Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Giant Swedish Yule goat torched again after 5-year respite
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A giant straw Yule goat in the Swedish town of Gavle was set ablaze on Friday for the first time in five years, reviving a long-running tradition of locals illegally attempting t...
Dec 17, 2021
U.N. rights forum agrees to probe abuses in Ethiopia
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a proposal to set up an international expert panel to report on violations committed by all sides in Ethiopia's year-old wa...
Dec 17, 2021
ECB ‘increasingly likely’ to hit 2% inflation goal, Kazaks says
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is "increasingly likely" to achieve its goal of stabilising euro zone inflation at 2% but needs proof of that happening before takin...
Dec 17, 2021
Special Report-Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm to win Beijing’s favor, document shows
By Steve Stecklow and Jeffrey Dastin LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beiji...
Dec 17, 2021
NY Fed’s Williams says faster taper creates possibility of rate increases next year
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials are focused on bringing inflation down to their 2% goal and ending the taper by March will give them greater "optionality" next year to raise interest rates if ne...
Dec 17, 2021
Coast Guard, officials monitoring ‘potential’ oil spill off California – local media
(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard and state officials were monitoring an oil sheen spotted roughly two miles off the coast of California in the same area where a pipeline break caused a spill in Octobe...
Dec 17, 2021
NFL-Warner ready for Hollywood close-up as rag-to-riches journey hits theaters
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Kurt Warner knew long ago that the unconventional route he took to becoming a Super Bowl champion was fit for a feel-good Hollywood script but that does not mean the former...
Dec 17, 2021
Swiss order more COVID-19 jabs, tighten pandemic measures
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is ordering more COVID-19 vaccination doses, the government said on Friday, as it tightened pandemic curbs while opting not to embrace -- for now -- an even stricter lim...
Dec 17, 2021
Canada to oblige some returning travelers to take COVID-19 tests – TVA network
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will announce on Friday that it is once again requiring people returning from short foreign trips to submit a negative COVID-19 test, the French-language TVA network said, ci...
Dec 17, 2021
Workers union Pro warns of strikes at UPM’s Finnish plants
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Plants at UPM-Kymmene could face a workers strike as the forestry firm has not agreed to discuss proposals on a new labour agreement, Finland's Pro trade union said on Friday. The...
Dec 17, 2021
