Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Trump finalizes sweeping asylum restrictions in last-minute immigration push
By Ted Hesson and Mimi Dwyer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration finalized a regulation on Thursday that greatly restricts access to asylum in the United States, part of a last-minute immi...
Dec 10, 2020
UK records 20,964 new cases of COVID-19, highest since mid-November
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded 20,964 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest daily increase since mid-November, government data showed. The figure is a sharp increase from 16,578 the day ...
Dec 10, 2020
Israel, Morocco agree to normalize relations in latest U.S.-brokered deal
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalize relations in a deal brokered with the help of the United States, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to se...
Dec 10, 2020
Dutch expel two Russian diplomats for suspected espionage
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands on Thursday ordered the expulsion of two Russian diplomats suspected of spying on the Dutch high-tech sector, the AIVD national intelligence agency said. One of t...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. sanctions people in China, Jamaica, El Salvador over alleged human rights violations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Thursday announced sanctions against 17 officials of China and other foreign governments, as well their immediate family members, for serious human ...
Dec 10, 2020
Former EU leaders call for democratic safeguards in new tech rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fifteen former presidents and premiers of European Union states have called on the European Commission to ensure democratic safeguards are included in new rules ta...
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. blacklists Chechen leader, others in Russia, Haiti, Yemen for rights abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday sanctioned alleged human rights abusers in Russia, Yemen and Haiti including Ramzan Kadyrov, who is the leader of Russia's Muslim-majority Chechnya...
Dec 10, 2020
Biden to tap Susan Rice to head his domestic policy council-report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden chose Susan Rice, who was national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, to lead the White House's domestic policy council, the Assoc...
Dec 10, 2020
Excluded, abandoned: Children born under Islamic State era still paying heavy price
By Charlotte Bruneau AL KHAZER, Iraq (Reuters) - Excluded, vilified and sometimes simply abandoned: such is the price paid by thousands of children in Iraq born to suspected Islamic State militants. A...
Dec 10, 2020
Trust, equity and sustainability: VMware’s Gelsinger on a 2030 Agenda
By Lauren Young NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Your generation has accomplished extraordinary things. But did you have to bankrupt this planet?" That recent comment from Pat Gelsinger's daughter-in-law was "a ...
Dec 10, 2020
