Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Family bid adieu to former French leader Giscard in intimate ceremony
AUTHON, France (Reuters) - The family of Valery Giscard d'Estaing bid farewell to the former French president in an intimate funeral service in his home village on Saturday. Giscard's coffin was carri...
Dec 05, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus deaths surpass 50,000 – health ministry
(Reuters) - Iran's total death toll from coronavirus surpassed 50,000 on Saturday with 321 new fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said, as the number of cases in the Middle ...
Dec 05, 2020
Cycling-Cavendish joins Deceuninck-Quick Step for 2021
PARIS (Reuters) - Briton Mark Cavendish is joining Deceuninck-Quick Step for the 2021 season, the Belgian outfit where the former world champion spent three years said on Saturday. "Mark Cavendish is ...
Dec 05, 2020
Tesla says Black people hold just 4% of its U.S. leadership roles
(Reuters) - Black employees make up just 4% of Tesla Inc's American leadership roles and 10% of its total workforce in the country, the electric carmaker has disclosed in its first U.S. diversity repo...
Dec 05, 2020
Iran Supreme Court to retry three linked to 2019 protests – news agency
(Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Court has agreed to retry three men over links to last year's anti-government protests and whose death sentences have been suspended, the state IRNA news agency reported on ...
Dec 05, 2020
Bahrain says it won’t allow imports from Israeli settlements
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain will not allow the import of Israeli goods produced in settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, state news agency BNA reported, disavowing comments made by the Gulf sta...
Dec 05, 2020
U.S. raised prospect of blacklisting Yemen’s Houthis: Oman foreign minister
DUBAI (Reuters) - Oman's foreign minister said on Saturday the top U.S. diplomat for the Middle East had discussed with his country the possibility of Washington designating Yemen's Iran-aligned Houth...
Dec 05, 2020
British PM Johnson to speak to EU chief as Brexit talks stall
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday to try to break an impasse in trade talks with time running out bef...
Dec 05, 2020
France picks zone off Normandy coast for new 1GW windfarm
PARIS (Reuters) - France has identified a zone off the coast of Normandy for the construction of a 1 Gigawatt (GW) windfarm and launched the tender process for its development, Environment Minister Ba...
Dec 05, 2020
JD.com becomes first online platform to accept China’s digital currency
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce company JD.com Inc said on Saturday it has become the country's first virtual platform to accept Beijing's homegrown digital currency. JD Digits, the company's ...
Dec 05, 2020
