Author Archives: Syndicated Content
German city calls on Berlin to assume any Greensill Bank losses
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German city Osnabrueck fears it will lose 14 million euros ($17 million) invested with Greensill Bank after the country's financial regulator warned this week of "an imminent ris...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. congressmen seek bill to boost Uighur refugee status
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan pair of U.S. congressmen is writing a bill that would expedite refugee applications from Uighurs, the first such legislative effort to support immigration of the la...
Mar 05, 2021
WHO report on Wuhan, China mission due in mid-March: officials
GENEVA (Reuters) - The findings of a WHO-led mission to Wuhan, China to investigate the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are expected in mid-March, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. "...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. Senate backs bill to clamp down on China-funded Confucius Institutes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill to tighten controls on Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses known as Confucius Institutes, the latest in a series o...
Mar 05, 2021
Sniper sought, no experience needed: Russian riot police launch recruitment ad blitz
By Maria Tsvetkova and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's feared riot police have launched an online recruitment advertising blitz in the weeks since nationwide protests erupted over the jaili...
Mar 05, 2021
UK locates missing person with Brazil COVID-19 variant: Financial Times
LONDON (Reuters) - English health authorities have tracked down a previously-unidentified person who tested positive for the so-called 'Brazil variant' of COVID-19, the Financial Times reported on Fri...
Mar 05, 2021
In revival of street movement, Algerians protest for second Friday
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Thousands of Algerians demonstrated against the political and military elite in cities across the country for a second successive Friday, as the United Nations human rights body vo...
Mar 05, 2021
WHO chief calls for waiving of patents on tools to fight COVID-19
GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on Friday that now was the time for the waiving of patents on the tools poorer countries needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. WHO...
Mar 05, 2021
U.S. says John McAfee has been indicted for fraud and money laundering conspiracy crimes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - John McAfee, the founder of the McAfee antivirus software company, has been indicted in Manhattan federal court on fraud and money laundering conspiracy crimes, stemming from two ...
Mar 05, 2021
Venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya sells Virgin Galactic stake for about $213 million
(Reuters) - Venture investor Chamath Palihapitiya this week sold his remaining personal stake in Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc, a space tourism company he helped take public in 2019, for around $213 mi...
Mar 05, 2021
