Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Kremlin says European court’s call to free Navalny is unacceptable meddling
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday that a call by the European Court of Human Rights for Russia to free jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny amounted to meddling in its internal af...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Hungary mulls restriction waivers linked to COVID-19 vaccine certificates
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has raised the prospect that citizens who have already had the coronavirus or been vaccinated against it could receive waivers from certain restrictions...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Continuity vs. change as Niger votes in presidential run-off
By Boureima Balima NIAMEY (Reuters) - The ruling party's candidate in Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, will enter Sunday's presidential run-off vote as the heavy favourite to succeed outgoing Mahamadou Issoufou...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Automakers, medical device firms ask Biden for U.S. chip factory subsidies
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - More than a dozen business groups representing automakers, medical device makers and manufacturers sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Thursday calling on him to work...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Winter storm pulls away from Texas, but millions still without power
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - The winter storm that crippled the Texas electrical grid is moving out of the state, but freezing temperatures remain, hampering attempts to restore full powe...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Carlyle-backed software firm WingArc1st launches $172 million IPO
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's software company WingArc1st Inc, which is backed by U.S. buyout firm Carlyle Group Inc, on Thursday launched an initial public offering (IPO) worth up to 18.2 billion yen ($1...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Cambodia’s new China-style internet gateway decried as repression tool
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Human rights groups decried Cambodia's establishment this week of a China-style internet gateway that would allow all online traffic to be controlled and monitored, saying it wo...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
UK consumer spending weakens over week to Feb. 11: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - British consumer spending fell over the past week and the proportion of people on furlough and who are working exclusively from home increased, as the country remained in a coronavi...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
A year on, Italian doctor reflects on surviving COVID-19
By Alex Fraser and Philip Pullella CODOGNO, Italy (Reuters) - Every time Francesco Tursi throws his six-month-old son Antonio into the air and catches him, he realises that he almost did not live to s...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021
Jailed Duterte rival celebrates ‘moral victory’ after court dismisses case
MANILA (Reuters) - A jailed critic of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday hailed as a "moral victory" a court's dismissal of one of three cases against her, which stem from the president's a...
Syndicated Content Feb 18, 2021

