Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Reliance Future-proofs retail arm as it seeks to woo investors
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Chandini Monnappa NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Reliance Industries' $3.38 billion deal to acquire Future Group's retail business pitches the conglomerate as an even more formidable f...
Aug 31, 2020
France opens probe after magazine portrays Black politician as slave
PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said on Monday it was opening an investigation into an alleged racist insult after a French right-wing magazine published an article with an illustratio...
Aug 31, 2020
UK PM Johnson has chosen top civil servant, Financial Times says
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a chosen a member of his inner circle to oversee a wide-ranging overhaul as head of the civil service, the Financial Times reported on Monda...
Aug 31, 2020
Novavax signs deal for supply of coronavirus vaccines to Canada
(Reuters) - Novavax Inc said on Monday it had reached an agreement in principle with Canada to supply up to 76 million doses of its experimental coronavirus vaccine. The company said it expects to fin...
Aug 31, 2020
Australian journalist detained in China
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained an Australian citizen who worked as a high-profile television anchor in China, Australia's foreign minister Marise Payne said in ...
Aug 31, 2020
Relatives of MH17 crash to seek damages from suspects, lawyers say
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - More than 300 relatives of victims who died when a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane was shot down in 2014 will seek unspecified damages from four suspects being tried in the Net...
Aug 31, 2020
Legendary U.S. college basketball coach John Thompson dead at 78: media reports
(Reuters) - Former Georgetown coach John Thompson passed away at the age of 78, ESPN and other media outlets reported on Monday. Johnson, also known as "Big John," was a legendary figure in U.S. colle...
Aug 31, 2020
Low unemployment alone not enough to justify Fed rate hikes, Clarida says
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's new approach to monetary policy means a low unemployment rate on its own doesn't warrant higher interest rates, a "robust" change meant to acknowledge the economy is ...
Aug 31, 2020
Argentina debt deal set for high creditor support, few holdouts
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's debt restructuring deal is set to have received huge creditor support when the government unveils the results of the tender on Monday, though there are question ma...
Aug 31, 2020
Rwanda arrests ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero on terrorism charges
By Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda said on Monday it had detained Paul Rusesabagina - the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country's 1994 genocide - on terrori...
Aug 31, 2020
