Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Hungary wants EU to pursue dialogue, careful steps on Belarus
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary wants the European Union to pursue dialogue with Belarus and avoid ostracising it, its foreign minister said on Thursday, after days of violent protests in Minsk where Pre...
Aug 13, 2020
French unemployment rate hits 37-year low as lockdown skews data
PARIS (Reuters) - French unemployment fell to a 37-year low in the second quarter, as the continuation of a multi-year downtrend was exaggerated by a strict coronavirus lockdown that meant people were...
Aug 13, 2020
Portland police declare gathering outside court house a riot
(Reuters) - Fireworks and fire were being set around the United States federal courthouse building in Portland by protesters late on Wednesday, the police said in a tweet, declaring the gathering a ri...
Aug 13, 2020
Nigerian lawyers fight back against police brutality, graft
By Nneka Chile LAGOS (Reuters) - When Divine Umukoro refused to pay police a bribe after breaking Lagos state's night-time curfew, she says they slapped her, slashed her car tyres and threatened viole...
Aug 13, 2020
China hopes U.S. will create conditions for implementation of Phase 1 deal: commerce official
BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes the United States will stop taking restrictive and discriminatory action against Chinese firms and create conditions for the implementation of a Phase 1 trade deal, Ass...
Aug 13, 2020
One in three UK firms struggling with operating costs: ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Almost one in three businesses in the United Kingdom has operating costs that are greater or equal to their turnover, Britain's statistics office said on Thursday in an update on th...
Aug 13, 2020
Three Spanish tourists die in Swiss canyoning accident, fourth missing
ZURICH (Reuters) - Three Spanish tourists have died and a fourth is missing after canyoning in a river gorge in northern Switzerland. The four men, who have not been identified, went missing in the Pa...
Aug 13, 2020
Amid tensions with Turkey, Greece in joint manoeuvres with France
ATHENS (Reuters) - The French military conducted training exercises with Greek forces off the southern island of Crete on Thursday, defence sources said, as tension persisted with Turkey over disputed...
Aug 13, 2020
China, worried about food security, cracks down on ‘big stomach kings’
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's biggest short-video platforms said on Thursday they will punish users seen to be wasting food in their broadcasts, cracking down on so-called "big stomach kings" as the go...
Aug 13, 2020
Japan says concerns over Hong Kong growing, after activist Agnes Chow arrested
By Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister said on Thursday the arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow and media tycoon Jimmy Lai raised questions ov...
Aug 13, 2020
