Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UN rights commissioner urges intensified diplomacy on Myanmar
(Reuters) - The United Nations High Commissoner on Human Rights on Friday warned of worsening violence in Myanmar and encouraged a stronger diplomatic effort by the Association of Southeast Asian Nati...
Jun 11, 2021
Exclusive-China’s attacks on ‘foreign forces’ threaten Hong Kong’s global standing -top U.S. envoy
By Greg Torode, Anne Marie Roantree and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - The top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong said the imposition of a new national security law had created an "atmosphere of coercion...
Jun 11, 2021
India investigates Binance unit for crypto transactions violating fx rules
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's financial crime-fighting agency said on Friday that WazirX, one of country's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was under investigation for suspected violation of foreign exc...
Jun 11, 2021
Amazon, Google executives lead U.S. Senate panel antitrust hearing witness list
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives from Alphabet's Google and Amazon.com head the list of witnesses for a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee next week, along with an...
Jun 11, 2021
New York lawmakers pass bill allowing gender-neutral ‘X’ option in govt documents
(Reuters) - The New York state assembly has passed a bill that would allow people who do not identify as either male or female to use "X" as a marker to designate their sex on drivers' licenses, as th...
Jun 11, 2021
With military victory elusive, W.African nations quietly back talks with Islamists
By Thiam Ndiaga and Aaron Ross THIOU, Burkina Faso (Reuters) - Two years after local emir Djibril Diallo fled his home in northern Burkina Faso following death threats from Islamist militants, he rece...
Jun 11, 2021
Bollore won’t seek exemption of tender offer rules on Vivendi
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) - French billionaire Vincent Bollore's family-owned group has pledged to media giant Vivendi that it will not request an exemption to file a tender offer on Vivendi...
Jun 11, 2021
Exclusive-UK’s Raab: We don’t condone ‘vaccine diplomacy’, but no doubt some are using it
By William James CARBIS BAY, England (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday there was no doubt some countries were using vaccines as diplomatic tool to secure influence, and ...
Jun 11, 2021
Olympics-JOC executive says Tokyo Games should be held without spectators
By Antoni Slodkowski and Ami Miyazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - One of Japan's sporting legends and an executive of the country's Olympic committee said on Friday the Tokyo Games should be held without specta...
Jun 11, 2021
Spain mulls ending deal on Morocco border with enclaves
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is looking into ending a deal that allows visa-free crossing from Moroccan towns into Spain's North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, a government official said on Friday...
Jun 11, 2021
