Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Exiled news service started by teen blogger becomes big source of Belarus news
By Alan Charlish WARSAW (Reuters) - It started five years ago with a music video uploaded by a teenage blogger on YouTube. Now, the Nexta Live channel, with more than 2 million subscribers on the mess...
Aug 28, 2020
Berlin police prepare for violence at protests against coronavirus curbs
BERLIN (Reuters) - Police prepared for possible violence at protests in Berlin this weekend as activists opposed to coronavirus restrictions called on social media followers across Europe to arm thems...
Aug 28, 2020
Irish man pleads guilty over Vietnamese truck deaths in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - Irishman Ronan Hughes pleaded guilty on Friday to the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese men, women and boys found in the back of a refrigerated truck near London last year. Hughes appea...
Aug 28, 2020
Boeing aims to increase Black employees by 20%, CEO says in memo
By Eric M. Johnson SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co is seeking to increase Black U.S. employees throughout the company by 20% and mandate benchmarks for hiring people of color, Chief Executive Dave Calho...
Aug 28, 2020
Fed’s targeting of higher inflation could backfire, paper suggests
(Reuters) - Targeting higher inflation, as the Federal Reserve suggested it would do in a revamp of its monetary policy strategy on Thursday, could end up slowing growth instead of boosting it unless ...
Aug 28, 2020
Yum China applies for Hong Kong debut amid U.S.-China tensions
(Reuters) - Yum China Holdings Inc filed an application for a secondary listing in Hong Kong on Friday, a rising trend among some Chinese firms to list closer to home in a bid to mitigate risks from e...
Aug 28, 2020
Five years on, France to try suspects in Charlie Hebdo killings
PARIS (Reuters) - Fourteen suspected accomplices to the French Islamist militants behind the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris will go on trial nex...
Aug 28, 2020
Spanish police arrest pandemic-denier for inciting hatred
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Friday they had arrested a man near the northeastern city of Zaragoza, who believed the coronavirus pandemic to be a hoax, for inciting hatred and violence ac...
Aug 28, 2020
UK COVID-19 reproduction “R” rate steady at 0.9-1.1
LONDON (Reuters) - The reproduction "R" number of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom remains between 0.9 and 1.1, the government said on Friday, indicating that the rate of infection is most likely either...
Aug 28, 2020
Germany would be ready to sanction Russia over Navalny case: Maas
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany would be ready to impose diplomatic sanctions against Russia if it concludes that Russian state agencies were behind the poisoning of a critic of President Vladimir Putin, F...
Aug 28, 2020
