Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori says would pardon father if elected president
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori plans to pardon her father, Alberto Fujimori, a controversial former leader who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for...
Jan 18, 2021
Michelin guide offers crumb of comfort to France’s COVID-hit chefs
PARIS (Reuters) - French chef Sylvain Sendra's restaurant has been closed for months, and his employees are on furlough, but on Monday he received a morsel of good news: his restaurant had kept its st...
Jan 18, 2021
Violence flares for third day in Sudan’s Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Militia fighters staged a deadly attack in Sudan's Darfur on Monday, residents said, as doctors said the death toll from a separate attack that began two days earlier in the regio...
Jan 18, 2021
Spain’s elderly get second COVID-19 shot, court OKs jab for incapacitated woman
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has begun administering second shots of the coronavirus vaccine to elderly nursing home residents, while a court in Seville ruled on Monday that a home could inoculate an inca...
Jan 18, 2021
Couche-Tard CEO would love second shot at Carrefour deal
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Alimentation Couche-Tard would revive its $20 billion bid for France's Carrefour if the Canadian convenience store operator saw a change in the French government's stance on the p...
Jan 18, 2021
COVID-19 daily deaths hit record high in Portugal, hospitals struggle to cope
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's daily death toll from the new coronavirus reached a record high of 167 on Monday, bringing the total to 9,028 deaths since the start of the pandemic, health authority DGS...
Jan 18, 2021
Factbox: Biden’s Cabinet appointees get their day in Congress
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office on Wednesday with only a few of his top chosen deputies in place. The Democrat's Cabinet appointees are awaiting ap...
Jan 18, 2021
EU needs ‘masterplan’ to grab euro finance from London
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union needs a "masterplan" to move euro financial services from London to the bloc if it wants to expand the single currency's role in a global economy dom...
Jan 18, 2021
Trump sought the world’s attention and got it. Now the White House reality show ends
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A red tie, often tied too long. A raised fist, often held high to a supportive crowd. A scowling face. A raised voice. President Donald Trump never hid how he felt...
Jan 18, 2021
Hungary mulls sanctions against social media giants
By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Justice Minister Judit Varga on Monday raised the prospect of sanctioning social media firms over what she called "systematic abuses" of free speech. ...
Jan 18, 2021
