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Lockheed Martin looks to nearly double Javelin missile production -CBS News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp plans to nearly double production of Javelin missiles, the antitank weapon that has helped Ukraine fight Russia's invasion, Chief Executive Off...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
U2’s Bono gives ‘freedom’ concert in Kyiv metro
KYIV (Reuters) - Irish rock group U2's frontman Bono and his bandmate The Edge performed a 40-minute concert in a metro station in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday and praised Ukrainians fighti...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
Vedanta offers Zambia investment commitments in return for copper-mine control
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Vedanta Resources has offered to step up investment in Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and implement several social responsibility programmes if it resumes control of the local ...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
Suncor CEO Little faces scrutiny after activist Elliott takes aim
By Nia Williams and Svea Herbst-Bayliss (Reuters) - Three months ago Mark Little, the chief executive of Canadian oil and gas major Suncor Energy, issued a mea culpa. In January two trucks had crashed...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
‘Sex Education’ actor Ncuti Gatwa to be new ‘Doctor Who’
LONDON (Reuters) - Ncuti Gatwa will be the first Black actor to play the lead role in British sci-fi series "Doctor Who", taking over from Jodie Whittaker as the 14th incarnation of the Time Lord next...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
Sri Lanka in talks for $100 million emergency funding from AIIB – ministry
COLOMBO (Reuters) - The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is considering granting $100 million in emergency support to Sri Lanka, the country's finance ministry said on Sunday. Sri Lanka has also r...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight
By Helen Reid and Clara Denina JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite ...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
UK property firms Capco, Shaftesbury in talks on reported $4 billion merger
(Reuters) - British real estate firms Capital & Counties Properties and Shaftesbury Plc said they were in advanced talks on a merger that would bring such London tourist destinations as Covent Garden ...
Syndicated Content May 08, 2022
New York subway shooting suspect indicted on terrorism charge
(Reuters) - A U.S. grand jury on Saturday indicted a man for terrorism and other charges stemming from an April 12 gunfire and smoke bomb attack that injured 23 people on the New York City subway. The...
Syndicated Content May 07, 2022
Country singer Mickey Gilley, whose bar launched ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Country singer Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas-sized honky-tonk bar was the birthplace of the "Urban Cowboy" music and fashion fads of the 1980s, died at age 86 in Branso...
Syndicated Content May 07, 2022
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