Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Nigeria phone blackout is helping us fight bandits, says top general
ABUJA (Reuters) - A telecoms blackout will be maintained in large swathes of northwest Nigeria because it is helping the armed forces crack down on bandits responsible for a wave of abductions and att...
Oct 14, 2021
Czech president’s treatment will require time, wife says
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech President Milos Zeman is undergoing treatment that will require time, his wife Ivana Zemanova told reporters on Thursday, but gave no details about his diagnosis or condition. ...
Oct 14, 2021
White House ‘draft material’ on U.S. Supreme Court reforms due later Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commission formed by President Joe Biden to study potential U.S. Supreme Court changes such as expanding the number of justices or imposing term limits on them is set to rel...
Oct 14, 2021
Putin says crypto currencies too unstable to be used for oil contracts
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that crypto currencies were too unstable to be used to settle oil contracts but that they still deserved a place as a means of payment. The Rus...
Oct 14, 2021
Judge expected to sentence real estate heir Robert Durst to life for California murder
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday is expected to give a mandatory life prison sentence to multimillionaire real estate heir Robert Durst, who was convicted last month of murd...
Oct 14, 2021
Soccer-French parliament bans matches on May 5 in memory of stadium disaster
(Reuters) - The French parliament passed a law banning professional football matches from taking place in France on May 5 in memory of the victims of the Furiani stadium disaster in Corsica in 1992. O...
Oct 14, 2021
UniCredit, Amundi back Italy’s first private equity fund for small savers
MILAN (Reuters) - A number of leading financial firms including UniCredit and Credit Agricole's asset manager Amundi have sponsored Italy's first private equity fund targeting retail investors. The fu...
Oct 14, 2021
Greece says renewed defence deal with U.S. to protect sovereignty of both
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A renewed defence cooperation deal between the U.S. and Greece is designed to mutually safeguard and protect the sovereignty of each country, its Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias ...
Oct 14, 2021
Moscow to get first Michelin-starred eateries 30 years after Soviet collapse
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) - Infamous for empty supermarket shelves and grim eateries towards the end of the Soviet Union, Moscow will see some of its restaurants awarded their first post-Sovie...
Oct 14, 2021
Biden to meet with pope, push for global minimum tax at G20 in Rome -official
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet with Pope Francis on Oct. 29 before attending a two-day summit of G20 leaders in Rome where he hopes to reach agreement on a Global M...
Oct 14, 2021
