Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Swiss prosecutors review Credit Suisse chairman’s quarantine breach
ZURICH (Reuters) - Prosecutors in the Swiss canton of St Gallen say they are reviewing a breach of quarantine rules by Credit Suisse Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio, an offence that could see him fined ...
Dec 17, 2021
Russia bars entry to seven British citizens
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has barred entry to seven British citizens in a retaliatory measure to Britain's earlier sanctions on the same number of Russians, Russia's foreign ministry said in a stateme...
Dec 17, 2021
Mexican retailer Grupo Elektra embraces bitcoin for payments
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Grupo Elektra will accept bitcoin as payment for purchases, the latest retailer in Latin America to embrace the cryptocurrency as it grows in popularity. Elektra, a su...
Dec 17, 2021
Olympics-U.S. athletes will not require COVID-19 booster to compete in Beijing, says USOPC
By Steve Keating (Reuters) - American athletes competing at the Beijing Winter Games will not be required to have COVID-19 booster shots, the United States Olympic Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said on...
Dec 17, 2021
Alleged police abuse against migrant workers shocks Portugal
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Rights groups and politicians in Portugal on Friday condemned images that allegedly showed police officers abusing and torturing migrant workers and said those re...
Dec 17, 2021
Peru’s central bank expects economy to grow 3.4% in 2022
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's central bank said on Friday that it maintains its expectations that the country's economy will grow 3.4% in 2022, while it revised its guidance for 2021, saying the economy wil...
Dec 17, 2021
Ex-PM Fico faces charges for breaking Slovakia’s COVID rules
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Former Slovak prime minister Robert Fico is facing charges of incitement, police said on Friday, after he organised a protest that fell foul of lockdown rules as the country battles...
Dec 17, 2021
U.S. regulators flag climate change, stablecoins as potential systemic risks
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change, the rapid growth of "stablecoins" and financial innovations that led to frenzied trading of GameStop Corp shares early this year are threats to...
Dec 17, 2021
Minnesota ex-cop testifies at trial over killing of Daunte Wright
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Kimberly Potter, the white former Minnesota police officer who killed Black motorist Daunte Wright in April after claiming she mistook her handgun for her Taser, took the s...
Dec 17, 2021
‘I’m counting on you,’ Biden tells Black college grads in South Carolina
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden renewed pledges to protect voting rights and reform law enforcement at a commencement speech at South Carolina State University, a h...
Dec 17, 2021
