Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Haiti asks donors to help fund $2 billion earthquake rebuild plan
By Gessika Thomas PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti began a donor conference on Wednesday to raise some of the estimated $2 billion needed for reconstruction in its southern peninsula after an earthqua...
Feb 16, 2022
Guatemala arrests anti-corruption officials amid brewing political crisis
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office confirmed on Wednesday the arrest of two assistant prosecutors from the Special Prosecutor's Office against Impunity (FECI...
Feb 16, 2022
Zelenskiy oversees drills in western Ukraine as NATO country observers look on
RIVNE, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and military observers from NATO member states including Britain and Poland looked on as the country's armed forces carried out drill...
Feb 16, 2022
Europe’s bid for AI standard faces long road, EU lawmakers say
By Foo Yun Chee STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Europe's effort to set a standard for artificial intelligence will likely take more than a year, with the debate focusing on whether facial recognition should be...
Feb 16, 2022
VW CEO sees widespread autonomous driving within 25 years
(Reuters) - Volkswagen Chief Executive Herbert Diess expects the car industry to see widespread autonomous driving within 25 years, the manager said on Wednesday in a question-and-answer session on th...
Feb 16, 2022
Exclusive-Brazil eyes tax exemption for foreign investors in corporate bonds, Economy Ministry says
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's government is considering an income tax exemption for foreigners investing in domestic corporate bonds, hoping to lower financing costs for local firms at...
Feb 16, 2022
Italy’s Constitutional Court vetoes referendum to liberalise cannabis
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request to hold a referendum on legalising the cultivation of cannabis, provoking the ire of promoters who called the decision a b...
Feb 16, 2022
Paramount shares slump as investments to beef up streaming spook investors
By Eva Mathews and Tiyashi Datta (Reuters) - Shares of ViacomCBS Inc, rebranded as Paramount Global, plunged 21% on Wednesday to their lowest in over a year, after the media company's earnings miss an...
Feb 16, 2022
France’s bill banning hijabs in sports events moves to National Assembly
PARIS (Reuters) - A draft bill that would ban the wearing of the hijab in sporting competitions will pass on to France's National Assembly after the Senate on Wednesday declined to vote on the legisla...
Feb 16, 2022
Jared Kushner ally pardoned by Trump pleads guilty to attempting to spy on ex-wife
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Kurson, a former editor of the New York Observer newspaper who was pardoned in January 2021 by then-U.S. President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty on Wednesda...
Feb 16, 2022
