Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Citigroup heads to trial seeking to undo nearly $900 million Revlon blunder
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc is heading to trial on Wednesday, hoping to convince a Manhattan federal judge to undo a nearly $900 million blunder where it used its own money to repay lenders of ...
Dec 09, 2020
Canada border official who shut down FBI requests in Huawei CFO case faces more questioning
By Sarah Berman VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A Canadian border official who testified about "very persistent" information requests from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation after Huawei Chief Financial O...
Dec 09, 2020
Amnesty: rich countries have bought too many COVID-19 vaccines
PARIS (Reuters) - Rich countries have secured enough coronavirus vaccines to protect their populations nearly three times over by the end of 2021, Amnesty International and other groups said on Wednes...
Dec 09, 2020
Hiring rapidly, U.S fintech startup Stripe plots Asia expansion
By Fanny Potkin SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. digital payments company Stripe plans to expand across Asia, including in Southeast Asia, Japan, China and India, after boosting its staff in the region by 4...
Dec 09, 2020
Erdogan believes Turkish reforms will not protect jailed Kurdish leader
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he believed that touted judicial reforms would not protect jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas, former leader of parliam...
Dec 09, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan criticises U.S. response to Russian arms purchase
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan criticised on Wednesday U.S. comments and actions in response to Turkey's purchase of Russian missile defence systems, which could trigger U.S. sanctions on...
Dec 09, 2020
Soccer-Never saw Messi as a rival, says Ronaldo
(Reuters) - They defined the 'El Clasico' rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona for the past decade but Cristiano Ronaldo said he has always got on well with Lionel Messi and never saw him as a ri...
Dec 09, 2020
Japanese libraries hope UV machine gives visitors peace of mind
By Jack Tarrant and Kim Kyung Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) - Libraries in Japan are hoping a machine that sterilizes books using ultraviolet light is giving visitors reassurance to take-out publications durin...
Dec 09, 2020
Yandex robots start to deliver restaurant meals in central Moscow
By Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Driverless robot buggies started delivering hot restaurant meals to paying customers in one central Moscow district on Wednesday, their operator, Russian Internet ...
Dec 09, 2020
Turkey’s Erdogan says any EU sanctions would not have big impact
ANKARA (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that any sanctions imposed by the European Union on Turkey will not have a great impact, adding that the bloc had never acted honestly or ...
Dec 09, 2020
