Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Analysis: Carbon pricing rises as world’s weapon of choice in climate fight
By Susanna Twidale and Kate Abnett LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Can you put a price on pollution? Some of the world's biggest economies are doing just that as they wrestle with how to make good on gran...
Nov 24, 2020
Suited avatars and digital offices: traders and bankers embrace VR
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) - Once the preserve of gamers, virtual reality (VR) has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lone...
Nov 24, 2020
Russia caught U.S. warship in its waters, chased it off: defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian warship caught a U.S. Navy destroyer operating illegally in Russia's territorial waters near the Sea of Japan, but chased it off, Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday...
Nov 24, 2020
Malaysian lawmaker calls for hate speech law after Reuters’ Rohingya report
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - An opposition lawmaker called on Tuesday for Malaysia to outlaw online hate speech, accusing authorities of downplaying the gravity of an issue highlighted by a Reuters invest...
Nov 24, 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell quarantined after jail staff member tests positive for COVID-19
(Reuters) - Ghislaine Maxwell has been quarantined after staff tested positive for coronavirus at the jail where she is awaiting trial on charges she aided late financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abus...
Nov 24, 2020
France to probe clashes after police cleared out new Paris migrant camp
PARIS (Reuters) - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said he was launching a probe into clashes that broke out late on Monday after police cleared out a new migrant camp in Paris' Place de la Re...
Nov 24, 2020
Qatar starts legal proceedings against FAB in New York in market manipulation row
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) said on Tuesday it has started legal proceedings in New York to compel First Abu Dhabi Bank to pay $55 million in financial pe...
Nov 24, 2020
Germany’s DAX to expand to 40 members from 30 in index shake-up
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's blue-chip DAX index will expand to 40 from the current 30 companies with tougher membership criteria, exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said on Tuesday. The overhaul co...
Nov 24, 2020
Tigray forces say they ‘completely destroyed’ Ethiopia’s 21st mechanized division
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Tigrayan forces battling Ethiopia's federal government said on Tuesday they 'completely destroyed' the army's 21st mechanized division, a day after they claimed they had destroyed ...
Nov 24, 2020
Bitcoin at $100,000 in 2021? Outrageous to some, a no-brainer for backers
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin investors, which include top hedge funds and money managers, are betting the virtual currency could more than quintuple to as high as $100,000 ...
Nov 24, 2020
