Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Euro zone growth in 2021 to rebound less than expected
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy will rebound less than earlier expected from the coronavirus slump this year as a second wave of the pandemic put economies in new lockdo...
Feb 11, 2021
More than 40% of Britons in poor health or struggling financially amid pandemic, says UK regulator
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of Britons are struggling financially or suffering poor health, a sharp increase from last year driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, Britain's Financia...
Feb 11, 2021
Black entrepreneur breaks into France’s exclusive champagne club
By Yiming Woo REIMS, France (Reuters) - When Marie-Ines Romelle, a Black woman born on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, decided to join the exclusive world of France's champagne producers, she saw ...
Feb 11, 2021
European rights advocate asks Russia to explain police action over protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A European human rights advocate has asked Russia to explain reports police used excessive force to disperse anti-Kremlin protests and committed rights abuses, and reminded Moscow o...
Feb 11, 2021
Spain’s next big thing Alcaraz bows out on second round
By Nick Mulvenney MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz's maiden Grand Slam ended in the second round of the Australian Open on Thursday, but his loss to Swede Mikael Ymer did nothing to dampen the exc...
Feb 11, 2021
India warns U.S. social media firms after row with Twitter
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday warned U.S. social media firms to abide by the country's laws, a day after a face-off between Prime Minister Narendra ...
Feb 11, 2021
Myanmar junta’s proposed cyber bill alarms Internet giants
(Reuters) - A group of the world's biggest internet companies joined Myanmar civil society on Thursday in raising alarm over cyber laws floated by the new junta, saying they would contravene fundament...
Feb 11, 2021
Kyrgios gets chance to prove he’s a contender not just a critic
By Sudipto Ganguly (Reuters) - Nick Kyrgios emerged as a 'voice of sanity' for tennis over the coronavirus pandemic, and the mercurial 25-year-old has a chance to show he can also be a contender on co...
Feb 11, 2021
In memorial service, U.S. ambassador calls killing of Lebanese activist Slim barbaric
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Lebanon paid a rare visit to a quarter of Beirut that is a Hezbollah stronghold to attend the memorial service for activist Lokman Slim on Thursday. He was sh...
Feb 11, 2021
RCEP unlikely to benefit developing members in short term: analysts
By Divya Chowdhury (Reuters) - The Regional Cooperation Economic Partnership (RCEP) is unlikely to bring immediate significant benefits for its developing member countries in terms of flow of goods an...
Feb 11, 2021
