Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Confront your colonial past, Council of Europe tells Portugal
By Victoria Waldersee and Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Europe's top human rights group said on Wednesday that Portugal must do more to confront its colonial past and role in the transatlantic sl...
Mar 24, 2021
Saudi-led coalition lets four fuel ships dock at Yemen’s Hodeidah port: sources
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition has allowed four fuel ships to dock at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeidah, two sources familiar with the matter said, after the Houthi group said it would only ...
Mar 24, 2021
From prison camp to ballot box: North Korean defector seeks British election win
By Natalie Thomas, Andy Bruce and Phil Noble BURY, England (Reuters) - Sixteen years after she was left to die unremembered outside a labour camp in North Korea, Jihyun Park will enter the British pol...
Mar 24, 2021
Italian PM Draghi wants schools to open after Easter
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Wednesday he wanted the country's schools to start reopening after the Easter holidays, as the government looks to roll back COVID-related ...
Mar 24, 2021
China plans to invite Palestinians and Israelis for talks: Al-Arabiya
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Chinese government plans to invite Israelis and Palestinians to hold talks in China, Al-Arabiya TV channel cited on Wednesday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as saying in an int...
Mar 24, 2021
Tencent’s quarterly profit jumps 175%, above forecast
(Reuters) - Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd on Wednesday reported a forecast-beating 175% rise in quarterly profit. The world's largest gaming firm by revenue booked profit ...
Mar 24, 2021
Cycling: Ineos’s Ratcliffe backs Brailsford after Freeman hearing
(Reuters) - Jim Ratcliffe, the co-owner of British cycling team Ineos Grenadiers, said general manager Dave Brailsford has his "full support" in the wake of former team doctor Richard Freeman's medica...
Mar 24, 2021
Advert saying gender equality is ‘outdated’ sparks outrage in Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) - An online advertisement featuring a woman saying the debate over gender equality is outdated has sparked furore in Japan for being sexist, a month after an outcry over sexist comment...
Mar 24, 2021
Hong Kong activist charged with foreign collusion under national security law
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Andy Li was charged on Wednesday with "conspiracy to commit collusion" with a foreign country to endanger national security, two days after he wa...
Mar 24, 2021
March lockdown easing pushes German factory activity to record high: PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) - German factory activity rose to a record high in March and the services sector expanded after five successive months of contractions, surveys showed on Wednesday, suggesting Europe'...
Mar 24, 2021
