Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Chile unemployment eases to 11.6%, remains near decade-long high
By Aislinn Laing SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's rolling three-monthly unemployment rate eased for a third consecutive month to 11.6% in August through October, the government said on Friday. The unemplo...
Nov 27, 2020
Germany’s general deportation stop to Syria ought not to apply to criminals – Interior minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer wants to exclude criminal offenders from Syria from a general stop of deportations that applies to the war torn country, a spokeswoman for th...
Nov 27, 2020
Futures edge higher after Thanksgiving holiday
By Shivani Kumaresan (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday as optimism around an economic rebound next year outweighed concerns around an expected surge in coronavirus infections...
Nov 27, 2020
Belarus opposition asks European prosecutors to probe torture accusations
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Supporters of exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Friday they would lobby state prosecutors in several European countries to investigate accusation...
Nov 27, 2020
Brazil’s jobless rate rises to 14.6 percent in quarter through September
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's jobless rate rose to 14.6 percent in the three months through September, statistics agency IBGE said on Friday, below market expectations. The median foreca...
Nov 27, 2020
Cellist turns locked-down museums into backdrop for “healing art”
By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - It's an ideal pairing for the COVID-19 era: a musician who cannot play for a live audience and sumptuous museums that cannot welcome visitors. Cellist Camille Thomas...
Nov 27, 2020
Exclusive: Suspected North Korean hackers targeted COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca – sources
By Jack Stubbs LONDON (Reuters) - Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reu...
Nov 27, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says destroyed two mines laid by Yemen’s Houthis in Red Sea – Saudi state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it destroyed two mines laid by the Iran-aligned group in the south of the Red Sea, Saudi state TV reported on Friday. (Repo...
Nov 27, 2020
Analysis: Battle of the billionaires – Bezos, Ambani gun for India retail supremacy
By Abhirup Roy and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani, two of the world's richest men, face a turning point in a battle for preeminence in India's booming, nearly t...
Nov 27, 2020
Thousands attend funeral of Sudan’s last democratically elected PM
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Thousands of Sudanese packed into the city of Omdurman on Friday for the funeral of Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan's last democratically elected prime minister, who died from the coronavir...
Nov 27, 2020
