Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.N. rights office says Blake shooting was ‘excessive’
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Friday that the images of the shooting of Black man Jacob Blake in Wisconsin appeared to show that the police officer had used "excessive" force...
Aug 28, 2020
Everything done for Tour to be raced in safe conditions – Brailsford
By Julien Pretot NICE, France (Reuters) - Ineos Grenadiers team principal Dave Brailsford believes everything has been done so that the Tour de France can be raced in safe conditions as the number of ...
Aug 28, 2020
Macron renews calls for French sovereignty in healthcare and industry
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday renewed his calls for France to have sovereignty in the areas of healthcare and industry, as the country steps up plans to deal with a like...
Aug 28, 2020
UBS hires technology executive from Credit Suisse
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS has hired Pascal Emile as head of Europe, Middle East and Africa Technology for its Wealth Management and Personal & Corporate Banking (WMPC) business from rival Swiss bank Cred...
Aug 28, 2020
Landmine kills 13 in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed on Friday when their vehicle set off a landmine in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, local officials said, blaming Taliban figh...
Aug 28, 2020
Euro zone sentiment recovers for fourth straight month in August
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone's economic sentiment grew in August for the fourth consecutive month after a record slump caused by COVID-19 lockdowns in March and April, a survey released on Friday by...
Aug 28, 2020
Russia expels Norwegian diplomat over spy case
OSLO (Reuters) - In a tit-for-tat move, Russia is expelling a diplomat from the Norwegian embassy in Moscow, Norway's foreign ministry said on Friday. "Our embassy in Moscow has been informed by the R...
Aug 28, 2020
Australian Indigenous groups call for independent arbiter after Rio blast
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Indigenous Australian groups want an independent arbiter to oversee decisions about whether Aboriginal cultural heritage sites can be destroyed for mining, an inquiry into Rio Ti...
Aug 28, 2020
France’s Macron to head to Beirut to pressure Lebanese political elite
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron will head to Beirut next week to pressure local politicians into pressing ahead with the creation of a government that can implement urgent reforms, ...
Aug 28, 2020
Indonesia reports record new coronavirus cases for second day
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia on Friday reported 3,003 new coronavirus cases, its biggest rise in new infections for a second successive day, data from the country's COVID-19 task force showed. The ne...
Aug 28, 2020
