Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Portland Police use smoke grenades, pepper balls to control gathering of protesters
By Deborah Bloom PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Protests flared again in Portland overnight on Monday as demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of the city which after months of sometimes violen...
Sep 01, 2020
Ed Sheeran announces birth of daughter Lyra Antarctica
LONDON (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran said on Tuesday his wife had given birth to the couple's first child, a girl who they had named "Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran". "Last week, w...
Sep 01, 2020
Myanmar blocks activist website for fake news
(Reuters) - Myanmar's telecommunications ministry said on Tuesday it had ordered mobile operators to block a website run by activists investigating the military for spreading fake news, which the grou...
Sep 01, 2020
Austria to file charges against Turkish spy, interior minister says
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria will file charges against a person who has confessed to spying for Turkey's secret service, and authorities are investigating more suspected espionage activities, its interi...
Sep 01, 2020
Fossil fuel protest targets reopening of Lloyd’s underwriting floor
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) - Lloyd's of London reopened its underwriting floor for the first time in nearly six months on Tuesday, with the first day back marked by a protest over the underwriti...
Sep 01, 2020
Futures gain as global surveys boost rebound hopes
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, as Apple share climbed and upbeat manufacturing sector surveys in China and Europe set the tone for United States factory activity ...
Sep 01, 2020
China accuses U.S. using ‘national security’ as excuse to act against Chinese firms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China accused the United States on Tuesday of using "national security" concerns as an excuse to act against Chinese firms, in a response that followed days after the Pentagon list...
Sep 01, 2020
Indonesian president pledges central bank to remain independent
By Angie Teo, Stanley Widianto and Tom Allard BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo pledged on Tuesday that the country's central bank would remain independent, a day after a p...
Sep 01, 2020
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s family accuses government of kidnapping him
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The family of Paul Rusesabagina - hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda's 1994 genocide - have accused authorities in Kigali of kidnapping him, speaking out a day after h...
Sep 01, 2020
Dutch court upholds Vivendi’s appeal against Mediaset pan-European plan
MILAN (Reuters) - Vivendi on Tuesday welcomed a decision by a Dutch court to uphold an appeal by the French media group against plans by Italian broadcaster Mediaset to fold its businesses under a Dut...
Sep 01, 2020
