Author Archives: Syndicated Content
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
Six people convicted in Madagascar over plot to kill president
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A court in Madagascar convicted six people on Friday over a plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina and handed them various sentences up to 20 years' prison with hard labour. F...
Dec 17, 2021
Canada’s TD Bank delays office return over Omicron fears
(Reuters) - Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank is directing staff who are able to do so, to work from home until further notice, according to a memo on Friday, as concerns over the Omicron coronavirus var...
Dec 17, 2021
Italy’s DiaSorin sees 60% plunge in COVID-19 revenue next year
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian diagnostics firm DiaSorin forecast weaker 2022 sales and a near 60% plunge in COVID-19 revenue, with the rapid rollout of vaccines likely to bring the pandemic under control ...
Dec 17, 2021
‘Spider-man: No Way Home’ opens with $50 million at domestic box offices
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Spider-man: No Way Home" took in $50 million at U.S. and Canadian movie box offices on Thursday, the third-highest total for preview showings ahead of its opening weekend, dis...
Dec 17, 2021
