Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Elon Musk plans to restrict policy polls to Twitter Blue users
(Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Monday Twitter Inc will restrict voting on policy-related polls to paying Twitter Blue subscribers, on the same day that users voted decisively in a poll for Musk to step...
Dec 20, 2022
Russia jails four Jehovah’s Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison
(Reuters) - A Russian court has sentenced four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents to prison terms of between three-and-a-half and seven years, the latest step in Moscow's crackdown on an organisation it de...
Dec 20, 2022
EU and Iran to continue working on nuclear deal, Borrell says
(Reuters) - EU foreign 7policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday condemned Iran's support for Russia in its war in Ukraine and the ongoing repression of opposition in the country, but said the EU would c...
Dec 20, 2022
General Atlantic raises $3.5 billion to invest in climate change fight
By Simon Jessop and Chibuike Oguh LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity firm General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero said it has secured $3.5 billion to back companies that can help in the world's fight...
Dec 20, 2022
Mideast foes among attendees at France-backed conference in Jordan
AMMAN (Reuters) - Middle East adversaries Saudi Arabia and Iran are among the countries attending a conference in Jordan on Tuesday organised by France and Iraq which aims to provide a forum for discu...
Dec 20, 2022
Spain’s constitutional court blocks Senate bid to change judges’ selection
MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish Constitutional Court has blocked the Senate from voting on a bill to change the way its judges are picked, in an unprecedented move late Monday that raises political ten...
Dec 20, 2022
Sapporo City, Japan Olympic Committee to pause promotion of Sapporo Winter Games bid – Kyodo
TOKYO (Reuters) -The city of Sapporo and the Japan Olympic Committee will be pausing active promotion of Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics for "a while", Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday...
Dec 20, 2022
‘Qatargate’ scandal casts light on ‘untouchable’ EU lawmakers
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - As a corruption scandal rocks the European Parliament, lawmakers and campaign groups say a lack of asset declarations, little reporting on contacts with third...
Dec 20, 2022
Racial hatred conviction against French far-right politician upheld by ECHR
PARIS (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a conviction for incitement to racial hatred and discrimination against far-right French presidential candidate and polemicist Eric Zemm...
Dec 20, 2022
Analysis-Grim battle for Bakhmut may yield only pyrrhic victory for Russia
By Andrew Osborn and Felix Light (Reuters) - The nearly five-month battle for the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine has ground on for so long and wrought so much death and destruction that, eve...
Dec 20, 2022
