Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Rights groups, family sound alarm over prominent Bahraini hunger striker
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent imprisoned Bahraini opposition figure has lost 10 kg during the first three weeks of a hunger strike, a family member said on Friday, as rights groups ...
Jul 30, 2021
Credit Suisse chairman doubles down with $1 million stock purchase
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio has bought another 1 million Swiss francs ($1.1 million) worth of shares in the group as he tries to restore order to Switzerland's secon...
Jul 30, 2021
Trump urged Justice Dept. to overturn vote results, documents show
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Then President Donald Trump pressured top U.S. Justice Department officials in December to overturn his election defeat, threatening to oust them if they did no...
Jul 30, 2021
Frosts stain Brazil coffee belt, growers see nearly a third of fields hit
By Roberto Samora VARGINHA, BRAZIL (Reuters) - Flying over the coffee region in the south of top Brazilian producer state Minas Gerais, it is possible to see brownish spots stain large parts of the fi...
Jul 30, 2021
Botswana pays equivalent of $15 a dose for Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine
GABORONE (Reuters) - Botswana's health minister said on Friday that the government was paying the equivalent of $15 a dose for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech and almost $29 ...
Jul 30, 2021
Polish president says changes needed to judges’ disciplinary system
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's president said on Friday changes were needed to the country's system for disciplining judges, but did not say what steps he would support that could help W...
Jul 30, 2021
Greenland experienced ‘massive’ ice melt this week, scientists say
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - With climate change fueling high temperatures across the Arctic, Greenland lost a massive amount of ice on Wednesday with enough melting to cover the U.S. state of ...
Jul 30, 2021
Lebanon restricts cafes, beaches to the vaccinated or COVID tested
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon is to limit entry to restaurants, cafes, pubs and beaches to people holding COVID-19 vaccine certificates or those who have taken antibodies tests, the tourism ministry said...
Jul 30, 2021
Monte dei Paschi capital wiped out in EU banking stress test
By Huw Jones, Valentina Za and Jess Aguado LONDON (Reuters) -All of Monte dei Paschi's capital was wiped out in a European Union stress test of banks on Friday as the Italian lender headed for governm...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Big Saturday in the pool for Dressel and Ledecky
TOKYO (Reuters) - Caeleb Dressel can win two golds on one morning in the Tokyo pool on Saturday while U.S. team mate Katie Ledecky hopes to complete an 800m freestyle hat-trick for her seventh career ...
Jul 30, 2021
