Author Archives: Syndicated Content
In European first, Iranian envoy faces trial over foiled bomb plot
By Bart Biesemans ANTWERP, Belgium (Reuters) - An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranians went on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group in Fr...
Nov 27, 2020
Japan government council’s private members call for big stimulus package
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan must deploy a stimulus package with spending big enough to prevent economic conditions from worsening further, private-sector members of the government's top economic council s...
Nov 27, 2020
Number of Spanish hotels for sale swells amid COVID, property portal says
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of hotels for sale in Spain surged by 19% in October compared to March, with most of those on offer in holiday hotspots, leading property portal Idealista said on Friday....
Nov 27, 2020
BOJ may extend measures to ease corporate funding beyond March: Jiji
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will consider extending beyond March a range of measures aimed at easing corporate funding strains, Jiji news agency reported on Friday. An extension has been widel...
Nov 27, 2020
Exclusive: Activist investor Ferrari targets environment, social laggards with new fund
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Activist investor Gianluca Ferrari, who has led campaigns against a string of mid-cap firms, is setting up a fund targeting companies lagging on environmental, socia...
Nov 27, 2020
Saudi-led coalition carries out air raids on Houthi barracks in Sanaa area – residents
ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen carried out a series of air raids on barracks used by the Iran-aligned group in and around the Yemeni capital Sanaa on F...
Nov 27, 2020
African envoys due to meet Ethiopian PM as war ultimatum expires
ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - African peace envoys were due to meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday, a day after he said the military was beginning the "final phase" of an offensive in...
Nov 27, 2020
Colchicine to be investigated as possible COVID-19 treatment
(Reuters) - Colchicine, a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug, will be investigated as a possible treatment for COVID-19 in the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial, the study w...
Nov 27, 2020
French president ‘very shocked’ by alleged police beating of Black man: BFM TV
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron was "very shocked" by images purporting to show a Black music producer being beaten up and racially abused by Paris police, BFM TV reported, quoting ...
Nov 27, 2020
Facebook cryptocurrency Libra to launch as early as January but scaled back: FT
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency is readying to launch as early as January, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing three unidentified people involved in the project. The Gene...
Nov 27, 2020
