain a “passive” and “minority” shareholder in French company Atos, his spokesperson…
Wayfair shares hit over one-year high after smaller-than-expected loss
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Wayfair Inc rose as much as 24% on Thursday to their…
Family ties were big part of Hunter Biden brand, former Burisma official says
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hunter Biden gave the impression to executives at Ukrainian energy company Burisma that he…
Cargill fiscal 2023 revenue rises 7% to record $177 billion
By Karl Plume (Reuters) – Global commodities trader Cargill Inc reported this week that its fiscal year 2023 revenue increased…
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter sentenced to death by judge
(Reuters) -A federal judge formally sentenced Robert Bowers to death on Thursday for killing 11 worshippers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of…
DNA of enslaved iron workers illuminates African American history
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Not far from Camp David, the U.S. presidential retreat in Catoctin Mountain Park in…
Analysis-Bank of England offers ‘something for everyone’, except sterling
By Amanda Cooper and Yoruk Bahceli LONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Bank of England’s modest rate hike on Thursday soothed politicians’…
New York City commuter train derails, injuring seven
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Long Island Rail Road train derailed outside a station in New York City’s Queens borough…