Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK could speed up criminal sanctions for big tech, minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could speed up a move to make the executives of big techs firm criminally liable for harmful content on their platforms if they do not take action to tackle the problem, Dig...
Nov 04, 2021
Cricket-Rafiq reiterates ‘institutional racism’ charge after Ballance admission
(Adds dropped word in par 5) (Reuters) -Former Yorkshire player Azeem Rafiq said on Thursday that the issue of institutional racism lay at the heart of his problems with the English county club, not "...
Nov 04, 2021
Tennis-Injured Monfils pulls out of Djokovic clash in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Frenchman Gael Monfils withdrew hours before his match against Novak Djokovic in the Paris Masters on Thursday due to an adductor strain, sending the Serbian world number one into th...
Nov 04, 2021
Syrian rebels mobilise for possible Turkish attack on Kurdish fighters
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels say they are standing by to join a new offensive threatened by Turkey against Kurdish YPG fighters in northern Syria, as Ankara eyes another camp...
Nov 04, 2021
Exclusive-UBS boss Hamers takes axe to hierarchy by ending bank’s top rank
By Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) -Dozens of top executives at UBS will lose their exalted rank of group managing director in a drive by Chief Executive Ralph Hamers to streamline the Swiss bank's manag...
Nov 04, 2021
Colombian beetles exported to Japan with help from cryptocurrency
By Nelson Bocanegra TUNJA, Colombia (Reuters) - A Colombian exporter of long-horned beetles, a popular pet for Japanese children, has created its own cryptocurrency to avoid high commissions on intern...
Nov 04, 2021
EU regulator reviewing data on AstraZeneca COVID-19 booster shots
By Pushkala Aripaka and Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -The European Union's drug regulator said on Thursday it was in discussions with AstraZeneca over possible authorisation of booster doses of the drugmak...
Nov 04, 2021
Russian analyst who helped compile Steele dossier arrested in U.S. probe – New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Igor Danchenko, a Russian analyst who helped compile the so-called Steele dossier, was arrested on Thursday as part of a U.S. special counsel probe into the origins of the FBI's...
Nov 04, 2021
Central banks head for stimulus exit, but some take the slow lane
LONDON (Reuters) - A great central bank exit from the extraordinary stimulus unleashed to keep economies afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic is underway, with the United States and Australia this week...
Nov 04, 2021
Italian nun becomes highest ranking woman in Vatican
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has for the first time named a woman to the number two position in the governorship of Vatican City, making her the highest-ranking woman in th...
Nov 04, 2021
