Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Olympics-Eiffel Tower turns flag-bearer for Paris 2024 ahead of Tokyo handover
(Reuters) - A massive Paris 2024 flag was unfurled at the top of the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday as the French capital stepped up its preparations for the handover ceremony at the end of the Tokyo Olympic...
Jun 08, 2021
U.S. to Iran: mess with IAEA monitoring and put talks on deal at risk
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States told Iran on Tuesday that it must let the U.N. atomic agency continue to monitor its activities, as laid out in an agreement that has been exten...
Jun 08, 2021
Volkswagen weighs autonomous driving from 7 euros an hour
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen is considering offering autonomous driving on a pay-per-use basis, one of the brand's board members said in a newspaper interview. "Regarding autonomous driving we can...
Jun 08, 2021
Blinken casts doubt on methodology of coronavirus lab-leak report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken cast doubt on Tuesday on the methodology of a report on the origins of COVID-19 cited by the Wall Street Journal that concluded the hypoth...
Jun 08, 2021
Macron’s government again mulls raising legal retirement age – sources
PARIS (Reuters) - The government is exploring new ways to balance France's costly pension budget should President Emmanuel Macron decide to forge ahead with pension system reform before the end of his...
Jun 08, 2021
Analysis-U.S. defending presidency, not trying to ‘save Trump,’ in recent legal moves
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's Justice Department aimed to shield the presidency, not Donald Trump, with its latest action in a defamation case brought by a woman who accuse...
Jun 08, 2021
Chris Harrison exits ‘Bachelor’ franchise after racism furor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The host of television's popular "Bachelor" dating show franchise is leaving after almost 20 years, ABC Entertainment said on Tuesday, following a furor over racially insensiti...
Jun 08, 2021
Kenyan president urges Ethiopia to open up mobile money market
By Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday urged Ethiopia to open up its telecoms sector to private mobile money business investors, a move that would comp...
Jun 08, 2021
Olympics-De Grasse eyes golden opportunity at Tokyo Games
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - Canada's Andre De Grasse does not dwell on the injuries that derailed the better part of two seasons but rather remains laser focused on the Tokyo Olympics where a golden o...
Jun 08, 2021
Israel says Gaza tower that housed AP doubled as Hamas electronic warfare site
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Tuesday that a tower block in Gaza housing the U.S.-based Associated Press which was destroyed in an Israeli air strike was also used by the enclave's I...
Jun 08, 2021
