Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Local politician, Swiss national among latest kidnap victims in Nigeria
LAGOS (Reuters) - A politician was abducted from his home in northern Nigeria on Monday, authorities said, and a Swiss national was kidnapped in a separate incident in the southwest over the weekend, ...
Aug 09, 2021
Lukashenko strikes defiant note a year after contested Belarus election
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko struck a note of defiance on Monday on the first anniversary of an election which opponents said was rigged so that he coul...
Aug 09, 2021
What they said about ‘Code Red’ U.N. climate science report
(Reuters) - The United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered dramatic warnings about the effect of human-induced climate change on the planet - and how much worse it could get. Here are ...
Aug 09, 2021
Reactions to landmark U.N. climate science report
(Reuters) - Eight years after its last full update on climate science, the United Nations on Monday published a report that delivered even starker warnings about how human-induced climate change is af...
Aug 09, 2021
Olympics-Belarusian sprinter auctions medal to support athletes caught up in crackdown
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber WARSAW (Reuters) - Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who was removed from the Tokyo Olympics by the Belarusian team after she criticised her coaches, is auctioning a medal ...
Aug 09, 2021
Facebook pressed by U.S. lawmakers on disabling NYU research accounts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers pressed Facebook Inc on Monday on why it disabled the accounts of researchers studying political ads on the social media platform, saying it was "imperative" that...
Aug 09, 2021
Doomed alpaca triggers outcry against British PM Johnson
By Guy Faulconbridge and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) - The fate of a doomed eight-year-old alpaca named Geronimo has triggered an outcry against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after his governm...
Aug 09, 2021
Wall Street investment banks cut China forecasts
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Wall Street banks Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley all cut their China growth forecasts on Monday after the country reported lower than expected import and e...
Aug 09, 2021
Euro zone investor morale falls to 3-month low on outlook angst
BERLIN (Reuters) - Investor morale in the euro zone fell in August to a three-month low on a sharp drop in expectations due to concerns that new lockdown restrictions could loom in the autumn and beyo...
Aug 09, 2021
Australia’s NAB to buy Citi’s local credit card business in $882 million deal
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - National Australia Bank will buy Citigroup's local consumer unit for about $882.24 million, the companies said Monday, as the American bank exits the region while b...
Aug 09, 2021
