Author Archives: Syndicated Content
EU suspends Ethiopian budget support over Tigray crisis
(Reuters) - The European Union has suspended budget support for Ethiopia worth 88 million euros ($107 million) until humanitarian agencies are granted access to people in need of aid in the northern T...
Jan 15, 2021
Amazon Web Services opens first office in Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) - Amazon Inc's cloud computing division opened its first office in Greece on Friday to support what it said was a growing number of companies and public sector agencies using its clou...
Jan 15, 2021
Snyder’s Attorney: “The case is a travesty and not justified”
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — As former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and eight other government officials were charged for their alleged involvement in the Flint water crisis, Snyder's attorney Br...
Jan 15, 2021
China’s Tencent buys audiobook platform Lazy Audio for $417 million
(Reuters) - China's Tencent Music Entertainment Group said on Friday it acquired audiobook platform Lazy Audio, owned by Shenzhen Lanren Online Technology Co, for 2.7 billion yuan ($417 million). The ...
Jan 15, 2021
U.S. set to announce new sanctions on six individuals linked to Hong Kong mass arrests – sources
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is set to announce fresh sanctions on Friday on six individuals connected to the mass arrests earlier this month of Hong Kong pro-democracy ac...
Jan 15, 2021
Huawei to open its biggest flagship store outside China in Riyadh
DUBAI (Reuters) - Chinese technology firm Huawei plans to establish a flagship store in Riyadh, the largest such store outside China, the Saudi government said on Friday. Huawei has signed a leasing c...
Jan 15, 2021
Canadian home sales soar in December to cap record year, CREA says
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian home sales jumped 7.2% in December from November, setting a new record amid surging demand in the Greater Toronto and Vancouver areas, the Canadian Real Estate Association ...
Jan 15, 2021
France’s Total quits top U.S. oil lobby over climate policies
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - France's Total on Friday became the first major energy company to quit the largest U.S. oil and gas lobby because of differences over climate policies. Total said in a...
Jan 15, 2021
Guatemalan families mourn death of children as hunger spreads
By Sofia Menchu LA PALMILLA, Guatemala (Reuters) - Two-year-old Yesmin Anayeli Perez died this week of illnesses linked to malnutrition, the third small child to die from similar causes in an impoveri...
Jan 15, 2021
French mortality rate 9 pct higher in 2020 due to COVID-19 – INSEE
PARIS (Reuters) - France's overall mortality rate in 2020, inflated by the COVID-19 pandemic, was nine percent higher than in the previous two years, provisional data released by statistics institute ...
Jan 15, 2021
