Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Russian police raid Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police raided the Moscow offices of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation on Thursday and state bailiffs said a criminal investigation had been opened a...
Nov 05, 2020
Bionic gloves help keep the music playing for Brazilian pianist
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Acclaimed Brazilian pianist Joo Carlos Martins had not played with 10 fingers since he lost the use of his right hand in a 1995 mugging in Bulgaria. But today he has returned to ...
Nov 05, 2020
WHO needs reforms, while preserving ‘political independence’: panel
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - An oversight panel called on Thursday for reforms at the World Health Organization (WHO) including "predictable and flexible" funding and setting up a multi-tie...
Nov 05, 2020
Factbox: U.S. Democrats, seeking gains in state governments, lose ground instead
By Peter Szekely (Reuters) - Democrats entered the 2020 U.S. elections looking to roll back much of the commanding presence Republicans had in state governments, but instead wound up losing ground as ...
Nov 05, 2020
Britain’s most fashionable man? Vogue hails Prince Charles
LONDON (Reuters) - His daughters-in-law Kate and Meghan are regularly lauded for their fashion sense, but 71-year-old Prince Charles, well-known for patching-up and mending his clothes, has probably b...
Nov 05, 2020
Unsettled by election drama, markets look on bright side
By Sujata Rao and Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) - Those who banked on a big U.S. government spending splurge may be dismayed but two days on from U.S. Election Day, investors are looking on the bright...
Nov 05, 2020
TikTok owner ByteDance in fundraising talks that will value it at $180 billion: sources
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - TikTok-owner ByteDance is in early talks to raise a new round of financing that will value it at $180 billion after the investment, accordin...
Nov 05, 2020
Italian regions angry over government’s COVID-19 zones
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Local Italian leaders reacted with dismay and anger on Thursday after the government singled out some regions for tougher restrictions than others in the renewed ba...
Nov 05, 2020
UK’s Sunak boosts 200 billion-pound job rescue as BoE ramps up bond buying
By William James and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak ramped up his 200 billion-pound ($262 billion) economic rescue programme once again on Thursday in a coor...
Nov 05, 2020
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall marginally
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, but remained extraordinarily high amid signs that the economic recovery was losing s...
Nov 05, 2020
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